MOREHEAD STATE I UNIVERSITY q,I!~' Eagle Basketball 1980·81 TO NEWS MEDIA This 1980-81 edition of Morehead State University's Eagle Basketball Media Guide has been prepared to aid you in covering the Eagles and to provide information about our athletes, coaches, and University. If additional materials are needed, please write or call the sports information director at any time. All photographs in this guide have been repro­ duced with an 85 line screen and are suitable for reprinting. Black-and-white photographs are available on request. Color slides, 16mm movie film, and tape recordings are supplied to radio and television outlets. PRESS INFORMATION PA ESS PASSES- Passes for the working press are issued on an individual game basis by the sports information director. Credentials should be requested as early as possi­ ble. Press personnel attending as guests are entitled to general admission seating outside the press row area. BROADCAST- Permission for broadcast rights must be secured fro m the sports information director. Line installa­ tions are ordered by t he individual stations through their local telephone companies. Each station is assigned two seats. PRESS ROW SEATING-Wetherby Gymnasium press row is restricted to accredited writers, radio-television broadcasters, scout s, and other designated officials. O_nly camera men and photographers are permitted on the side­ lines, and their activity must not interfere with play. Seat­ ing is assigned by the sports information director. MSU supplies a play-by-play account at the end of each half. First half and final statistics also are provided. Telephones and refreshments are available. In addition, a Xerox Tele­ copier is on duty at each game. SCOUTING PASSES- Passes for scouts should be requested at least a week in advance from the sports infor­ mation director. One seat is allocated to each organization requesting credentials. Additional seating will be granted if available. Passes must be claimed in person at the main ticket window. Table of Contents The Coaches ... ..... .. ..... .. .. ... .... 2 The Eagles .. ............... .. .. ... .... 7 The Opponents ..... ..................15 The University ... ..... ... ... ...... ...25 The Roster ... ..... ........ ........ -26 The Records .. .. ............. .........34 Morehead State University 1980-81 Eagle Basketball Schedule Dec. 1 Milligan College Home 7:30 Dec. 2 Bluefield Co llege Home 7 :30 Dec. 5-6 Eagle Classic Home TBA Dec. 8 University of Kansas Away 8:30 Dec. 13 Bowling Green State Home 7:30 Dec. 15 Marshall Away 7:30 Dec. 20 Southern Illinois Away 8:30 Jan. 3 Middle Tennessee State Away 8:30 Jan. 8 Murray State Home 7 :30 Jan. 10 Austin Peay Home 7 :30 Jan. 12 University of Charleston Away 7 :30 Jan. 15 University of Akron Home 7 :30 Jan. 17 Tennessee Tech Away 8:30 Jan. 22 Eastern Kentucky Away 7:30 Jan.24 Western Kentucky Away 8:30 Jan. 29 Middle Tennessee State Home 7 :30 Jan. 31 Western Kentucky Home 7:30 Feb. 5 Murray State Away 8:30 Feb. 7 Austin Peay Away 8:30 Feb. 12 Tennessee Tech Home 7:30 Feb. 14 University of Akron Away 8:00 Feb. 19 Eastern Kentucky Home 7:30 Feb.21 East Tennessee State Home 7:30 Feb.25 West Virginia Home 7:30 Feb.28 Tennessee State Away 8:30 March 6-7 OVC To urnament TBA TBA All times Eastern. 1 WAYNE MARTIN Head Coach As he enters his third season at the helm ot Morehead State University's Eagle basketball team, Wayne Martin is looking for hi s team to emerge from respectability to a champion. Martin came to MSU from basketball power Oral Roberts University, where he served on the staff of former MSU assistant coach Lake Kelly. No stranger to basketball in Eastern Kentucky, the 33-year-old Winchester native spent nine years in Pike­ ville, five seasons at Pikeville High School, and four at Pikeville College. As a high school cage coach, Martin com pi led an 82-56 record, including four district championships and two regional runner-up spots. His collegiate coaching record is even more impressive. He guided Pikeville's Bears to an 86-33 record, including three consecutive K IAC titles and appearances in the NAIA national tournament. His 14-13 mark in his first year at MSU pushed his career total to 100-46, an average of 20 wins in his first five collegiate seasons. His overall record is now 115-58 as a collegiate head coach. Martin took over programs at PHS, PC, and MSU follow­ ing respective seasons of 4-21, 7-17, and 4-19 at each school. He has proven his ability to turn sagging programs into winners. Working closely with Martin will be assistant coaches Ken Trivette and Randy McCoy, both graduates of Pike­ ville College, Bernard Johnson, a Cumberland College grad, and Herbie Stamper, MSU's new student assistant. MSU's head coach is married to the for.mer Pam Caudill of Morehead. They have one son, Chris, 8. 2 KEN TRIVITTE Ken T rivette has been an assistant coach on the Eagle basketball staff during Martin's entire tenure. A successful head coach at Cumberland College for three years, T rivette is a graduate of Pikeville College. A basketball coach by family heritage, Trivette is the son of former Pikeville High School Coach J ohn Bill Trivette, a name that is linked to basketball excellence in Eastern Kentucky. His 1977-78 Cumberland team com­ piled a 27-10 record and made his school's f irst appearance ever in the NAIA national tournament. In addition to his career at Cumberland, Trivette served as a graduate assistant at the University of Ke ntucky and assista nt at Wayne County High School. Trivette, 31, a native of Pikevi lle, Kentucky, is married to the former Candy Huffman. They have two children, Ann, 11 , and Steve, 6. RANDY McCOY Randy McCoy and Wayne Martin are beginning their eighth year working together. A member of Martin's staff at Pikeville College, he, like Trivette, has been an assistant at MSU during Martin's entire tenure. A graduate of Pikeville College, McCoy is a native of Elkhorn City, Kentucky. McCoy is involved in all areas of the program, w ith his primary responsibilities in the area of scouting, recruiting, and player guidelines. McCoy, 25, is married to the former Sherry Brickey. 3 BERNARD JOHNSON Bernard Johnson, like T rivette and McCoy, begins his third year as a part-time assistant coach with MSU's Eagle basketball team. Johnson is a graduate of Cumberland College, where he was a three-year letterman, and served one year as student assistant on Trivette's staff. A native of Weirsdale, Florida, he was president of the WHS senior class. With the NCAA rule that will not permit a part-time assistant to recruit or scout off-campus, Johnson's abilities will be channeled in new directions for the 1980-8 1 season. He will be primarily responsible for monitoring p layer academics and coordinating on-campus visitations by prospective recruits. Johnson, 24, will complete requirements for a master's degree in business administrat ion this spring. KEN WRIGHT Ken Wright, 28, a native of Vevay, Ind., came to MSU in 1978 to serve as athletic trainer. Previously he served two years as assistant trainer at Ohio University. As head trainer he is responsible for the physical health of al l MSU athletes. In addit ion to supervising pre-game and post-game training procedures, he a lso conducts various t herapy pro­ grams for injured athletes. A graduate of Eastern Kentucky University, he has served as graduate assistant trainer at Kent State and Syracuse. 4 ,, , HERBIE STAMPER Student Assistant Coach Servin g as student assistant coach with the Eagles during t he 1980-81 season wi ll be Herbie Stam per, a former Eagle great. A graduate of Knott County Cent ral High School in Kentucky, Stam per is MSU'sall-time leading scorer w it h 2,072 career point s. He spent last season with Ho lland in t he Eu ropean Professional League. Stam per, 23, wi ll assist with al I on-campus phases of t he MSU program. MANAGERS Kevin Garris Mike Reed Serving as head and assistant manager for t he 1980-81 Eagl e basket ball program are Kev in Garris of Lynch, Ken­ tucky, and Mike Reed of Versailles, Kent ucky. Martin stated, " Kevin and Mi ke will do an outstanding job as managers. They are quality young men." 5 THE OUTLOOK Morehead State University Eagle Basketba ll Coach Wayne Martin will have some questions to answer as the 1980-81 version of his basketball squad opens the season. The Eagles return eight lettermen, including four starters, from last year's team that finished 15-12 overall and 7-5 in Ohio Valley Conference play. The biggest question is "How do you replace Charlie Clay?" A 6-7 forward-center who earned All-Ohio Valley Conference honors his junior and senior years, Clay saw duty as both a power forward and center over those two seasons. Also absent are center Butch Kelley, a four-year veteran, and forward David Underwood. Top Eagle returnees are juniors Norris Beckley (6-2), Greg Coldiron (6-6), and Glenn Napier (6-3), starters for the past two seasons, and sophomore Eddie Childress (6-6), an all-OVC freshman performer. Other returnees include senior guard John Solomon (6-2), senior center Albert Spencer (6-9), junior forward Jeff Riley (6-7), and junior guard Rocky Adkins (6-3). Spencer could become the most important of the non-starting returnees, as he, along with freshman recruits Jeff Tipton (6-10), Darrell Lyons (6-10), and Craig Smith (6-8), should battle for the starting center position.