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In 1998, the utes will open their season in a brand new 46,500-seat Rice Stadium. The $50 million project, raised totally from non-tax dollars, got a big boost from the George and Delores Dore Eccles Foundation, which donated $10 million. Designed to be a "fan friendly" stadium, Rice Stadium will feature a MM sprawling concourse lined with concession stands and merchandising shops. The crown jewel of the new stadium will be a three-story, state-of*the-art, luxury seating and press box area.

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In 1892, four years before Utah was In the mid- granted statehood, the University of 1970s, women's Utah played its first football game. The athletics entered U. lost, 12-0, to Utah State-a mislead­ the Ute fold and ing start for an athletic program that quickly made up would etch its mark nationally in the for time lost on the Consensus century to come. sidelines. The Utah All-American The first 50 years of Utah athletics women's basket­ Keifh Van found the Utes with two national ball team acquired Horn led 101 wins in its first Utah to championships in basketball (the 1944 three NCAA Tournament and 1947 National five years of straight WAC Invitational Tournament). Football had existence-89 titles from its successes in the early years, as well, under future Hall- 1995-97— of-Fame coach and a No. 6 especially under coach final (141-55-17 from 1925-49). Armstrong Fern Gardner. The national led the Utes to a 7-1-2 record in 1938 Ute women skiers ranking in and a Sun Bowl victory over New took the 1977 1997. Mexico. His 1946 Utes finished 8-3 and Association for played in the Pineapple Bowl. Intercollegiate The Utah basketball program Athletics for matched strides, making regular Women (AIAW) appearances at the NCAA Tournament championship and throughout the '40s and '50s and setting sandwiched their gold with a trio of making a national splash when he won the tone for the half century to come. silvers from 1976-79. And what would the 50-yard freestyle at the 1976 NCAA And long-time men's swim coach Don soon become the premier women's Swimming and Diving Championships. Reddish laid the groundwork for a gymnastics team in the nation was born The 1980s saw athletics at Utah program that owns 22 Western Athletic in the 1975-76 season. Coach Greg continue hurtling into the big time. The Championships to date. Marsden led that first team to a 10th- women's gymnastics team won an Utah's tentative steps up the national place national finish-a place that, unprecedented six-straight national athletics ladder escalated to leaps and lofty as it may seem-now ranks dead titles from 1981-86. Cross country bounds when the '60s rolled around. In last for a U. gymnastics squad. In the coach Mike Jones led his women's team 1961, the men's hoops team advanced spring of 1979, the Ute softball team (then competing in Division II) to the to the NCAA Final Four, barely missing went to the College World Series. The AIAW Championship in 1981. The U. third place in a thrilling four-overtime men's sports kept pace, with Jeff Rolan softball team qualified for the 1982 and loss to St. Joseph's (127- '85 NCAA College World 120). In 1964, it was Series. The 1983 men's football, not basketball, basketball team upset that shoved the Utes Illinois and UCLA before into the national succumbing to eventual limelight. After an 8-2 NCAA champion North regular season, coach Carolina State in the West 's Utes Regional semifinals. Also accepted an invitation to in 1983, skiing became a play West Virginia in coed sport and Utah swept the 1964 Liberty Bowl to the NCAA title. The in Atlantic City, N.J., coed Skiin' Utes would win where they romped past four of the next five NCAA the Mountaineers, 32-6. Championships, as well. It In 1966, Utah again was a big year across the finished fourth in the board, with tennis player NCAA basketball Greg Holmes capturing the tourney-falling to 1983 NCAA singles eventual champion championship. Texas Western (now The upward spiral has UTEP) in the national In 1995, the Utah gymnastics team won a record 10th continued into the '90s. semifinals. national championship at Georgia—its fourth title in the '90s. Under the direction of

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Athletics Director Dr. Chris Hill, the coach Pat Miller. The skiers finished semi-finals. The Utes have won three Ute program has reached previously second in '94 and '95. ' straight WAC Championships and five uncharted levels. Football coach Ron Runnin' Ute men's basketball team has total under Majerus. The women's McBride has taken his team to a basketball team has won the last two bowl in four of the last five WAC regular season titles and advanced years-a school record. The Utes to the NCAA Tournament. Last year, in played in the 1992 and '96 their seventh NCAA tourney appearance, Copper Bowl, and the 1993 and the Ute women made the NCAA Second '94 Freedom Bowl. The 1994 Round. The softball team has made season-the best in school postseason play (regionals or nationals) an history-made Utah a national annual event. The Utes qualified for the player. The Utes won their first 1991 and 1994 College World Series- eight games, and finished the placing fifth in the nation in 1994. season with a school-record 10 On the administrative front, Hill, a wins (10-2) and a No. 10 Associ­ former Ute fund-raiser, is behind a ated Press ranking (No. 8 CNN- virtual athletics construction boom that Coaches Poll). Utah defeated puts Utah near the head of the class Arizona, 16-13, in the 1994 nationally in facilities. Among the new Freedom Bowl. In 1995, a facilities: the George S. Eccles Tennis youthful Ute team was denied a Facility, the Dee Glen Smith Athletics fourth-straight postseason Center, the Thomas Kearns McCarthey appearance, despite winning a Practice Field, Ute Softball Field, share of the WAC champion­ Crimson Court (volleyball), Ute Soccer ship-its first in 31 years. The Utah Ski Coach Pat Miller has won nine Field, and a bubbled indoor practice Utes returned to postseason play national titles, including the last two. structure. Major projects currently last season, after winning eight underway include the $50 million games. also found a niche with the national reconstruction of Rice Stadium and a leaders. The Utes made the 'Elite Eight' new $1.7 million women's gymnastics last year and finished the year ranked training facility. fUteJt ie&ms m&i only regie No. 6 in the nation. They were led by All of Utah's athletic success stories only tsmmng ihe WA€'s consensus All-American Keith Van over the last century have long since best, ihey «@mp®f® ®m & Horn, who went on to become the No. 2 rendered the 1892 gridiron loss to Utah wsestwmmi fevef. pick taken in the NBA draft. Utah also State a forgotten footnote. With a storied reached the 1991 and '96 NCAA 'Sweet past, a bright future and a national Sixteen,' the 1993 and '95 NCAA reputation, the finds Football's success has carried over Second Round and the 1992 N.I.T itself in a good state indeed. to the winter sports. The women's gymnastics team won the 1990, '92, '94 and '95 NCAA Championships-upping its total to a record 10, all under Marsden. Utah's gymnastics success has spilled into the Ute Football stands, where it has averaged Coach Ron more spectators than any McBride other women's intercollegiate celebrated his sport over the past six years. team's victory over The Ute tumblers have Arizona at averaged 11,050 fans per the 1994 home meet during that time, Freedom including an all-time high Bowl. 13,164 average in 1993. Outdoors, the Ute skiers won the 1993, '96 and '97 NCAA Championships-raising their total to 10-nine under

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The University of Utah enjoys a richly deserved reputation as a top- ACADEMICS AT UTAH notch academic institution. For the •Research-The U. is an international center for medical and engineering student-athlete, the U. provides the research, and its genetics research ranks among the world's best. The U. ranks opportunity for an exceptional among the top 10 most successful universities in technology innovation and academic and athletic experience. The commercialization. Utah athletic department is committed •Technology-Jhe U. manages one of the three most successful technology to providing the means for a quality parks in the U.S., with more than 50 new high-tech companies created by education to every varsity athlete. University faculty. The recently established Huntsman Cancer Center and the With three full-time athletic academic Howard Hughes Medical Institute combine to make Utah the primary research advisors, the U. offers specialized company in the nation for understanding the genetic basis of cancer. academic counseling for its student- •Scholarship-ln 1995-96, the average ACT score for U. freshmen was 24.1, athletes. compared to the national average of 20.8. The number of National Merit Robin James, in her fourth year on Scholars at Utah ranks in the top 40 nationally. The Honors Program is the staff, coordinates the academic third-oldest. advising effort. Rob Rainey is in his •Faculty-95-percent of the faculty have the highest degree in their fields. seventh year as the football team's •Programs-The U. offers more than 120 undergraduate degree programs and academic specialist. Fourth-year 92 graduate programs. It owns national rankings in many academic fields, advisor Bobbi Williams works with all including a No. 9 rank in bioengineering. The U. is the only school in a multi- the men's and women's athletes, with state area with a , a professionally accredited architecture her primary responsibility the men's college, and an Applied Sport Science program that offers both master's and basketball team. The Ute academic doctoral degrees. It also has the state's only fully accredited master of physical team monitors the studies of each therapy program. student-athlete to ensure he or she is •Computer Facilities-Student-athlete computer rooms are located in both the making progress toward a degree. The Huntsman Center and the Dee Glen Smith Center. Lap top computers are also academic advisors also dispense their available for team travel. One of the first schools to go up on the (in knowledge of departmental and 1970, Utah became the fourth node on the Internet), the U. offers free electronic University requirements, and assist with mail accounts to all students. course registration and the exploration and selection of majors. ATHLETIC-ACADEMIC PROGRAMS Student-athlete services take a •Study 7

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126 1997 UTAH FOOTBALL UHAMFS/Llfeskills

At the University of Utah, referral services and education a student-athlete receives so regarding personal issues, much more than the chance to including substance abuse. participate in a winning The program was a huge program and graduate from a success last year: Utah's SAM prestigious school. The U. program was recipient of an athletics department has a NCAA grant for its measures full-time Director of Student- against substance abuse. The Athlete Support Services- grant was one of just 15 Mary Bowman-whose job is nationwide awarded by the to provide guidance to NCAA CHOICES program. student-athletes in the areas The CHAMPS/Life Skills of career development, program complements the academic support, community outstanding educational and outreach and personal athletic experience already development. Bowman Utah football players participated in the Children's firmly in place at Utah. At targeted those four areas of Miracle Network program "Kids" after a scrimmage. the U., preparing for success emphasis because they enable after college is a big part of the student-athletes to make the most of athletes in public speaking. They then the game plan. their undergraduate years, while also go out to local elementary and junior interacting with the community and high schools in the Salt Lake area, preparing for life after college. where they speak on such topics as drug U. STUDENT-ATHLETES In her quest to provide every abuse, goal setting, the importance of GET JUMP ON LIFE student-athlete at Utah the necessary education, making smart choices and •A full-time Director of Student- skills for success during and after self esteem. Last year alone, Utah Athlete Support Services college, Bowman has implemented the student-athletes spoke to more than •Participation in the NCAA NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills Program. 3,000 students in . Ute CHAMPS/Life Skills Program She started the program in July of teams also participated in community •Career Development and 1996-after first conducting a needs- service projects such as Always Kids, Community Service assessment survey with the varsity Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Salt •Ute Speakers' Bureau athletes. The results indicated that the Lake, LifeCare and the Homeless •Workshops in resume writing areas of career development and Shelter. and interviewing skills community service were the students' The personal development facet of •Seminars on nutrition, stress top priority, as the athletics department CHAMPS offers workshops in areas like management and conflict resolution already had outstanding academic nutrition, stress management, diversity, support, counseling and referral eating disorders, relationships, sexual •Student-Athlete Mentor Program services available. responsibility and conflict resolution. Under the auspices of the CHAMPS/ Another popular program with Life Skills Program, regularly sched­ Utah's student- uled workshops are offered in areas athletes is the Stu­ ranging from resume writing to inter­ dent-Athlete Mentor viewing skills, from networking to Program (SAM). A transition into the work force. Bowman, representative from along with Ute Manager of Athletic each team is chosen Relations Manny Hendrix, have gone a by his or her team to step further with their "Partnering with participate in SAM. the U." program. That program helps The selected students arrange for job shadowing, internships are then given formal and summer jobs. training by the staff of Another important aspect of the the U.'s Alcohol and CHAMPS program is providing Utah Drug Education student-athletes with opportunities to Center. SAM repre­ perform volunteer services within the sentatives pass along University and in the community. The to their teammates Ute Speakers' Bureau trains student- information on The U. women's hoops team helped with 'Kids.'

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led planning efforts for the development Born in Nebraska, but raised in of living and learning experiences on California, Dr. Mclntyre graduated in the University's site. As 1964 "With Distinction" in History and DR.JERILYN Interim President, Dr. Mclntyre has with "Honors in Humanities" from MCINTYRE been actively involved in campus , where she was Interim activities preparing for the 2002 elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 1963. She President Olympics and identifying the strategic holds an M.A. in Journalism from steps needed to sustain the excellence of Stanford and a Ph.D. in Communica­ the University's Healthy Sciences tions from the University of Washing­ Center. Her energies have also been ton. Other honor societies to which she University of Utah Interim President devoted to fund-raising for the U.'s has been elected included Phi Kappa Dr. Jerilyn S. Mclntyre and her hus­ Sesquicentennial Campaign: Genera­ Phi, Kappa Tau Alpha, and Women in band, David Smith, are enthusiastic tions of Excellence. Communications. long-time boosters of University President Mclntyre's husband, athletics. Both have associations with David Smith, graduated in philosophy the U. that extend over many years. Melaiyre* name d Inferlm from the University of Utah in 1966 and President Mclntyre has served the earned a master's in English from the University for 20 years as a faculty heem Vite Pre em , with additional member in the Department of Commu­ flie Ifflrf seven yews* graduate work in modern letters. A nication, and in several different native of Salt Lake City, he was elected administrative positions. For the past to Skull and Bones, Owl and Key and seven years she has been Vice President President Mclntyre's research the Beehive Society while a student at for Academic Affairs and has twice combines her interests in communica­ the U. been Interim President of the Univer- tion and history. She has published Mr. Smith is a publications editor at sity-once following the presidency of widely and is nationally known for her the University of Utah and has been in Chase N. Peterson, and currently monographs, articles and papers on advancement in higher education for following Arthur K. Smith. topics in communication history, over 25 years. He returned to the Dr. Mclntyre has also been Associ­ journalism ethics, higher education, University in November 1984 as ate Vice President for Academic Affairs labor and the West. She has been a Director of Development Resources for and Associate Dean of the College of member of the editorial board for the U.'s first comprehensive fund- Humanities. several scholarly journals and has raising campaign, having held advance­ President Mclntyre's years at the served as an officer in professional ment positions at the University of University have been characterized by associations in both communication and Iowa, Colorado School of Mines, and her strong commitment to innovations higher education. Currently, she is Rowan College of New Jersey. He also and improvements in undergraduate Chair of the Council on Academic served as an editor for Atlantic education, demonstrated in the estab­ Affairs of the National Association of Richfield Company and as an indepen­ lishment of the Center for Teaching and State Universities and Land-Grant dent writer and consultant. He has won Learning Excellence, support for Colleges. In the community, she has numerous regional and national awards "learning through discovery" programs been a member of the Board of Direc­ for his publications. in which students apply knowledge tors of First Interstate Bank, and is David and Jerilyn met through acquired in the classroom to "hands-on" currently a member of the board of the their work on a fund-raising project at problems and projects, and development Utah Partnership for Education and the University and married five years of a closer working relationship between Economic Development and the Salt ago. Together, they have provided academic affairs and student affairs Lake City Organizing Committee for active support to a variety of alumni units on campus. In other initiatives, the 2002 Winter Gaines. She is also efforts at the U., and currently serve as President Mclntyre has encouraged the active in the Utah Women's Forum and members of the board of the Tourette use of electronic technologies in the Salt Lake Rotary Club. Syndrome Association of Utah. They teaching and learning activities campus Prior to coming to Utah, she was an are delighted to be able to combine wide and increased investment in the assistant professor in the School of their skills and energies as a team Marriott Library and its collections. She Journalism at the University of Iowa, devoted to the U. Wherever they are has also expanded outreach in instruc­ and in the Department of Mass Commu­ asked to serve, they are committed to tion, research and service, emphasized nication, Chico (California) State helping the University maintain the interdisciplinary research and teaching, College. She began her professional excellence it has already achieved, and provided support for areas of particular career as a correspondent in the World to advancing the U.'s progress toward excellence in graduate education, as News Bureau of McGraw-Hill Publish­ the other goals it has set for the 21 st well as in research and scholarship, and ing Co., Los Angeles. century.

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Field, Crimson Court (volleyball), Ute team won a school-record 10 games Soccer Field, and a bubbled indoor (10-2) in 1994 and finished the season practice structure. Two of Hill's latest with a best-ever No. 10 DR. CHRIS HILL and biggest projects are scheduled to ranking. The U. grid team has gone to a Director of open for competition by 1998. They are bowl game in four of the last five Athletics the rebuilding and expansion of Rice years-a school record-and won its Stadium, a $50 million project, and a first WAC title in 31 years in 1995. The new gymnastics training facility, which Ute softball team qualified for the 1991 will be the first stand-alone building and '94 College World Series, finishing ever constructed specifically for a fifth in the nation in 1994. Virtually all Since his appointment as director of woman's sport in the state of Utah. of Utah's sports have moved into the athletics in October 1987, Dr. Chris Hill Off the playing field, the one-time upper tier of the WAC. has directed the University of Utah to instructor in the U.'s education depart­ Hill became athletics director after the most successful decade of its history. ment has maintained his academic two years as the athletic department's Under Hill's direction, Utah athletic roots. Hill's insistence on academic fund-raiser (1985-87). As director of teams have achieved unprecedented performance has improved Utah's development, he instigated tremendous success, both on the competitive field athlete graduation rate dramatically. growth and overhauled Utah's fund- and in the classroom. Hill has also The budget for academic support has raising arm-the Crimson Club. made a name with his administrative burgeoned and two new computer labs Hill, a New Jersey native, first peers: The NCAA recently appointed have been created for student-athletes. served at the U. as a graduate assistant Hill chair of its Championships/ In his 10 years as athletics director, basketball coach (1973-74) under Bill Competition Cabinet-a powerful Hill has hired head coaches in men's Foster. He was an assistant from 1979- cabinet that manages 17 NCAA basketball, football, softball, baseball, 81 for . committees. He chairs a committee of volleyball, women's soccer, swimming Between his two stints with Utah 34 people that will oversee 81 annual and men's golf. Those hires have athletics, Hill was executive director of championships in 22 sports. The Hill- produced the best teams in their United Cerebral Palsy of Utah (1981- chaired cabinet is also charged with respective sports in school history. All 85). Under his leadership, the service coordinating and overseeing the of Utah's 21 sports have benefitted from agency attracted $750,000 in federal, selection of teams and individuals to Hill's presence. state and private funding to develop a NCAA championships and governing critically needed housing project for the committee on Division I Football people with severe handicaps. In 1996, Issues. Hill, just 37 when he was chosen Mill Is wmderfrnhmy his Hill was honored as the Utah MS Sports as Utah's athletics director, has been hieggesi leisifffy fsrofecf Person of the Year. In 1984, Hill part of several other NCAA committees y®ft M $S& miiimm ex- received an Outstanding Service Award during his tenure. These include: the pemsmm «sst«i rebuilding from the Utah Recreation Therapy NCAA Division IA Athletic Directors ®§ Hie© Stmdmm. Association. He won a Committee on Certification (chair), the Fellowship in 1981. NCAA National Certification Commit­ As an undergraduate, Hill lettered tee, the NCAA Special Committee on The women's gymnastics team won three years and was co-captain of the Restructure and the Executive Commit­ the 1990, '92, '94 and '95 NCAA 1971-72 Rutgers basketball team. He tee of Division I-A Athletic Directors. Championships. The ski team has won holds a bachelor's degree in mathemat­ But Hill's biggest strides have come the last two NCAA Championships and ics from Rutgers (1972), a master's in on the U. campus, where he has been also took the title in 1993. The men's education (Utah, 1974), and a Ph.D. in the man behind the most successful era basketball team reached the Elite Eight educational administration (Utah, in the school's 104-year athletic history. in 1997, the Sweet Sixteen in 1991 and 1982). Hill taught in the University's His tenure has been charged with '96, the NCAA Second Round in 1993 special education department from capital improvements, an emphasis on and '95, and the 1992 N.I.T. semi­ 1983-85. He coached boys' basketball at student-athlete welfare and academics, finals. The Runnin' Utes are the three- Granger High (Utah) from 1975-79, the hiring of nationally-respected time defending Western Athletic winning 4A coach of the year his first coaches, and winning programs. Conference champions, and also won year. Hill was the driving force behind the WAC in 1991 and '93. The women's Hill, 47, is married to the former several new, national-caliber athletic basketball team won the 1995-96 WAC Kathy Cronin-a clinical instructor in facilities at the U: the George S. Eccles title, the '97 WAC Mountain Division the U. special education department. Tennis Facility, the Dee Glen Smith crown and qualified for the NCAA They have two children: Aly (19) and Athletics Center, the Thomas Kearns tournament both years-making the Christopher (15). Aly is a member of McCarthey Practice Field, Ute Softball second round in '97. The Ute football the Utah soccer team.

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Surgery and the Arthroscopy Associa­ tion of North America. Burks' medical degree is from St. Louis (1978). He did MANNY BILL BEAN his residency and a sports fellowship at HENDRIX Director of UC-San Diego in 1983. In 1992, Burks Manager of Sports was one of three sports orthopedists Athletic Medicine from North America chosen for a sports Relations medicine exchange to Europe. The St. Louis, Mo., native and his wife Karen have two children: Rachael and Peter. Bill Bean, Utah's director of sports Manny Hendrix, in his third year as medicine, is in his 22nd year at the U. Utah's manager of athletic relations, Bean oversees the entire sports medi­ Three &£ Utah's helps members of all U. athletic teams cine operation for Utah's 19-sport eomsuliesnts mre adjust to university life. He developed varsity program. In addition to his University <&$ We$h and now oversees the Partnering with training certification, Bean is a licensed gjradiirafes* M€$mmy U. program, which creates career physical therapist. He graduated with a Wlemdirix* wh@ played internship opportunities for U. student- bachelor's degree in physical education kmskeibali «tf Wmh, wemi athletes. Hendrix also works with the from Utah State in 1971 and received &m to « jpr@ fooffraff CHAMPS/Lifeskills program and his master's in sports medicine from c«©@r wiih ihe ©0#f« student recruitment and assists the vice Utah in 1977. Bean added a bachelor's president for university relations with degree in physical therapy from Utah in community-related activities. A former 1986. Besides his training responsibili­ four-year starter on the U. basketball ties, he teaches sports medicine courses team, Hendrix captained the team for in the exercise and sport science three years and was team MVP and all- WAC in 1984-85. He signed with the department, the physical therapy DWICHT NFL Dallas Cowboys immediately upon department and the pediatric residency DAUB leaving Utah, despite the fact his program at the U. He is married to the Strength football experience was limited to high former Nancy Pickett. They are parents Coach school. He played for Dallas for six of two sons: Brandon and Justin. years-starting two of those. He was also a part owner and manager of Matthews Restaurant in Dallas, and Dwight Daub helped design one of the owned Manny's Auto Detailing. finest strength and conditioning Hendrix originally attended Utah from DR. BOB facilities in the nation-that enclosed in 1982-86, finished his class work in BURKS, M.D. the Dee Glen Smith Center. Daub, in 1990, and received a bachelor's degree Orthopedist his seventh year as Utah's strength in speech communication from the U. in coach, handles the daily operation of the 1994. The Phoenix, Ariz., native is facility, as well as scheduling the married to the former Kammie Baker. bubbled indoor practice field. A They have four children: Mandanette, certified strength and conditioning Lasundra, Krystal, Manny II. Dr. Bob Burks, an orthopedic surgeon specialist (CSCS), Daub was previously for the University of Utah athletic co-head strength coach at Illinois. Prior department since 1988, is in his seventh to his year at Illinois, he spent two years year as Utah's football orthopedist. as assistant strength coach at Arizona. Burks also directs the University of As an undergraduate at Evansville, DR. DAVE Utah Sports Medicine Center at Red Daub played football. The PETRON, M.D. Butte Clinic and is an associate profes­ Milledgeville, 111., native graduated Team sor of orthopedic surgery at the U. with a bachelor's degree in physical Physician Burks, the former director of sports education and biology from Evansville medicine at Wayne State University in 1979. He received a master's in (1986-88). is a member of the American physical education (exercise physiology emphasis) from Eastern Illinois in 1985. Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine, Dr. Dave Petron, an assistant professor Daub and his wife Laurie have two the Orthopedic Research Society, the of orthopedics and family medicine at children: Gentrie and Bryce. American Academy of Orthopedic the University of Utah, is in his eighth

u 130 1997 UTAH FOOTBALL u. Consultants year on the Ute football medical team. Association (AEMA). He received his Perron oversees the primary care areas bachelor's degree in consumer studies and is a consultant for the team's TED STANLEY from Utah in 1992. Wiscomb is married orthopedic needs. Petron is also director Director of to the former Lisa Blonquist. They have of the Solitude ski injury clinic, the Salt Football two daughters: Nicole and Ashley. Lake Regional Medical Center sports Operations medicine clinic, and a team physician for the U.S. Ski Team. He is a charter member and on the continuing educa­ OTHER KEY PLAYERS tion board of the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine. Petron, a Ted Stanley is in his second year as native of Williston, N.D., received a Utah's director of football operations. bachelor's degree from North Dakota in His job encompasses team travel, CATHIE 1982. He graduated from the North administrative duties, and serving as PEZELY Dakota school of medicine in 1986. liaison with compliance and public Football From 1989-90, Petron served a primary relations. Stanley previously spent two Secretary care sports medicine fellowship at years as a graduate assistant football Michigan State. He and his wife Kristin coach at the U., helping coach the have a daughter, Kylie. offensive line and tight ends from 1993-95. In 1996, he was an assistant coach and physical education instructor Weft's %refer«B at Allan Hancock Junior College €@mswiimg simtt is @«e @# (Calif). Stanley was a four-year starter f&© feesf #0 fee foimdf at Grinnell College (Iowa) from 1989- mmywkere* Atudemics, 92. He played running back and BRIAN smreer plm&smsmg «tdf cornerback-going both ways as a SIECEL mecffcaf care are top senior. He was conference freshman of Graduate prmniies at ffe© P. the year in 1989. Stanley graduated Assistant from Grinnell in 1993 with a Trainer bachelor's degree in history. He received a master's in athletic adminis­ tration from Utah in 1995. Stanley is a native of Salt Lake City.

ROB RAINEY Academic Advisor DR. EVELYN ROBERT HALL WISCOMB Sport Equipment Psychology Manager Rob Rainey, a six-year member of the academic advising staff, handles the academic counseling for the Ute football team. Rainey came to Utah from Arkansas State, where he was director Robert Wiscomb, director of equipment of academic services. Prior to his operations, is in his 14th year in charge Arkansas State post, he interned at Penn of the equipment area. He spent the four JEFF State. Rainey, who was MVP of his previous years as assistant equipment SIMPSON track and cross country teams as a manager. Wiscomb is responsible for Video senior at Delaware, earned a bachelor's ordering equipment, equipment mainte­ Coordinator degree in history from Delaware in nance and laundry. He oversees a staff 1987. He holds masters' degrees in of eight. Wiscomb's equipment duties elementary education (Wilkes, 1988) extend to all home and away football and counselor education (Penn State, games. He is a certified professional in 1990). He has a son, Kevin. the Athletic Equipment Managers 1997 UTAH FOOTBALL Athletics Staff

Ted Capener Amy Hackett Peter Hart Dave Copier Vice President for University Relations Associate Athletic Director Asst. A.D./Development Director ofAthleticTicket Sales

Mary Bowman Larry Gerlach GaryRatliff Rick James Diane Sperry Dir. Student-Ath. Support Ser. Faculty Representative Athletic Facilities Manager JMHC Director Business Manager

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Bill Richards DebWillardson Gerald Fischer Steve Pyne Shauna Taylor Concessions Manager Assoc. Dir. of Sports Medicine Asst. Dir. of Sports Medicine Asst. Athletic Facilities Manager Assistant Ticket Manager

Holly Graham Jon Jacobsen Troy Malson Danny Hawes Colette Weiser Director of Compliance JMHC Box Office Supervisor Asst. Strength Coach Asst. Crimson Club Director Development Assistant

Linda Edgar Lisa Kelly JacquieWinrow Evelyn O'Donnell Victor Checketts CoordinatorFinancial Aid/Eligibility Administrative Assistant Administrative Secretary Administrative Secretary Asst. Equipment Manager

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The University of Utah, hub for faculty members hold the highest higher education from the Rockies to THEU. terminal degree in their fields. •Founded in 1850 the Sierras, boasts an academic The University, which offers more •120-plus undergraduate degree programs reputation that is rivaled only by its •95-percent of faculty have highest than 120 undergraduate degree pro­ breathtakingly gorgeous location. To terminal degrees grams and 92 graduate programs, draws the east, the towering Wasatch Moun­ •Enrollment of 26,359 its 26,000-plus student population from tains are snow-capped billboards for a •Located on 1,500 acres of flowering, all 50 states and 111 foreign countries. series of popular ski resorts. To the tree-lined land Founded in 1850, the U. has established west, the shimmers in •Backdrop is the 11,000-foot peaks of the itself as an international center for the shadow of the Oquirrh Mountains. Wasatch Mountain Range medical and engineering research. It The campus, itself, is a beautiful •In the nation's top 10 in technology manages one of the three most success­ innovation and commercialization 1,500-acre collage of native and exotic ful technology parks in the U.S., with •Number of National Merit Scholars trees, fountains, flowering malls and more than 50 new high-tech companies ranks in top 40 nationally pedestrian walkways, nestled between •Undergraduate program ranks 46th in created by University faculty. The the and bustling the nation recently established Huntsman Cancer . •Average ACT score for U. freshman is Center and the Howard Hughes Medical Utah students enjoy unparalleled 24.1, compared to 20.8 national average Institute combine to make Utah the outdoor diversions, from skiing at any •Home to national caliber athletic teams, primary research company in the nation including 10-time national champion of eight world-class resorts in nearby for understanding the genetic basis of gymnastics and ski teams canyons, to backpacking, bicycling, fly cancer. The University also fueled the fishing and river running. Famous for growth of the "bionic valley," with the the "Greatest Snow On Earth," Salt Utah's "economic engine," the invention of the , kidney, Lake City will host the 2002 Winter University of Utah generates nearly arm and ear, and an implantable Olympic Games. $500 million annually in non-tax artificial pancreas. Other inventions The U.'s location in the largest city revenue and is one of the state's largest whose patents helped bring in $2 in the Intermountain West (population employers. It has the only medical, million in 1995 include a method for 1,475,000) also provides a metropolitan social work, architecture and pharmacy coal liquefaction and a system for charm: Salt Lake is home to profes­ schools in a multi-state area. The U.'s removing lead from drinking water. sional symphony, ballet, modern dance, many top-flight facilities include a Utah frequently ranks first in the nation opera and theater companies, as well as center for dance, a health sciences in number of inventions per million the NBA , WNBA Utah center, public radio and television dollars expended for research. Starzz, Triple A baseball's Salt Lake stations, three libraries and numerous Utah is also a hub in the computer Buzz and the International Hockey centers and laboratories devoted to world. The Center for High Perfor­ League's . research. Ninety-five percent of Utah's mance Computing links the U. to major aerospace industries, high-tech manu­ facturers and research companies. The U.'s Department of is ranked in the top 20 computer science research departments in the U.S. In 1970, the U. became the fourth node on the Internet. The U. provides a lot of fun, too. Well over a million people enjoy the University of Utah's athletic, entertain­ ment and cultural offerings each year. And Utah has earned a reputation as a site of championships in the athletic arena-serving as host to a number of national tournaments, including the 1979 NCAA Basketball Final Four, seven National Women's Gymnastics Championships, and a pair National Women's Tennis and NCAA Ski Championships.The NCAA Gymnastics Championship returns to the U. in 1999.

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The University of Utah football glass-walled luxury seating and press team plays all its home games in Rice box area. Stadium—soon to be one of the most Some other positive by-products of state-of-the-art football facilities in the the expansion and reconstruction nation. The current 32,500-seat stadium project include improved comfort, bids adieu following the upcoming better sight lines and wider sidelines. season: It will be replaced by a spar­ The larger stadium has already attracted kling new 46,500-seat gem that will some high-profile non-conference retain virtually nothing but its name opponents. In the coming years, the and location. Utes have scheduled home games with The $50 million project, raised opponents like Arizona, Wisconsin and entirely from non-tax dollars and aided Washington State. tremendously by a generous $10 million In 2002, temporary seats will be lead gift by the George and Delores added to bring the stadium's capacity to Dore Eccles Foundation, began rising 50,000 for the opening and closing around the current structure in the ceremonies of the Winter Olympic spring of 1997. Work will continue Games, which have been awarded to throughout the year—stopping only on Ute fans have had plenty to cheer Salt Lake City. home game days. The hectic construc­ about in Rice Stadium since it first The first step toward the new opened back in 1927. tion pace will allow the Utes to open stadium took place prior to the 1995 their 1998 home season in a "new" Rice featuring a sprawling concourse, replete season, when Rice Stadium became the Stadium. Designed to be "fan friendly," with concession stands and merchandis­ first facility in the nation to resurface the Rice Stadium of 1998 will be a U- ing shops. The crown jewel of the new its entire field with SportGrass. shaped concrete and steel structure, stadium will be an imposing three-story, SportGrass, a unique turf product that

This rendering depicts the "new" Rice Stadium that is scheduled to open in time for Utah's first game of 1998.

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Rice Stadium-Top 15 Crowds l. 1982 36,250 2. Brigham Young 1984 36,110 3. San Diego State 1986 35,982 Fireworks 4. Brigham Young 1996 35,378 and sellout crowds have 5. Wyoming 1994 34,607 been a 6. Brigham Young 1988 34,216 tradition at 7. Brigham Young 1994 34,139 Rice Stadium 8. Brigham Young 1986 34,128 in recent 9. Brigham Young 1990 33,515 years. 10. Brigham Young 1992 33,348 11. Air Force 1986 33,281 12. Wyoming 1985 33,248 13. Hawai'i 1988 32,892 14. UTEP 1994 32,620 15. Fresno State 1996 32,539 combines natural grass grown on top of 147 In 1989, the press box was upgraded a layer of artificial turf, replaced the -*^^w.9^m and the newly revamped press area Astroturf that lined the field for the •A was named the John Mooney Press previous 25 years. : Area, in honor of longtime Ute The stadium has undergone numer­ >% ' '-!'Z. <*"£* football writer and former Salt Lake ous facelifts in the ensuing years, Tribune sports editor John Mooney. resulting in its current status as an Utah's 1982 game against Brigham \ * ^TMWM IJ 7\- %P"H intimate place to watch a game. The Young drew the most spectators ever to l^^i •» llVi first major remodeling took place in !«W *> 3s tint see a game in Rice Stadium, when a 1972, when the scholarship box ! • ft standing room only crowd of 36,250 (located on the east side of the sta­ pp flocked to see the annual instate battle. dium) was built. Also introduced at ^M The Utes inaugurated Rice Stadium that time was a new lighting system, , 'SnBJ M with a 40-6 win over Colorado Mines an Astroturf playing surface, and H'' *M in 1927. additional ticket and concession areas. •'..,""'"".. '' • -'.' " ,'.'J Another big remodel occurred in 1982, when the field was lowered nine-and- a-half feet, with new seats built along the sidelines and in the south end zone. A significant result of that upgrading was the construction of the Spence Clark Football Center at the south end of the field. The building houses locker rooms, a stadium club room and a band room. One of the newest additions to Rice Stadium is a four-color matrix scoreboard. Nearly any kind of visual effect can be produced by the 4,600 individually controlled lights in the matrix-adding yet another dimension of fun to Ute football. The stadium-originally built in 1927—is a timber and concrete construction, with dirt fill. Steel will replace the timber in the new stadium. The press box, located on the west side of the facility, was completed in 1966. The 1997 season marks the end of an era in the stadium pictured above.

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Above is an interior view off the "Bubble" (exterior shown below)— the new indoor practice facility for Utah athletics. The Bubble is 270-feet long, 200-feet wide and 70-ffeet high. It features a 70-yard football field (full 53-yard width) and two 10-yard end zones. Pictured on the left is the Thomas Kearns McCartney Practice Field. McCarthey Field is 265 yards of natural grass situated adjacent to the Smith Athletics Center and the Bubble.

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The Dee Glen Smith Athletics Center (below), completed in 1991, houses the football coaches' offices, and training, strength, meeting and locker rooms. The cornerstone of the facility is a spacious, glass- enclosed strength and conditioning area, featuring top of the line equipment, and a breathtaking view of the Wasatch and Oquirrh Mountain Ranges.

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The Bud Archer Sports Medicine Facility (above) provides the latest in the treatment of injured athletes. It, along with locker rooms (right), and an auditorium (below) that can accommodate the entire football team for meetings and film sessions, is located in the Smith Center.

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The U. baseball team plays at Franklin Quest Field (left), also home to Triple A baseball's Salt Lake Buzz. Ute Softball Field (right) and Ute Soccer Field (lower right) are new additions to an exceptional on-campus 'sports corridor.'

The Huntsman Center (left) is home to the 10-time national champion Ute gymnastics team and the nationally-ranked men's and women's basketball teams. Men's basketball sells out the 1 5,000- seat arena, while gymnastics regularly leads the nation in attendance for women's sports.

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