Nine top coaches selected for College Football ‘88 Preview Nine prominent NCAA coaches Mike Archer, Louisiana State Uni- lege (Illinois), and Bob Stull, director of the American Football tion and dinner will cap the day’s and approximately 60 of the nation’s versity; Rich Brooks, University of University of Texas, El Paso. Coaches Association, also will be in activities. top sports writers will gather Feb- Oregon; Danny Ford, Clemson Uni- John D. Swofford, athletics di- attendance. NCAA Executive Director Ri- ruary 2 l-23 in Kansas City, Missou- versity; Pat Jones, Oklahoma State rector of the University of North Three panels of three coaches chard D. Schultz is scheduled to ri’s, Westin Crown Center to University; Dick MacPherson, Syr- Carolina, Chapel Hill, and chair of each will meet with the sportswriters address the sportswriters on the participate in the College Football acuse University; David McWilli- the NCAA Communications Com- throughout the first day of the pre- final day of the preview. ‘88 Preview. ams, University of Texas, Austin; mittee, will serve as moderator of view to discuss pertinent topics. Following are brief biographical Coaches attending the 12th an- George Perles, Michigan State Uni- the preview. Each coach also will be available sketches of the coaches selected for nual NCAA-sponsored preview are versity; Bob Reade, Augustana Col- Charles McClendon, executive for one-on-one interviews. A recep- See Nine, page 3 Official Publication of the National Collegiate Athletic Association February 10,1966, Volume 25 Number 6 Chnk Gobnwht TIteres Gmntz C. Vhf&n Stinger Pat Summttt Spotlight on Women’s Basketball is February- 18 Players and coaches from five of coach Chris Gobrecht and Lisa top players and coaches in women’s In 1981-1982, she led Cheyney to to the NCAA championship last the nation’s outstanding women’s Oriard of the University of Wash- basketball in a setting outside of the the runner-up spot in the NCAA season and earned coach-of-the- collegiate basketball programs will ington. competitive arena. tournament and was named coach year honors. Her team has been participate in the sixth annual Members of the media are invited Following is biographical infor- of the year. She coached the 1985 among the semifinalists at the NCAA Spotlight on Women’s Bas- to interview the coaches and players mation about this year’s partici- World University Games team in NCAA championship four times ketball Thursday, February 18, at beginning at 9 a.m. A reception and pants: Kobe, Japan. and at the Association of Intercolle- the Hilton Hotel and Towers in New luncheon follow at 11:30 a.m. Iowa Edwards is a senior guard from giate Athletics for Women cham- York City’s Rockefeller Center. The Spotlight is held each year to Stringer is in her fifth year as Boston. She has earned all-Big Ten pionship four times. A graduate of The participants will be coach C. promote the sport of women’s bas- head coach at Iowa and took the Conference honors the past two the University of Tennessee,Martin, Vivian Stringer and Michelle Ed- ketball and the NCAA women’s Hawkeyes to the Midwest regional years. Edwards, who scored over Summitt coached the U.S. Women’s wards of the University of Iowa; basketball championships. The championship game during the 1987 2,000 points in high school, bettered National Team to the gold medal at coach Pat Summitt and Bridgette event, developed by the former Division I Women’s Basketball the l,OOO-point mark at Iowa as a the 1984 Olympics. Gordon of the University of Tennes- NCAA Public Relations and Pro- Championship. Her team achieved junior. She scored 24 points in last Gordon is a junior forward from see, Knoxville; coach Jody Conradt motion Committee, was initiated in its first No. 1 ranking this season.A year’s loss to Louisiana Tech Uni- Deland, Florida. She was the lead- and Beverly Williams of the Univer- 1983. graduate of Slippery Rock Univer- versity in the championship game ing scorer and rebounder in the sity of Texas, Austin; coach Theresa The Spotlight affords members sity of Pennsylvania, Stringer of the Midwest regional. NCAA championship last season Grentz and Sue Wicks of Rutgers of the media the opportunity to coached at Cheyney University of Tennessee and earned all-tournament honors. University, New Brunswick, and meet with and interview some of the Pennsylvania prior to going to Iowa. Summitt coached the Lady Vols See Spll~&, page 2 NCAA, Division I conferences expand contacts Firms help A desire to improve communica- ton, a legislative assistant who SUC- ences,-Horton said. “So we thought how conferences deal with specific tion between the national office and ceeded Powell as administrator. The it would be good to start a program problems and to quickly disseminate NCAA study an important component of the “next logical step,” Horton believes, where we could increase the com- information that is useful to the NCAA membership-the confer- is an exchange program in which munication. conferences. office needs ences~ has sparked steady growth conference representatives visit the “Communication is a two-way “We use it to go to the conferences Firms specializing in real es- and improvement in the Associa- national office to acquaint them- street; but in the past, maybe it’s for information-for instance, be- tate, architectural planning and tion’s 1L/-year-old Conference Con- selves with its operations while been more one-way, where we’re fore trying to issue an interpretata- engineering are helping the tact Program. NCAA staff members visit confer- told the conferences what to do,” he tion, we may poll the conferences on NCAA review alternatives to Now, staff members in the how they handle an issue,” she said. provide additional office space NCAA’s legislative services depart- Offering examples, Powell said for the national office staff. ment confer regularly with repre- “The program . gives the national office a the conferences have been asked for A decision whether to move to sentatives of all Division 1 means of learning how conferences deal their views on such questions as a new headquarters site or ex- conferences, and are beginning to what constitutes “actual and neces- pand near the current site in meet them face-to-face for the first with specific problems and to quickly sary expenses” for prospective stu- Mission, Kansas, is among the time at the conferences’annual meet- disseminate information that is useful to the dent-athletes during recruiting visits, tasks facing the Association, ings. how should a 24hour contact period which currently occupies 50,000 “As our staff has expanded, webe conferences? be defined, and how much eligibility square feet in two NCAA-owned expanded the program to where we should be granted to Bylaw s-l-(j) buildings and leases 800 square have contact with all of the Division ence offices to observe their activi- admitted. “Now we’re opening up nonqualifiers or partial qualifiers feet in another building. I conferences, plus a few independ- ties. the lines of communication so that who transfer to a member institution Options include finding new ents,” said Carol A. Powell, a legis- The contact program began dur- conferences can come back to us after one year at a junior college. space in the Kansas City area or lative assistant in the national office ing the fall of 1986, when legislative and tell us what they think about The NCAA Legislation and In- moving to another area, although who served as administrator of the servicesstaff membersdecided some- issues.” terpretations Committee regularly the latter option is regarded as program until last month. thing was needed to make their Indeed, receiving feedback from receives information from the con- unlikely. “The idea now is to take it even services more accessible to confer- the conferences is only one of three ferences through the program, as Retained by the Association further and involve legislative servi- ences. benefits of the program, Powell does the Recruiting Committee. to study alternatives are Jones & ces in the conferences’ day-today “The staff felt there wasn‘t enough said. The program also gives the As for disseminating information, See Firms, page 2 functions,” added Stephen J. Hor- communication with the confer- national office a means of learning See NCAA. Division I, page 2 TNE NCAA NEWS/Fetmary 10,lSM &dight Continuedfrom page 1 the University of Texas, Arlington, Rutgers the year. She averaged 26.7 points volunteer for one year following her She scored 111 points for a 22.2 prior to joining the staff at Texas in Grentz has taken the Lady and 13 rebounds in three NCAA graduation from Southern Cal. average and grabbed 41 rebounds 1976. A graduate of Baylor Univer- Knights to the NCAA East regional tournament gameslast year and has Gobrecht then coached at the for an 8.2 average. She already has sity, Conradt coached the United finals the past two seasons. The scored over 2,000 points and has high school and junior college levels eclipsed the 1,000-point mark at States to a gold medal at the Pan team posted its first 30-victory sea- over 1,000rebounds at Rutgers. She before taking over the program at Tennessee.This past summer, Gor- American Games in 1987. son a year ago and won its first played on the United States team California State University, Fuller- don played in the World University Williams is a senior guard from Atlantic IO Conference champion- that won the gold medal at the 1987 ton. She coached there for six years Games in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Austin, Texas.