Wright State Basketball Press Book 1979-1980
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Wright State University CORE Scholar Athletics Publications Athletics 12-1-1979 Wright State Basketball Press Book 1979-1980 Wright State University Athletics Follow this and additional works at: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/athletics_publications Part of the Public Relations and Advertising Commons Repository Citation Wright State University Athletics (1979). Wright State Basketball Press Book 1979-1980. : Wright State University. This Media Guide is brought to you for free and open access by the Athletics at CORE Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Athletics Publications by an authorized administrator of CORE Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1979-80 Basketball Press Book Wright State University Contents To the Press, Radio, and TV Raider Records 33 Director of Athletics 2 Meet The Raiders 9 This brochure is designed to assist in your UD Arena: All requests for working press Head Coach 3 Raiders in the News 17 Campus Map 38 Game-by Game Scoring, 78-79 39 coverage of the 1979-80 Wright State Uni tickets should be made with the Sports In Assistant Coaches 4 About Wright State 18 versity basketball team. For information not formation Office. Requests for permission to Behind the Scenes 5 The Raider Roster 20 Publicity Outlets 40 79-80 Schedules 41 found in this brochure, direct your requests broadcast should be placed with the Sports Underhill's Viewpoint 7 Raider Opponents 26 to: Sports Information Office, Room 110, Information Office, but line requests should Physical Education Building, Wright State be made with Ohio Bell. All press tickets and Quick Facts About Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435, or call area parking passes will be honored at the UD Location: Dayton, Ohio (city population, 205,986; metropolitan area population, 835, 708) code 513/873-2771. Arena on WSU game nights only. Enrollment: 14, 735 If you plan to cover a Wright State home Parking Arrangements: A parking area is Founded: 1964; independent university status, 1967 game in the Physical Education Building, reserved for press, radio-TV, and scouts Conference: NCAA Division II, independent please take the following matters into con immediately adjacent to the PE Building. Field House: Physical Education Building, capacity, 2,500; UD Arena, capacity, 13, 548 sideration. Requests for parking passes should ac School Colors: Hunter Green and Gold company requests for working press pass Press Box: Working space for writers and Nickname: Raiders es. When issued, the parking pass will in scouts is located on the floor opposite the Board of Trustees: Armistead W. Gilliam, Jr., chairman; Ray F. Ross, vice-chairman; dicate the appropriate lot in which space is Helen H. James; R. Cyrus Laughter; Steve Mason; Frederick R. McConnaughey; Albert team benches and scoring table. Working space for radio and television stations is lo reserved. H. Sealy; John F. Tarley; Arthur L. Younger. Athletic Council: Anni Whissen, chairman; Carl Benner, James Brinkman, Gordon cated on the same side of the floor, but prior Services: Programs, line-ups, and game Constable, Tom Matczynski, Gerald Meike, Don Mohr, Gordon Wise. notice is necessary to set up adequate background information will be available in space. Your press credentials will be the press row prior to the game. At halftime, Athletic Deparbnent Staff marked with the proper seat numbers when you will receive a play-by-play of the first you receive them. half along with "quickie" stats. After the The main athletic department office phone is Swimming Coach Working Press Tickets: All requests for game, you will receive second half play 513/873-2771 . This is a direct centrex line Lee Dexter, 2771 (426-7910) working press tickets should be placed with by-play and complete final statistics. Re into the Physical Education Building. The Assistant Swimming and Diving Coach the Sports Information Office. This includes freshments will be available in the press numbers listed after each coach's name are Joe Kemper, 2771 (429-2562) requests from scouts. Requests received at room located in the Athletic Department either the four numbers of a university ex conference room. A Xerox telecopier will be Assistant Swimming Coach least four days in advance of the game will tension or the coach's business number. available for use as time permits for a $15 be mailed. Requests for tickets thereafter The numbers listed in parentheses are the Jim Dock, 2771 (878-6154) will be held at the "Will Call" gate in the PE per use charge. department member's home phone number. Men's Tennis Coach Building. Priority will ·be given to those writ Director of Athletics and lntramurals Will Cleveland, 2771 (435-5389) Sports Information Personnel: Starting his ers requesting available space first. News Don Mohr, 2771 (885-2976) seventh year as director is David Stahl while Wrestling Coach men will always be given preference over Steve Kelly is beginning his third year as Head Basketball Coach Stamatis Bulugaris, 227-6187 ( 429-1280) scouts if a shortage of space occurs. assistant sports information director. Stu Ralph Underhill, 2771 (434-7965) Assistant Wrestling Coach Working Radio and TV T ickets: All re dent assistants are Richard Fletcher, Rachel Associate Basketball Coach Eric Harmon, 2771 (879-1880) quests for working radio or TV tickets should Pequignot, and Brent Rutkowski. Jim Brown, 2771 (252-0135) Soccer Coach be placed with the Sports Information Of fice. Space will be assigned and tickets Assistant Basketball Coach Jim Droulias, 227-3195 (836-5044) mailed after receipt of rights fees (if appli Bob Grote, 2771 (276-2413) Assistant Soccer Coach cable) and completed contracts. Three tick Baseball Coach Mike Cahill (278-5332) ets will be allotted for each station, but ad Ron Nischwitz, 223-1285 (890-3606) Sports Information Director ditional tickets may be obtained with prior Assistant Baseball Coach David L. Stahl, 2771 (256-8651) permission. All telephone orders should be Al Burger(426-6164) placed with the Sports Information Office. Assistant Sports Information Director and Important: Nonworking guests are not al Assistant Baseball Coach Golf Coach lowed in the working press area. Mark Bilinski (277-0259) Steve Kelly, 2771 (836-6171) Photographers: Still cameramen may work Women's Basketball Coach and Softball Assistant Director of PE Building Operation beneath either basket. Requests for floor Coach John Ross, 2771 (848-4471) passes should be placed with the Sports In Pat Davis, 2771 ( 426-9941) Director of Physical Education formation Office. Motion picture cameramen Cross Country Coach Steve Frederick, 3222 (429-0582) needing platforms must make arrangements at least three weeks prior to the game. Bob Schul, 339-2605 (339-5291) Assistant Director of lntramurals Volleyball Coach Ken Knight, 2771 (845-3694) Peggy Wynkoop, 2771 (434-1217) Trainer Women's Tennis Coach David Shon, 2771 (274-9733) Shirley Griffith (434-9335) Equipment Manager Tom Roush, 2527 (256-6524) Director of Athletics Head Coach Don Mohr His first coaching position was at Cincinnati Ralph Underhill district titles, one regional title, and finishing Reading High School where he was assis as the state runnerup in 1968-69. tant coach in football and basketball. He took over the head baseball job in 1951 and Underhill graduated from Lloyd High School did scouting for the Los Angeles (then in Erlanger where he earned four letters Brooklyn) Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds dur each in basketball, football, track, and ing the summer. (His top baseball player in baseball. From there he entered Tennessee high school, Claude Osteen, signed with the Tech where he lettered in basketball and Reds and now coaches in the St. Louis or track and was on the Ohio Valley Confer ganization.) ence basketball championship team as a junior. He was appointed principal at Reading in 1956. He remained head baseball coach Ralph earned a Bachelor of Science degree until 1963 and left Reading in 1965. While at in health and physical education in 1964 from Tennessee Tech. He received his Collegiate athletics are undergoing some Reading, he also received a Master of Edu When Ralph Underhill was named head major changes and even more are on the cation degree from Xavier University in Master of Arts degree in guidance and basketball coach at Wright State, he prom education from Western Kentucky in 1965 horizon. Economics is the major factor forc 1961. ised to make the Raiders a contender for the ing many colleges and universities through where he worked as a graduate assistant In Then came the move to Wright State in 1966 national championship within three years. basketball. out the country to curtail their athletic pro as head of financial aid, placement, and the The search for a coach emphasized the grams. veterans office. He was asked to initiate an need for an excellent recruiter and one who A member of the Fellowship of Christian Wright State is fortunate to have an athletic athletic program, which he did during the could sell his program to the community. Athletes since his days at Tennessee Tech, Underhill has earned numerous coaching director who saw the "handwriting on the 1968-69 school year when he started a soc Underhill has done nothing to change his wall." When Mohr was planning the WSU cer team. In April 1971 , he was named Di honors since his first job in 1965. He was the reputation after one year on the job. He took Western Kentucky High School Coach of the athletic program, he included a women's rector of Athletics. Wright State to the regional finals in his first program which equalled that of the men. Year in 1969; the Louisville Quarterback Since soccer started on campus, 13 other college head coaching job and has put to Club High School Coach of the Year in 1972; Sports which receive grant-in-aid money at varsity sports, including five for women, gether a team which has the potential to vie the present time are men's and women's the coach of the West All-Stars in the Ken have been started.