THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2007
SPORTS
5B
》FOOTBALL
Coach returns to Jayhawks
BY ASHER FUSCO
Kansas football coach Mark Mangino did not need to look too far in search of a new offensive coordinator.
On Monday, Mangino filled the position with Ed Warinner, who coached with the Kansas program in 2003 and 2004.
Warinner replaces Nick Quartaro,
Warinner replies who resigned in late December. Warinner will also be responsible for coaching the quarterbacks. Warinner most recently served as the run-game coordinator and offensive line coach at the University of Illinois for two seasons. Prior to coaching at Illinois, he coached the offensive line and coordinated the running offense at Kansas.
Warinner
Before originally joining the Kansas coaching staff in 2003, Warinner held various positions at Air Force, Army, Michigan State and
Akron.
Throughout his coaching career Warinner has gained a reputation as a mastermind of the run game. Last season, Illinois finished 10th nationally and first in the Big Ten Conference in rushing yards per game using Warinner's blocking schemes. During his tenure at Army, he oversaw one of the best running offenses in the nation. The Black Knights averaged more than 275 rushing yards per game in several different seasons.
In his previous two-year stint at Kansas, Warinner helped orchestrate an efficient offense that helped lead the jayhawks to the 2003 Tangerine Bowl, averaging more than 130 rushing yards per game.
The Jayhawk offense Warinner stands to inherit has not proven nearly as potent. The now-departed Jon Cornish ran for a school record 1,457 yards last season, but the offense never seemed to find its rhythm because of inexperience at the quarterback position and the lack of a downfield-receiving threat.
In 2007, the Jayhawks will lose three starters on the offensive line.
including second team All-Big 12 center David Ochoa. Warinner may need to rely heavily on junior college transfers and previously untested lajy hawkins.
In a press release Mangino said, "He is a bright, innovative coach who has the necessary leadership qualities needed to maximize the production of our offensive talent."
Luckily for Kansas, Warinner has a proven track record when it comes to getting the most from his players. Several of his players, including Adrian Jones of the New York lets and Ben Miller of the Cleveland Browns, have gone on to play in the NFL.
The first order of business for Warinner and the rest of the Kansas coaching staff is to secure commitments from next year's incoming class. Recruits can sign their national letters of intent beginning Feb. 1.
Kansan sportswriter Asher Fusco can be contacted at afusco@kansan.com.
Edited by Kelly Lanigan
Kansas to open play indoors
》 TENNIS
BY RUSTIN DODD
The Kansas women's tennis team will open its season this Saturday at the First Serve Tennis Center, 5200 Clinton Parkway.
The Jayhawks will play host to the Indiana Hoosiers at 9 a.m. The two teams competed in the Indiana University Hoosier Classic in October.
"Iliza (dvēvea) and Edina played very well during the fall, and
The layhawks have several key contributors returning this year, including the 2006 team MVP Elizaveta Avdeeva, Obninsk, Russia, junior. Avdevea was named to the 2006 All-Big 12 singles and doubles teams, and she led the layhawks with 18 singles victories.
Other key returning contributors include Ksenia Bukina, Obninsk, Russia, sophomore, who was Devieva's doubles partner last spring, and Edina Horvath, Budapest, Hungary, sophomore. Horvath and Devieva won the Doubles Championship at the ITA Central Regional Championships in Tulsa, Oka, during the fall season.
we think they will be able to carry that over to this season." Lauren Hommell, Roswell, Ga., junior, said.
Hommell, Stephane Smith, Salina junior, and Yuliana Swistun, Ufa, Russia, sophomore, also return, giving the jayhawks a total of six returning players. Kuniugida Dorn, Sopron, Hungary, freshman, is the lone newcomer on the team.
There are no seniors on the roster, but Homnell has stepped up at practice and provided a vocal presence.
"Lauren's a great leader" Smith said. "She tries to keep everyone motivated during practice."
Hommel struggled with injuries during the fall season, but has embraced the leadership role.
"I just try to be loud and vocal and pump everyone up" she said.
To continue the program's recent upswing behind fourth-year coach Amy Hall-Holt, the team will have to utilize the chemistry it developed during the fall.
"We came together as a team in the fall, and I think we can continue that into this spring" she said.
Under Hall-Holt, the layhawks finished 14-11 last year and tied for 8th in the Big 12 Conference.
The team defeated Colorado in the first round of the Big 12 Championships before bowing to nationally ranked Baylor. The large question will be whether the Jayhawks can translate their recent success against the Big 12 North schools to the perennial powers in the Big 12 South Kansas went 1-5 against the Big 12 South, including a 0-4 record against the state of Texas, while the team went 3-2 in the Big 12 North with victories against Colorado, Iowa State and Missouri.
"Our goal is to make the NCAA tournament." Hornmeld said. "That's big for us. We want to break into the top 30."
The team peaked last year at No.62 in the FILA women's tennis rankings.
Kansan sportswriter Rustin Dodd can be contacted at rdodd@kansan.com.
Edited by Darla Slipke
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PREVIEW
KANSAS VS. IOWA STATE 7 P.M., SATURDAY, ALLEN FIELDHOUSE
Offense
iowa State enters Saturday's match-up with a losing record in conference play. The team's poor start can be attributed to its lack of production on the offensive end. Senior Lyndsey Medders shoots only 35 percent from the field and was held to 2-for-10 shooting by Kansas earlier in the month. However, the Iowa State offense is an efficient scoring machine compared to that of Kansas. The Jayhawks are currently last in the Big 12 Conference in both points per game and field goal percentage.
Defense
Advantage:
Neither team has enjoyed much success on defense so far this season. Iowa State's lone defensive standout is 6-foot-4 sophomore Nicky Wieber. Wieben has blocked 31 shots this season while pulling down more than six rebounds per game. Kansas has an intimidating defensive presence of its own in junior guard Taylor McNlntosh. She frequently uses her long arms to alter opponents' shots. Unfortunately for the Jayhawks, McNlntosh spends much of her time on the bench because of foul trouble.
Momentum
The Cyclones have encountered more than their fair share of adversity in the early stages of conference play. The Jayhawks have come up short in all of their Big 12 games.Both teams are going through rough stretches,but the young Kansas squad is in far worse shape than the veteran-led Iowa State team
Advantage:
Advantage
Asher Fusco
NAACP urges silence in case
DUKE LACROSSE CASE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DURHAM, N.C. — The state chapter of the NAACP on Thursday called on those involved with the Duke lacrosse sexual assault case — from defense attorneys to state bar officials — to stop talking publicly while the state attorney general's office begins its review.
Karen Tam/ASSOCIATED PRESS
North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper answers questions, Saturday Jan. 13 in Raleigh, N.C., after he announced his office agreed to assume control of the sexual assault case against three Duke University lacrosse players at the request of District Attorney Mike Nifong.
"We sincerely believe that the high level of public scrutiny and controversy involved in this matter is unwarranted and threatens to pervert the truth-finding process," said the Rev. William Barber, president of the North Carolina chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
No parties involved in the case have indicated whether they plan to stop speaking publicly.
Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong, under heavy criticism for his handling of the case, asked the attorney general's office this month to take over the prosecution — a decision Barber said his organization applauded.
Until turning the case over to
state prosecutors, Nifong led the investigation into allegations that a 28-year-old black student at North Carolina Central University, hired to perform as a stripper, was raped and beaten by three white men at a March 13 party thrown by Duke's highly ranked lacrosse team.
In late December, after the accuser changed a key detail in her account, Nifong dropped the rape charges. Legal experts have said there appears to be little evidence to support the remaining charges against Dave Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann.
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