The BASKETBALL PREVIEW San Francisco ISSUE FOGHORN VOL. 67. NO. 15 UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO «•• '51 NOVEMBER 29, 1972 The USF Dons Go for It All USF Basketball 1972-73 2 FOGHORN — NOVEMBER 29, 1972 Simon says USF Cage Coaching Staff Dan Ready to go B**»***M Head Coach: A former Don basketball Pete Simoncini layer, Dan returns to the S[illtop as assistant basket­ Friday night we will initiate yet another basketball ball coach, a position he season here at USF. However, except for die hard, long­ Bob Gaillard One of the most outstand­ formerly held before taking time faculty and staff Don rooters, this season will for over varsity coaching duties most of us be quite different than what we are used to as ing cagers ever to wear the at San Jose's Willow Glen fans of USF basketball. Green and Gold, thirty-one High School in 1969. There For the first time since the mid '60's, USF is picked year old Bob Gaillard is he guided his teams to one to win the WCAC and place somewhere in the national rapidly proving himself to league championship and Top 20 while doing so. Something new indeed! be one of the brightest and two second place finishes in three years. I have to wholeheartedly agree with the experts. The most successful athletic ad­ Dons are the strongest, most well-rounded team to grace A graduate of USF in the floor of Memorial Gym since the Ollie Johnson cham­ ministrators in the country 1964, the 31-year-old Bellu­ pionship team of 1965. both as Director of Athletics omini played guard on the Actually, we students are fortunate to be situated in and as Head Basketball WCAC championship clubs the middle of a basketball renaissance here at USF. This Coach. of Pete Peletta (1963-65) renaissance is a result of a tremendous building program which recorded an overall To say that success is a mark of 47-10. He first initiated by the late Pete Peletta and carried on by the Gaillard trademark is to un­ current USF Athletic Director Bob Gaillard. coached at St. Ignatius High derstate the fact. He has dis­ School before originally What this renaissance entails does not only include played excellence at every joining the USF coaching winning—though that is the major factor contributing to level during his distin­ staff in 1966. it. However, also included are facts such as class—class guished career as player on the court, a class that prompts non-affiliated people to and coach. At USF he was BOB GAILLARD Dan will be counted on to point at the Dons and realize that there is a truly first twice an All-Conference se­ assist Coach Gaillard with class basketball operation. the varsity while assuming lection while leading his head coaching responsibili­ Then there is the great ingredient of sportsmanship. team in scoring and earning George Baljevich ties of the Don junior var­ A team can be great, yet, as we have previously seen in the reputation as the hard­ sity. cases such as UOP and Santa Clara, lacking in sportsman- est man to score against in Northern California. A tena­ A native of San Fran­ sship and general basketball etiquette. This etiquette factor cisco, Dan and his wife is not only organic to the team itself, but is also carried cious guard throughout his varsity career (1959-1962) Nancy have two children: to the USF fans—a team knows that when it plays at USF Lance (3) and David (1). it will be in a "chamber of horrors" yet that it will be Gaillard scored a total of treated with respect by the fans. 976 points (ISO ppg) to rank seventh on the all-time Don The final precept of the aforementioned Don renais­ record list. The high point sance has to do with the caliber of players, coaches and of his career came on De­ staff affiliated with the Green and Gold. Undoubtedly USF cember 5,1961 when he net­ is first in this respect. ted 41 ooints against West The USF basketball program is not enmeshed in overt Texas State — still the best jockdom as so many other programs are. Keeping with the single game output in USF Credo of the University of San Francisco, the Don coach­ history. Bob also served as ing staff stresses the full development of the athlete— team captain in his senior in the classroom as well as on the court. year. This is why most of the Dons are religious to their studies. This is why the Green and Gold is comprised of Upon graduation, Gail­ people like Anthony Lewis, Mike Quick, Phil Smith and lard starred for the US Snake Jones who participate in the National Summer Navy Sub-Pac basketball Youth Program. squad in Hawaii. After­ GEORGE BALJEVICH wards, he embarked on his Contrary to what columnists George Turner and Jim highly successful coaching A graduate of St Mary's Tabilio forecast in the past, USF is not on the verge of career. His first job was at College in I960, George becoming the biggest jock machine west of South Bend. "Bucky" Baljevich is in his Jesuit High School in Sacra­ DAN BELLUOMINI Sure, the emphasis is indeed on winning — if it mento where he built the second year as assistant weren't, Gaillard and his staff would be foolish. But more basketball program from in­ coach and recruiting coordi­ importantly, this emphasis is not a do-or-die dilemma—i.e. fancy to an overall 37-10 nator at USF. Phil Stumpo the athletes are given a tremendous opportunity to become mark during his two year Baljevich owns impres­ scholar athletes. tenure. sive coaching records at St. Elizabeth's High School, The factors of winning, class, sportsmanship and high In 1968 he returned to his where his JV teams won 201 caliber of participants will make the 1972-73 USF basket­ alma mater as assistant games and six champion­ ball campaign one of the most interesting and exciting in coach under then head ships, then at Cal State Hay­ years. coach Phil Vukicevich. Gail­ ward and St. Mary's College This issue tells part of the story of the basketball lard went on to post a 39-8 where he acted as assistant renaissance on the Hilltop. I hope you enjoy reading it as record, the best back-to- coach before joining coach much as I enjoyed editing it. back record of any USF Gaillard's staff in 1971. yearling mentor. "The Buckaroo," as he is Upon Vukicevich's resig­ affectionately referred to by nation midway through the his colleagues, is at his best Friday and Saturday 1970-71 season, Gaillard was when recruiting. He is re­ named head coach and guid­ sponsible for the foundation ed a previously winless club of the Northern California December 8 and 9 to a fourth place conference Basketball Recruiting Serv­ finish highlighted by vic­ ice and has worked actively tories over Pacific and with several professional PHIL STUMPO Oakland Coliseum Arena Santa Clara. teams. A 1970 graduate of USF, A former collegiate bas­ Last year, Gaillard's first Phil comes to the Hilltop ketball and baseball player, after coaching for two years full year at the helm, he led the 34 year-old Baljevich is Cable Car Classic the Dons to a 13-1 WCAC at Bishop Diego High single and resides in Oak­ School in Santa Barbara record and the conference land. title as well as a 20-8 over­ where his teams compiled STARRING all mark. For his efforts, an overall mark of 45-15 Bob was named WCAC and and one championship. Northern California Coach FOLLOW While an undergraduate Duke University of the Year in two separate at USF Stumpo was active polls. USF in many realms of the ath- BASKETBALL letic program including bas­ LaSalle University Gaillard's major asset is ketball and baseball where his ability to relate to his 1972-73 he distinguished himself as players and staff, and instill CALL THE a first rate second sacker. Santa Clara University in them his own intensity, Stumpo, 24, will assist competiveness and ingenu­ Gaillard and Belluomini AND HOST ity. Bob's success up to now USF with the varsity and JV has been no accident, nei­ teams as well as with scout­ University of San Francisco ther will the success of the ing and recruiting. USF Dons under his direc­ Sports-Line In addition to his coach­ STUDENT TICKETS DISCOUNTED tion. ing duties, Phil has as­ Bob and his wife Sally sumed the position of USF's Tickets on sale from Bill Fusco in the have three children: Mich­ first full-time athletic pub­ elle (7), Debbie (5) and Tim 752-5678 licist. USF Athletic Department (3). The Gaillard family re­ Single, Phil currently re­ sides in Novato. sides in San Francisco. NOVEMBER 29, 1972 — FOGHORN 3 The USF Athletic Department ...they make Don sports dick... usr Mtft •WPT. Rick Van Tuyle Bob Giron Bill Fusco Eleanor Hingsbergen Vivienne Rowe Trainer Equipment Manager Athletic Business Manager Athletic Dept. Secretary PE—Athletic Secretary As the Don athletic The USF equipment man­ In his four years at USF, Eleanor Hingsbergen has From Derby, England trainer, Rick Van Tuyle con­ ager, Bob Giron, is well Bill Fusco has been active a personal interest in the rounded in all aspects of the comes Vivienne Rowe to tributes heavily to the in the sports mainstream. A San Francisco Dons. And it USF as a physical education image of the USF athletic athletic field.