WEDNESDAY JULY 25, 2001
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3A
KU coaching puzzle completed
KU's newest coach inherits offensive chores, QBs
By Laurie Sisk
Kansan staff writer
Scherer, who fills the last vacancy in the coaching staff, was hired as the new co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He is the last of seven assistant coaches hired by Allen in the off-season.
Allen said that the 49-year-old Scherer had an impressive
background in college football.
"Hopefully, what he brings into the football program at KU will add to our existing knowledge pool," Allen said.
Kansas finished 4-7 overall and 2-6 in the Big 12 Conference in 2000 and has not had a winning season since 1995, when the Jayhawks finished 10-2 under coach Glen Mason.
Scherer was head coach at the University of Memphis for six seasons, where he finished with a 22-43 record. He also served as head coach at James Madison University from 1991 to 1994, where he left with a 29-19 record. While at James Madison, Scherer's teams set 143 team and individual records.
Scherer began his full-time coaching career in 1976 as the quarterbacks coach at North
Scherer: Hawks' newest addition to football staff.
to the Copper Bowl and the Aloha Bowl. After Arizona, Scherer moved on to become an assistant offensive coordinator
at the University of Alabama, whose team played in the Hall of Fame Bowl that year.
Other coaching venues for Scherer were Louisiana State University, Georgia Tech, the University of Virginia and the University of Hawaii.
As a player, Scherer started two years at quarterback under coach Lou Holtz at William and Mary, where he was a three-year letterman.
He is expected to arrive in Lawrence before Aug. 5, just in time to welcome KU football's freshmen class. All returning lettermen are due back by Aug. 10.
Sisk can be reached at 864-4810 or writer@kansan.com
Alan Dietrich, Witchita, gets wrapped up by Ting Thoung, Lawrence, during Saturday's Judo competitions of the Sunflower State Games at Robinson Center. Hundreds of athletes participated in the games' numerous events last weekend.
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Governor's Cup champ to race Sunday
By Laurie Sisk
Kansan staff writer
David Johnston is always on the run.
But, as marketing director of the Kansas and Burge Unions and as a long-distance runner, Johnston has remained on the winning track.
At Saturday's opening ceremonies, Johnston, 28, was presented the award for Outstanding Male Athlete of the 2000 Sunflower State Games. Rep. Jim Ryun, R-Kan., a former KU track star, attended the ceremony at Murphy Hall.
Johnston is no stranger to awards. He was a cross-country star at Lawrence High School and became an All-American for KU in 1943, where he graduated with a degree in advertising.
Johnston won the Governor's Cup 10K race in four out of the five past years and will be back to compete again this year. Governor Bill Graves will be at the games Sunday as Johnston chases after another victory.
"It's not all about the competition,” Johnston said. “It is more about challenging yourself to do the very best you can. At the games you can look to other athletes as well to help you challenge yourself. That's the true measure of success—reaching within yourself to make yourself better.”
Johnston said the games were an opportunity for Kansas children and adults to experience the wonderful campus and facilities that the University and Lawrence have to offer.
Competition wrapped up last weekend in archery, cycling, disc golf, golf and judo. This weekend, basketball, martial arts, mountain biking, racquetball, Tai Kwon Do, wrestling, soccer, tennis, and volleyball competitions will continue.
Vickie Hill, executive director of the games, said despite heat indices of about 110 for most of the weekend, the heat was not really a factor.
"It's July, and it's Kansas," Hill said. "People expect it to be hot and have prepared for it."
include a Family Fun Fest at 6 p.m. Saturday on the Allen Fieldhouse lawn.
Hill said the event will feature free food, games, rides on an Army Humvee and an Army obstacle course for children under 17. WIBW, 97 Country AM-FM from
Topeka will provide entertainment and will be airing a live broadcast from the event.
The Family Fun Fest is free and open to the public.
Sisk can be reached at 864-4810 or writer@kansan.com
Bicyclists learn while traveling across country
By Mark Hansen Kansan staff writer
They rode in from Manhattan. Fortunately, they're not going back.
Twenty-five bicyclists are riding from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., as part of Bike-Aid, a program that stimulates environmental awareness and volunteerism. The group stopped in Lawrence on Sunday and stayed one night before biking to Kansas City, Mo., where the bikers rested for a day on their 3,600-mile road trip that began June 16 and will end August 19. The group will make 55 stops, and the longest one-day trip is 100 miles.
"It's uprooting: you're completely lifted out of your social environment. There's a common sensation. It's hard to remember where you were last night. You're reduced to primal physical needs; you feel your body getting into shape. So many environments enter you. In a car you're enclosed — on a bike you're in the landscape. "Fletcher said.
"It's remarkable to confront a lot of urgent issues," Fletcher said. "That's the central problem for that community."
When the group has a rest day, it tries to attend a community meeting on that community's most pressing concerns. The group hears opposing arguments and statistics. Then, after several enduring days of riding, the group hears the next community's dilemma.
The constant travel has profound effects. Fletcher said.
In Utah, the group visited toxic waste sites and weapons incinerators — all on Native American reservations.
Riders come from across the country, and one rider is from Nepal.
Joe Fletcher, who recently graduated from the University of Michigan, said he has learned much from his travels and now supports the concept of alternative transportation.
As they relaxed in the chairs at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries building,riders said Kansas was the hottest place they rode through, even hotter than Nevada.
"Traveling by bike gives you a whole new conception of distance." he said.
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He said the trip would change his habits. He said he would start shopping at a farmer's market, using public transportation and improving his attitude.
The riders try to ride on back roads. They rode on Kansas highways 24 and 36. However,riders had to ride Interstate 80 through Nevada, but riding on that interstate was necessary because there was no other option.
The group has a sports and gear vehicle that meets the bikers at a set location for food, drink and repairs.
Rachelle Callenback, University of California-Berkeley student, said she was weary of school and wanted to learn by experience.
"I was tired of learning through just books," she said.
So, she took a year off from school, working and traveling, and now she treks across the continent by bike.
Rachelle leaves about 6:45 a.m. on riding days to beat the heat, and the rest of the riders usually hit the road about 8 a.m.
Hansen can be reached at 864-4810 or writer@kansan.com
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