Every time I watch a college basketball game, the image of John Wooden always seems to pop into my mind.
I am not sure why. In truth, I was never much of a UCLA fan. During the Bruins’ winning years, I often rooted against the Bruins, always hoping they would fail. But, in the end, the Wooden-led teams most often prevailed and in a classy way.
Coach Wooden was always kind and respectful of opponents and everyone he met or talked with; was a keen mind and brilliant strategist on the basketball court.
At least from this writer’s perspective, Wooden, who died in 2010, was not only the greatest-ever college basketball coach but also a great man.
Nearly every day, I am reminded about Wooden from clippings that hang in a frame on my bedroom wall. Years ago when my uncle Ed Ralston passed away, he left some old clippings, including several from the San Diego Union about Wooden’s final championship, his 10thin his 12 years.
While I did not root for UCLA, I always respected the school’s accomplishments and as a sports historian of sorts, sending them to file 13 was out of the question.
Those clippings of the 1975 championship victory by UCLA over Kentucky, 92-85, include a column by the legendary Jack Murphy, another by columnist Joe Hamelin, as well as a game story and a picture of Wooden with the championship nets adorned around his neck.
Wooden's final championship was some 36 years ago, before the three-point shot (adopted by NCAA in 1986) and 35-second shot clock (adopted in 1993-94) change the pace and philosophy of the game.
I know those changes have advanced the game in the right direction; but they were not part of the Wooden era. When, he directed the Bruins, the game was grounded on fundamentals as he utilized a fast-paced offense and a zone press.
San Diego Union columnist Joe Hamelin captured the essence of Wooden: “As young as his players are, it is doubtful they’ll live to see that record (10 championships in 12 years) equaled. No coached stressed fundamentals more. His practices were the sort of thing you’d run at the pre-prep level. Layup drills. Passing drills. And shooting, mostly shooting, much of it from the wings off the backboard - the shot that has come to characterize a Wooden-coached ballplayers. Simple stuff, hammered home by repetition. Ballgames, Wooden discovered long ago, are won with simple stuff. They are won, too, with psychology,” he said.
A native of Hall, Ind., Wooden was a three-time All-American guard at Purdue, helping lead that team to a mythical national championship in 1932 as the NCAA Tournament wasn’t created until 1939 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
Later he served as a basketball coach at two high schools Dayton, Kentucky and South Bend Central for 11 years, finishing with a 218-42 record. His only losing record was a 6-11 mark in his first coaching stint at Dayton.
He left coaching to join the U.S. Armed Forces and serve in World War II. Upon his return he took over at Indiana State Teachers College (Indiana State) before agreeing to take the UCLA job after the 1947-48 season.
It is interesting to note that Wooden nearly took the head job at Minnesota but inclement weather kept him from learning about the Minnesota offer, which came after he had accepted a three-year deal at UCLA.
While he loved the Midwest, he had agreed to take the job with the Bruins and would not back out on his word. That, my friends, was another great trait of Wooden. He always stuck firm to his beliefs and values and had unsinkable integrity.
At UCLA all he did was win, rolling up 17 20-win seasons and four 30-win campaigns, en route to 620 career victories at the school (714 overall).
In his first season, he transformed a 12-13 team into one that set a school record for wins in a 22-7 season and the school's first NCAA berth. The next season, UCLA won 24 games to break the school mark yet again.
Until he arrived on campus, UCLA had not made an tournament appearance and often played second fiddle to city rival USC.
While it took the Wizard of Westwood 16 years to win his first title, it was memorable as the 1963-64, was the first of four teams to finish unbeaten under Wooden's direction.
From that point until he retired in 1975, Wooden led the Bruins to nine more titles. His 10 titles in 12 years remains unmatched as was the seven straight titles from 1967 to 1973. In 1974, UCLA finished third at the tournament or he would have had 12 straight titles.
During Wooden’s tenure run, he finished with a 47-10 record in NCAA play, including an NCAA record 38-straight unbeaten win streak in tournament play. In his final 12 seasons, he had an unreal 335-22 record.
Wooden, who was loyal to the core, never made more than $35,000 at UCLA, including his final year at the helm. Pretty modest for the first individual named to both the National Basketball Hall of Fame as a player (1960) and as a coach (1972).
The pictures in those clippings in my room show a happy Wooden with a cut down net around his neck. While the paper came out on April 1, it was not April Fools day in L.A., but a day of joyous celebration. Maybe, it should have been a little sad with the exit of one of the game's coaching icons.
Wooden and UCLA had walked out of the San Diego Sports Arena with a championship in his final game against perhaps a more talented opponent in Kentucky.
Rewinding back to that game, UCLA faced long odds against Joe B. Hall’s Kentucky club, which would have four players drafted by the NBA, including guard Kevin Grevey. This Wildcat crew, which finished 26-5, had defeated unbeaten heavily-favored Indiana and Coach Bobby Knight, 92-90, in a region final.
In the semifinals, they rolled past Syracuse, 95-79. UCLA inched past Louisville and former protégé Denny Crum, 75-74, after which Wooden announced the championship would be his final game as a coach.
While the announcement shocked the basketball nation, Wooden always lived his life under his own terms.
The 1974-75 UCLA Bruins, which finished 28-3, had to overcome a Kentucky team that received 34 points from Grevey, who would be a first-round selection (18th) in the NBA draft later that year. In fact three of Grevey’s teammates (Jimmy Dan Conner, Bob Guyette and Mike Flynn) would also be drafted by the NBA.
Hall’s team was deep while UCLA had a short bench. On that night, Hall used 12 players while Wooden went with six.
While short on the bench, Wooden had a team that loved their coach and found a way to win. Dave Meyer had 24 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks while tournament MVP Richard Washington scored 28 points. Pete Trgovich had 16 while seven-foot center Ralph Drollinger supplied 10 points and 13 rebounds and point guard Andre McCarter had 14 assists.
Perhaps the team’s most talented player, Marques Johnson, was still a young guy, and finished with six points. He would later be the third pick in the 1977 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks.
UCLA, which hit nearly 49 percent from the field while Kentucky was at 38.4, led 43-40 at halftime and then outscored a physical Kentucky team , 49-45, in the second half. Recall that Kentucky team had a pair of 6-10 behemoths in Rick Robey, who had 13 rebounds, and Mike Phillips.
In the game Kentucky traded the lead with UCLA 15 times in the first half. In the second half, the Wildcats pulled within one point twice in the final six minutes. But, it was the Bruins and Wooden that prevailed.
Prophetically, Wooden disciple and Louisville head coach Denny Crum said after the game to Hamelin: “I doubt very seriously if anyone will come close to doing what he has done in basketball Once he found what it takes to win, he did it better than anyone’s ever done it.”
While Wooden has 10 titles, the next closest is Coach K of Duke and legendary Adolph Rupp with four.
Columnist Jack Murphy wrote: “Wooden’s teams have been in the championship round 10 times and won every game. He seems to know something about this sport."
Indeed.
Wooden's legacy will always be part of the game of basketball and life, I think.
The coach always told his players (and others) to be “true to yourself, help others, and drink deeply in a good book (such as the Bible).” He also advocated that “failing to prepare is preparing to fail; flexibility is the key to stability; and be quick, but don’t hurry.”
Good advice whatever one's vocation.
In the Beatles, song, “Let it be.” Paul McCartney sings: “When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, Speaking Words of Wisdom…Let it Be.”
So, it was with John Wooden - he was basketball's "Mother Mary", speaking words of wisdom all his life.
While he isn't around anymore, his words and accomplishments continue to resonate.
So, "Let It Be."
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Baseball Waited Too Long on Santo
Sometimes I just shake my head.
I wonder why honoring committees, whether it be state, university or professional, wait until a person is gone before they are recognized.
Having worked with both the University of South Dakota Coyote Sports Hall of Fame and now with the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame, I can tell you first-hand that a lot of candidates have credentials that make them deserving ofn recognition. I know it is a difficult task in making decisions on who deserves enshrinement. It takes a lot of deliberation and hard work.
Still, I wonder why we don't act when we know a deserving person is in the final stages of life. I acknowledge that sometimes, it can't be helped. And, yes, decisions on Hall of Fame inductions (and other honoring events) is subjective.
Still...
Until it was announced earlier this fall by Baseball's Veteran's Hall of Fame Committee, Ron Santo, one of baseball's all-time greats at third base, was continually bypassed for induction. Then, one year after his death (December, 2010), Ron Santo's name was called for enshrinement.
Why couldn't baseball's shrine recognize for Santo before he died? I haven't heard a good answer.
One of Santo's Cubs teammates and Veteran's Committee member Billy Williams, said the discussion and vote on Santo's candidacy extended beyond his play on the field. "Everybody saw the numbers -- the home runs, the Gold Gloves. But I think they looked at (him) with a different view," Williams told USA Today Sports Weekly.
Billy, what was that different view? Are you suggesting, for whatever reason, that the HOF made a mistake in not recognizing him before he died?
Santo was one of baseball's true gentlemen and someone that had given his heart and soul to a game (baseball) and an organization (Chicago) since he signed an amateur free agent deal in 1959. He was the Cubs color announcer for 20 years after a distinguished playing career that included nine All-Star elections, 342 home runs and five Gold Gloves.
His wife Vicki took the high road and voiced no complaint about his posthumous induction. In USA Today Sports Weekly, she said: "He'd be pumping his fist in the air, saying 'yes,' yes,' like he did with so much enthisiasm as a player and when he was broadcasting. It would be the same gesture of elation."
She also said that her husband was destined for the Hall, "obviously, not in his lifetime," she said. "But this continues the legacy of his heart that he played with, that he broadcast with and for all the good he did for juvenile diabetes research. This carries that legacy forward," Vicki Santo said to the USA Today about her husband, who died in 2010 due to complication of bladder cancer. He had lost both of his legs below the knees due to complications of diabetes.
While Vicki Santo can take the higher road, my stance is down the other road. Why didn't he get the chance to cherish this honor - one of the two things (playing in the World Series) that he desired most.
Let's take a sidebar for a moment, if I might use a legal reference. It isn't just Baseball's Hall of Fame Committee that needs to wake up. I find real fault in the leadership of the Detroit Tigers, the baseball team I have loyaly followed my whole life, that they did not retire Sparky Anderson's number #11 until this summer, a year after he had died.
Like with Santo, I haven't heard a viable reason from Detroit's management on the delayed decision to honor Anderson, a Bridgewater, S.D., native, who won three World Series titles, two with Cincinnati and one with Detroit. A two-time A.L. manager of the year (1984, 1987), he won 1,331 games with the Tigers and turned a young and talented Tigers team into a champion. He was the first manager ever to win a championship in both leagues. His 2,194 wins as a big league manager is the sixth most in history.
Anderson was enshrined in Cooperstown in 2000. The Reds did him justice while he was alive by retiring his number #10 in 2005. For some reason the Tigers were at loggerheads about taking such a deserved measure - waiting until he was gone.
Are you listening Minnesota? Don't wait to retire the number of Tom Kelly, the manager of the Twins' 1987 and 1991 World Series champions.
Back to Santo, who finally goes into Cooperstown. His family will be there -- his wife Vicki -- front and center. All we will see of Ron Santo is images through videos and photograhs. We won't be able to cherish the moment through his eyes and words. That is wrong.
Born Feb. 25, 1940, Santo was a 6-0, 190 third baseman who had 1,332 RBI and a .277 batting average in a career with the Cubs and White Sox. While Santo was never voted MVP, he finished fourth in the balloting in 1967 when he had 31 HR 98 RBI and hit .300 with a .512 slugging percentage. Two years later, he had 29 HR and 123 RBI and hit .289 when the Cubs seemingly had the pennant in their hands only to falter down the stretch as the "Miracle" Mets overtook the Cubs. Four times in his career he had over 100 RBI. From 1964-67, he hit over 30 HRs four straight seasons.
Santo discussed his potential induction with Derek Gentile of the Berkshire Eagle (Mass) before he died. He said: "If it happens, it happens," he said. "I can't control that. My biggest thrill in baseball was having my number [10] retired by the Cubs. Would it be an honor [to be elected]? Of course. But who knows if it will ever happen?"
As a broadcaster, Santo was heard saying "Yes! Yes!" or "All Right" when good things happened to his beloved Cubs and "Oh No!" or "It's Bad!" when the opposite happened.
I can hear Santo finally saying "All Right" from the heavens. Yes, I agree, Ronnie, "all right" is right.
Listen, committee folk, review critically credentials and achievements and the way they represented themselves and the game. Be prudent but wise. Let's not hear Ron Santo's Ghosts ringing "Oh, No," because another worthy candidate was bypassed after he was gone.
I know that Gil Hodges passed at a young age (47) but give his family the recognition that this revered former Dodger should receive. Then, act on Tony Olivia, Jim Kaat, Tommy John and a few others that should be able to celebrate deserving Hall of Fame enshrinement with family and friends at Cooperstown. The humaness of such action will resonate for a long while.
Here are some others players that have been bypassed by Baseball's Hall and deserve enshrinement, at least according to this writer (and baseball fan).
Gil Hodges. It continues to baffle me why he still remains shunned by the HOF. Clearly, one of the best defensive first basemen ever, he hit 370 HRs and had 1,274 RBIs. An eight-time All-Star, Hodges won three Gold Gloves. Hodges was the manager for the 1969 New York "Miracle" Mets, which remains one of the game's greatest comeback stories. He was one of the "Boys of Summer" for the Brooklyn Dodgers but died at 47in 1972. He may be the most revered player not in the hall. A World War II veteran, Hodges received the Bronze Star for his work as an anti-aircraft gunner at the battles of Tinian and Okinawa.
Tommy John. He played 26 season, recording a 288-231 record with the win total the seventh most by a lefthander in league history. John had 2,245 strikeouts and a 3.34 ERA, including winning 20 games three times after ligament surgery, which was a medical procedure later named for him. A four-time All-Star he was the NL Comback Player of the Year in 1976. John ranks 26th (one win ahead of Bert Blyleven) in all-time wins. He played in three World Series but never on the winning team (Dodgers and Yankees).
Tony Oliva. He won three batting titles and led the American League in hits five times during the pitcher-dominated 1960s. He was voted an All-Star eight straight seasons to begin his big league career, a total that surpassed Joe Dimaggio's six. Oliva won the 1964 A.L. Rookie of the Year honor and won a Gold Glove in 1966. A career .304, he had 220 HRs, 947 RBIs, 1,917 hits and 329 doubles in a career plagued by injuries. He and his wife, Gordette Dubois were married in Hitchcock, S.D. in the 1960s.
Jim Kaat. Kaat, who spent the majority of his career with the Minnesota Twins, had a record of 283-237 during 25 seasons and also won 16 straight Golden Gloves. Kaat finished with 2,461 strikeouts and an ERA of 3.45. A three-time All-Star, Kaat won a world series with St. Louis in 1982. At the time of his retirement, his 25-year career, which spanned seven presidencies, was the longest in baseball history. An outstanding baseball broadcaster, Kaat has won seven Emmys for sports broadcasting.
Ron Guidry. While Guidry had a relatively short career of 14 seasons, he fashioned a 170-91 mark with 1,778 strikeouts and 3.29 ERA. He had a dominating 25-3 season in 1978 when he had nine shutouts, 248 Ks with a 1.74 ERA. Guidry won the Cy Young Award, finishing 2nd in MVP voting to Jim Rice of Boston. A four-time All Star, "Louisiana Lightning" won five Gold Gloves and was a member of two World Series-winning teams. Six times, he finished in the top 10 of the American League Cy Young Award voting. He was the first pitcher in baseball history (matched once since) who struck out three batters on nine pitches in the ninth inning of a complete game. Guidry once struck out 18 batters in a game.
Ken Boyer. One of the league's best gloves at the hot corner, Boyer was a seven-time All Star, five-time Gold Glove-winner, and the 1964 NL MVP in helping St. Louis to a World Series title. In his career, he had 282 HRs and a .287 batting average.
Thurman Munson. A seven-time All Star, three-time Gold Glove-winning catcher, and American League MVP in 1976 when he led his New York Yankees to the World Series, Munson appeared on-track for Cooperstown until his death in a small plane crash on August 2, 1979 at 32. The customary five-year waiting period was waved so Munson could appear on the ballot in 1981. He has never received significant support in voting but deserves to be honored.
Bill Freehan. A five-time Gold Glove winner and 11-time All Star, Freehan hit .262 with 200 HRs and 758 RBIs. His 11 All-Star game appearances is the most by any player that is not in Cooperstown. He caught the most games in Detroit Tigers history and his 1,581 games caught ranks ninth in baseball history. Playing one of the most demanding positions, Freehan was a quiet leader for the 1968 Tigers, which won the World Series. He finished with 1,591 hits and 248 doubles. Freehman showed his grit not only behind the plate and by surviving 15 years and being hit by pitch 114 times. He held the major league record for fielding percentage (.9933) until broken by Dan Wilson in 2002.
There are many more deserving individuals such as Norm Cash (Tigers, 371 HRs, 5-time All-Star, 1,103 RBIs, 1961 A.L. batting champ, two-time comeback player of the year. 1968 World Series champion), "Smoky" Joe Wood (Red Sox/Indians, AL ERA champ in 1915, 117-57, 2.03 ERA, 34-5 in 1912, two 20-win seasons, member of three World Series teams, injury cut short pitching career, later Yale U coach with 283-225-1 record, considered by some among 100-best players of all-time despite short pitching career), and Rocky Covalito (Tigers/Indians, 374 HRs, 9-time All Star, 1,159 RBIs, 1730 hits).
I wonder why honoring committees, whether it be state, university or professional, wait until a person is gone before they are recognized.
Having worked with both the University of South Dakota Coyote Sports Hall of Fame and now with the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame, I can tell you first-hand that a lot of candidates have credentials that make them deserving ofn recognition. I know it is a difficult task in making decisions on who deserves enshrinement. It takes a lot of deliberation and hard work.
Still, I wonder why we don't act when we know a deserving person is in the final stages of life. I acknowledge that sometimes, it can't be helped. And, yes, decisions on Hall of Fame inductions (and other honoring events) is subjective.
Still...
Until it was announced earlier this fall by Baseball's Veteran's Hall of Fame Committee, Ron Santo, one of baseball's all-time greats at third base, was continually bypassed for induction. Then, one year after his death (December, 2010), Ron Santo's name was called for enshrinement.
Why couldn't baseball's shrine recognize for Santo before he died? I haven't heard a good answer.
One of Santo's Cubs teammates and Veteran's Committee member Billy Williams, said the discussion and vote on Santo's candidacy extended beyond his play on the field. "Everybody saw the numbers -- the home runs, the Gold Gloves. But I think they looked at (him) with a different view," Williams told USA Today Sports Weekly.
Billy, what was that different view? Are you suggesting, for whatever reason, that the HOF made a mistake in not recognizing him before he died?
Santo was one of baseball's true gentlemen and someone that had given his heart and soul to a game (baseball) and an organization (Chicago) since he signed an amateur free agent deal in 1959. He was the Cubs color announcer for 20 years after a distinguished playing career that included nine All-Star elections, 342 home runs and five Gold Gloves.
His wife Vicki took the high road and voiced no complaint about his posthumous induction. In USA Today Sports Weekly, she said: "He'd be pumping his fist in the air, saying 'yes,' yes,' like he did with so much enthisiasm as a player and when he was broadcasting. It would be the same gesture of elation."
She also said that her husband was destined for the Hall, "obviously, not in his lifetime," she said. "But this continues the legacy of his heart that he played with, that he broadcast with and for all the good he did for juvenile diabetes research. This carries that legacy forward," Vicki Santo said to the USA Today about her husband, who died in 2010 due to complication of bladder cancer. He had lost both of his legs below the knees due to complications of diabetes.
While Vicki Santo can take the higher road, my stance is down the other road. Why didn't he get the chance to cherish this honor - one of the two things (playing in the World Series) that he desired most.
Let's take a sidebar for a moment, if I might use a legal reference. It isn't just Baseball's Hall of Fame Committee that needs to wake up. I find real fault in the leadership of the Detroit Tigers, the baseball team I have loyaly followed my whole life, that they did not retire Sparky Anderson's number #11 until this summer, a year after he had died.
Like with Santo, I haven't heard a viable reason from Detroit's management on the delayed decision to honor Anderson, a Bridgewater, S.D., native, who won three World Series titles, two with Cincinnati and one with Detroit. A two-time A.L. manager of the year (1984, 1987), he won 1,331 games with the Tigers and turned a young and talented Tigers team into a champion. He was the first manager ever to win a championship in both leagues. His 2,194 wins as a big league manager is the sixth most in history.
Anderson was enshrined in Cooperstown in 2000. The Reds did him justice while he was alive by retiring his number #10 in 2005. For some reason the Tigers were at loggerheads about taking such a deserved measure - waiting until he was gone.
Are you listening Minnesota? Don't wait to retire the number of Tom Kelly, the manager of the Twins' 1987 and 1991 World Series champions.
Back to Santo, who finally goes into Cooperstown. His family will be there -- his wife Vicki -- front and center. All we will see of Ron Santo is images through videos and photograhs. We won't be able to cherish the moment through his eyes and words. That is wrong.
Born Feb. 25, 1940, Santo was a 6-0, 190 third baseman who had 1,332 RBI and a .277 batting average in a career with the Cubs and White Sox. While Santo was never voted MVP, he finished fourth in the balloting in 1967 when he had 31 HR 98 RBI and hit .300 with a .512 slugging percentage. Two years later, he had 29 HR and 123 RBI and hit .289 when the Cubs seemingly had the pennant in their hands only to falter down the stretch as the "Miracle" Mets overtook the Cubs. Four times in his career he had over 100 RBI. From 1964-67, he hit over 30 HRs four straight seasons.
Santo discussed his potential induction with Derek Gentile of the Berkshire Eagle (Mass) before he died. He said: "If it happens, it happens," he said. "I can't control that. My biggest thrill in baseball was having my number [10] retired by the Cubs. Would it be an honor [to be elected]? Of course. But who knows if it will ever happen?"
As a broadcaster, Santo was heard saying "Yes! Yes!" or "All Right" when good things happened to his beloved Cubs and "Oh No!" or "It's Bad!" when the opposite happened.
I can hear Santo finally saying "All Right" from the heavens. Yes, I agree, Ronnie, "all right" is right.
Listen, committee folk, review critically credentials and achievements and the way they represented themselves and the game. Be prudent but wise. Let's not hear Ron Santo's Ghosts ringing "Oh, No," because another worthy candidate was bypassed after he was gone.
I know that Gil Hodges passed at a young age (47) but give his family the recognition that this revered former Dodger should receive. Then, act on Tony Olivia, Jim Kaat, Tommy John and a few others that should be able to celebrate deserving Hall of Fame enshrinement with family and friends at Cooperstown. The humaness of such action will resonate for a long while.
Here are some others players that have been bypassed by Baseball's Hall and deserve enshrinement, at least according to this writer (and baseball fan).
Gil Hodges. It continues to baffle me why he still remains shunned by the HOF. Clearly, one of the best defensive first basemen ever, he hit 370 HRs and had 1,274 RBIs. An eight-time All-Star, Hodges won three Gold Gloves. Hodges was the manager for the 1969 New York "Miracle" Mets, which remains one of the game's greatest comeback stories. He was one of the "Boys of Summer" for the Brooklyn Dodgers but died at 47in 1972. He may be the most revered player not in the hall. A World War II veteran, Hodges received the Bronze Star for his work as an anti-aircraft gunner at the battles of Tinian and Okinawa.
Tommy John. He played 26 season, recording a 288-231 record with the win total the seventh most by a lefthander in league history. John had 2,245 strikeouts and a 3.34 ERA, including winning 20 games three times after ligament surgery, which was a medical procedure later named for him. A four-time All-Star he was the NL Comback Player of the Year in 1976. John ranks 26th (one win ahead of Bert Blyleven) in all-time wins. He played in three World Series but never on the winning team (Dodgers and Yankees).
Tony Oliva. He won three batting titles and led the American League in hits five times during the pitcher-dominated 1960s. He was voted an All-Star eight straight seasons to begin his big league career, a total that surpassed Joe Dimaggio's six. Oliva won the 1964 A.L. Rookie of the Year honor and won a Gold Glove in 1966. A career .304, he had 220 HRs, 947 RBIs, 1,917 hits and 329 doubles in a career plagued by injuries. He and his wife, Gordette Dubois were married in Hitchcock, S.D. in the 1960s.
Jim Kaat. Kaat, who spent the majority of his career with the Minnesota Twins, had a record of 283-237 during 25 seasons and also won 16 straight Golden Gloves. Kaat finished with 2,461 strikeouts and an ERA of 3.45. A three-time All-Star, Kaat won a world series with St. Louis in 1982. At the time of his retirement, his 25-year career, which spanned seven presidencies, was the longest in baseball history. An outstanding baseball broadcaster, Kaat has won seven Emmys for sports broadcasting.
Ron Guidry. While Guidry had a relatively short career of 14 seasons, he fashioned a 170-91 mark with 1,778 strikeouts and 3.29 ERA. He had a dominating 25-3 season in 1978 when he had nine shutouts, 248 Ks with a 1.74 ERA. Guidry won the Cy Young Award, finishing 2nd in MVP voting to Jim Rice of Boston. A four-time All Star, "Louisiana Lightning" won five Gold Gloves and was a member of two World Series-winning teams. Six times, he finished in the top 10 of the American League Cy Young Award voting. He was the first pitcher in baseball history (matched once since) who struck out three batters on nine pitches in the ninth inning of a complete game. Guidry once struck out 18 batters in a game.
Ken Boyer. One of the league's best gloves at the hot corner, Boyer was a seven-time All Star, five-time Gold Glove-winner, and the 1964 NL MVP in helping St. Louis to a World Series title. In his career, he had 282 HRs and a .287 batting average.
Thurman Munson. A seven-time All Star, three-time Gold Glove-winning catcher, and American League MVP in 1976 when he led his New York Yankees to the World Series, Munson appeared on-track for Cooperstown until his death in a small plane crash on August 2, 1979 at 32. The customary five-year waiting period was waved so Munson could appear on the ballot in 1981. He has never received significant support in voting but deserves to be honored.
Bill Freehan. A five-time Gold Glove winner and 11-time All Star, Freehan hit .262 with 200 HRs and 758 RBIs. His 11 All-Star game appearances is the most by any player that is not in Cooperstown. He caught the most games in Detroit Tigers history and his 1,581 games caught ranks ninth in baseball history. Playing one of the most demanding positions, Freehan was a quiet leader for the 1968 Tigers, which won the World Series. He finished with 1,591 hits and 248 doubles. Freehman showed his grit not only behind the plate and by surviving 15 years and being hit by pitch 114 times. He held the major league record for fielding percentage (.9933) until broken by Dan Wilson in 2002.
There are many more deserving individuals such as Norm Cash (Tigers, 371 HRs, 5-time All-Star, 1,103 RBIs, 1961 A.L. batting champ, two-time comeback player of the year. 1968 World Series champion), "Smoky" Joe Wood (Red Sox/Indians, AL ERA champ in 1915, 117-57, 2.03 ERA, 34-5 in 1912, two 20-win seasons, member of three World Series teams, injury cut short pitching career, later Yale U coach with 283-225-1 record, considered by some among 100-best players of all-time despite short pitching career), and Rocky Covalito (Tigers/Indians, 374 HRs, 9-time All Star, 1,159 RBIs, 1730 hits).
Friday, December 9, 2011
"Good Guy" Joe Glenn Returns to Alma Mater to Take Over FB Job
A "good guy" is coming home.
Joe Glenn, 62, has always extolled a positive, upbeat message, whether coaching, congregating with family or friends, addressing the public or just living his life. He always has lived the ideal of "being a good guy."
That positive message was on display as Glenn was named The University of South Dakota's 29th head football coach at press announcement on Monday Dec. 6 on the Vermillion campus. Once a player and assistant coach for the Coyotes, Glenn's career has come full circle as he takes over the reins of the state's most storied football program as it begins a new era as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.
From all appearances, the arrival of Glenn appears to be a perfect fit. A high-motivation guy who loves USD, he now gets to talk the Coyote talk and walk the Coyote walk in Coyote land.
“Somebody come pinch me," said Glenn, who graduated from USD in 1971. "Words can’t express how I feel right now. It’s a Kodak moment for me. This is full circle. How proud can I be? You couldn’t have picked a more proud person to have this position,” said Glenn, who played wide receiver and quarterback for Joe Salem's Coyotes from 1967-70.“I promise you this – one of things I looked at, when they offered me the job, was you have a chance to go back to your university and do something that they’re asking you to do and go to it with every fiber you have in your body and with all you’ve got. Here I am, and I am so proud to be USD’s football coach," Glenn said at the USD press conference.
He is all in.
After moving the press conference to laughter several times in a 15-minute or so talk, Glenn had those gathered feeling like they might like to put on the red and white. He called out former teammates (in attendance) and told each person there that he would love to go around and hug them all. At the close of his remarks he asked everyone in attendance, including the media, to stand and join him in a sing-along of USD's fight song,
It looks like Coyote Nation is all in.
A quick snapshot of the past 10 days shows a University of South Dakota administration setting its target on Glenn and selling him on taking over the head coaching duties. USD Director of Athletics David Sayler, beginning just his second year at the state's flagship university, noted at the presser that Glenn was the primary candidate. He fit what USD wanted in a coach as a new era in the Missouri Valley Conference begins. After a few meetings with Sayler and Associate AD David Herbster, Glenn agreed to take the job. USD had their guy - the right guy.
Glenn wasn't the "young gun" that some might have thought might be the choice for the Coyote program. Instead he was a semi-retired former coach working as a TV color analyst for WAC Sports Network that featured a long list of credentials, likely much more than any potential coach could bring to the job.
How many Coyote Hall of Fame coaches have returned to coach at USD? I can tell you? None.
Glenn, who was inducted into the Coyote Hall in 2006, has led two programs to national titles (three overall), won conference championships (six), posted 17 winning seasons in 25 coaching seasons, and earned significant respect from his peers and those who watched him near or far.
It is a pertinent question if Glenn is too long in the tooth to do a job that demands relentless energy and get up and go.
Yet, I think, if you heard his passion on Monday, the answer is an resounding "no." http://www.youtube.com/user/SouthDakotaSID?feature=mhee#p/c/0/M_mZyZ_9o8Y
Or just listen to his new boss, Sayler, who addressed the age factor in a comment reported by Mick Garry of the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.
"If anyone spends five minutes with Joe, you know he doesn't seem like he's 62. He's going to tackle everything with the same ambition and the same passion he had when he was younger. I have no concern about his age whatsoever. That's the last thing on my concern list of anything that's out there about this process. I think the team is going to feed off his energy," said Sayler, who in tapping Glenn made his first major personnel move as AD at USD.
A native of Lincoln, Neb., Glenn's football coaching career began shortly after his graduation from USD and after serving two years in the U.S. Army after receiving an ROTC Military Commission. He returned to campus as a backfield coach for Joe Salem in 1974, helping leading USD to an 8-3 record and 7-2 and a tie for first place in the North Central Conference. In that season, USD defeated a future Glenn employer, Montana, 24-10, but the season ended without a playoff berth.
Glenn left his Alma Mater after earning a Master's degree in 1975, moving to Northern Arizona where he served as backfield coach for Salem, who had taken the head job in Flagstaff. Almost a year later, Glenn was named the head football coach at Doane College in Crete, Neb., becoming its youngest head college football coach at the tender age of 27. He fashioned a 21-18-1 record at Doane College before moving on to Montana as quarterbacks coach, wide receivers coach and offensive coordinator from 1980-85.
In 1987, he was hired as the quarterbacks and kicking coach for Northern Colorado, eventually moving up to head coach by 1989. At UNC, he led the Bears to the DII playoffs seven times, winning DII national titles in 1996 and 1998. His Bears were just the fourth DII squad to repeat as national champions. While there, he had a 98-35 (.737) record, including a 70-28 (.714) mark in the North Central Conference. He directed the Bears to three straight titles from 1997 to 1999.
Glenn moved onto Montana, where he led the Grizzlies to a 39-6 record, which included a 20-2 mark in the Big Sky Conference. He directed Montana to Big Sky titles in 2000 and 2001, tying for the league crown in 2002. While there, his Grizzlies advanced to the NCAA DI-AA championship game twice (2000, 2001), winning the national title in 2001 as the team fashioned a 15-1 mark. Overall at Montana, Glenn had a .867 winning percentage, which ranks best in the Big Sky Conference history. His Grizzlies had a 24-game winning streak during 2001 and 2002, which tied the I-AA all-time mark.
He moved onto Wyoming, where he made things happen quickly. In his second season, the Cowboys went 7-5, winning the Pioneer Pure Vision Las Vegas Bowl (24-21 over UCLA) in 2004). It was Wyoming's first bowl appearance in 11 seasons. However the following years were frustrating as the program couldn't finding footing in the WAC. He had a 30-41-1 mark at Wyoming, which ended its association with Glenn in 2008.
Yet, Glenn had some big accomplishments as the Cowboys' leader.
~Wyoming recorded its first win in history over a Southeastern Conference (SEC) school in the 2004 season with a 37-32 win over Ole Miss.
~The Cowboys also posted their first road win ever over an SEC team when, in 2005, the Pokes traveled to Oxford, Miss., and defeated the Ole Miss Rebels 24-14.
~Wyoming posted a 2-1 record versus BCS conference schools in 2004, defeating UCLA and Ole Miss, losing only at Texas A&M.
~Two of Glenn's former Cowboys were selected finalists for the National Football Foundation's (NFF) Draddy Trophy, which is called the "Academic Heisman", and awarded annually to the top football scholar-athlete in the country. Fewer than 20 student-athletes from all levels of college football are selected as finalists for the trophy each year. Both Trenton Franz (2004) and John Wendling (2006) were Draddy finalists. Both received postgraduate scholarships from the National Football Foundation.
In addition, Glenn's resume includes numerous honors from his peers, including his selection as the Big Sky Conference Co-Coach of the Year in 2002, an honor he shared and won for three years straight. He was also named the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division I-AA Region 5 Coach of the Year in 2002, marking the second consecutive season he earned that honor.
In 2000, Glenn received the Eddie Robinson Award from The Sports Network as the Division I-AA National Coach of the Year. He was named the AFCA Division II National Coach of the Year (1996, 1997) while at UNC. In 2000, the Denver Post selected him one of Colorado's "Greatest Coaches of the 1990s."
When SD made the move away from Coach Meierkort about two weeks ago, Glenn seemed like a perfect choice. But, would he take the job?
His answer turned out to be yes. Giving back and leading his Alma Mater proved to draw him in like a bee to honey.
For Glenn to move from the warm, sunny climate of Arizona for the unpredictable hot and cold temps of the Midwest, may seem a little odd. But for Glenn, who weighed the decision with family before moving forward, it was about coming home and giving back to the school that has always meant a lot to him.
“Words can’t express how I feel right now,” Glenn said at the USD presser. “This is a Kodak moment for me. It’s full circle, especially to come back to the university where you played and coached with Joe Salem. I want to thank President Jim Abbott, Athletic Director David Sayler and Senior Associate Athletic Director David Herbster for showing the confidence in me and for believing my leadership and experience can help at this university.”
Glenn, who has a 188-100-1 overall coaching mark, takes over a program that was hardly treading water. The Coyotes, while losing 23 seniors, had a 6-5 mark and played for the Great West Conference Championship, twice this season, losing in heart-breaking fashion both times. USD was 54-35 over the past eight seasons under Ed Meierkort, including a remarkable 40-5 mark at the DakotaDome..
Now the Coyotes head into the Missouri Valley Conference, where they will strap up with rivals South Dakota State and North Dakota State.
Glenn has already named current Offensive Coordinator Wesley Beschorner to the same position and added the title of Associate Head Coach. It is likely he will also retain Adam Breske, whose dad, Mike (now defensive coordinator at Montana), worked for Glenn at Northern Colorado, Montana. and Wyoming.
Glenn knows the value of a good staff and credits them for a program's success, just as he did at Wyoming.
"One of the keys to our success has been the quality of individuals on our coaching staff. I believe to have continued success that it is critical to not only attract the best coaches possible, but to also keep them together as a staff. I'm so proud of the job our coaches have done, and I am thankful that they have chosen to stay together as a group. I feel very lucky to have my staff," Glenn said in his coaching bio at Wyoming.
He has always developed strong relationships with players and coaches by utilizing a positive reinforcing message. On his Wyoming bio, he said he had one rule for his players --"Be A Good Guy."
As the players, and others get to know Glenn has his friends and many others have, they will understand that he practices what he preaches.
“A lot of places, like Alabama maybe, can have the power thing where you can do whatever you want with people and make them do things out of fear. Or, you can make some people love some place, you can make people love what they do, make people love each other, make people love their colors, their name on the front and their name on the back, love the game they’re playing, the school they’re at, make them love to compete. . . you intrinsically make them love who they are and where they’re at. You make them feel good about all those things and you have a motivated athlete," said Glenn.
In truth, I don't know Joe Glenn, other than what I have observed and heard from others (like his son Casey and several of his teammates) that are close to him. But, I think in my observations that I see a good guy. And, college football needs "good guys" like Joe Glenn.
Welcome home Joe.
Media Coverage of Glenn Announcement --
Here are a few links of the many media outlets that reported on Glenn's hiring at USD. They range from Sports Illustrated to the Washington Post to news outlets in Colorado and Wyoming and locally. This is just a small sampling.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/former-wyoming-coach-joe-glenn-hired-as-head-football-coach-at-south-dakota/2011/12/05/gIQAISbgXO_story.html
http://www.ksfy.com/story/16182900/usd-to-hire-joe-glenn-as-next-football-coach
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20111205/UPDATES/111205012/Joe-Glenn-introduced-new-football-coach-University-South-Dakota?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CSports
http://www.yankton.net/articles/2011/12/09/sports/doc4ee1978ff35be985879715.txt
http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20111205/SPORTS/111209987/1010&parentprofile=1010
http://m.siouxcityjournal.com/mobile/article_4e96724a-2285-5099-9c75-6f2e75f0b8http://www.volanteonline.com/sports/usd-announces-former-coyote-as-new-football-c
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20111206/SPORTS/112060317/Joe-Glenn-hired-South-Dakota
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/article/South-Dakota-picks-Joe-Glenn-as-new-coach-2346695.php
hhttp://www.wkyc.com/sports/article/218659/371/In-the-FCS-Huddle-John-L-Smith-Joe-Glenn-come-homettp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/ncaa/wires/12/05/2060.ap.fbc.south.dakota.glenn.1st.ld.writethru.0151/index.html
Joe Glenn, 62, has always extolled a positive, upbeat message, whether coaching, congregating with family or friends, addressing the public or just living his life. He always has lived the ideal of "being a good guy."
That positive message was on display as Glenn was named The University of South Dakota's 29th head football coach at press announcement on Monday Dec. 6 on the Vermillion campus. Once a player and assistant coach for the Coyotes, Glenn's career has come full circle as he takes over the reins of the state's most storied football program as it begins a new era as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.
From all appearances, the arrival of Glenn appears to be a perfect fit. A high-motivation guy who loves USD, he now gets to talk the Coyote talk and walk the Coyote walk in Coyote land.
“Somebody come pinch me," said Glenn, who graduated from USD in 1971. "Words can’t express how I feel right now. It’s a Kodak moment for me. This is full circle. How proud can I be? You couldn’t have picked a more proud person to have this position,” said Glenn, who played wide receiver and quarterback for Joe Salem's Coyotes from 1967-70.“I promise you this – one of things I looked at, when they offered me the job, was you have a chance to go back to your university and do something that they’re asking you to do and go to it with every fiber you have in your body and with all you’ve got. Here I am, and I am so proud to be USD’s football coach," Glenn said at the USD press conference.
He is all in.
After moving the press conference to laughter several times in a 15-minute or so talk, Glenn had those gathered feeling like they might like to put on the red and white. He called out former teammates (in attendance) and told each person there that he would love to go around and hug them all. At the close of his remarks he asked everyone in attendance, including the media, to stand and join him in a sing-along of USD's fight song,
It looks like Coyote Nation is all in.
A quick snapshot of the past 10 days shows a University of South Dakota administration setting its target on Glenn and selling him on taking over the head coaching duties. USD Director of Athletics David Sayler, beginning just his second year at the state's flagship university, noted at the presser that Glenn was the primary candidate. He fit what USD wanted in a coach as a new era in the Missouri Valley Conference begins. After a few meetings with Sayler and Associate AD David Herbster, Glenn agreed to take the job. USD had their guy - the right guy.
Glenn wasn't the "young gun" that some might have thought might be the choice for the Coyote program. Instead he was a semi-retired former coach working as a TV color analyst for WAC Sports Network that featured a long list of credentials, likely much more than any potential coach could bring to the job.
How many Coyote Hall of Fame coaches have returned to coach at USD? I can tell you? None.
Glenn, who was inducted into the Coyote Hall in 2006, has led two programs to national titles (three overall), won conference championships (six), posted 17 winning seasons in 25 coaching seasons, and earned significant respect from his peers and those who watched him near or far.
It is a pertinent question if Glenn is too long in the tooth to do a job that demands relentless energy and get up and go.
Yet, I think, if you heard his passion on Monday, the answer is an resounding "no." http://www.youtube.com/user/SouthDakotaSID?feature=mhee#p/c/0/M_mZyZ_9o8Y
Or just listen to his new boss, Sayler, who addressed the age factor in a comment reported by Mick Garry of the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.
"If anyone spends five minutes with Joe, you know he doesn't seem like he's 62. He's going to tackle everything with the same ambition and the same passion he had when he was younger. I have no concern about his age whatsoever. That's the last thing on my concern list of anything that's out there about this process. I think the team is going to feed off his energy," said Sayler, who in tapping Glenn made his first major personnel move as AD at USD.
A native of Lincoln, Neb., Glenn's football coaching career began shortly after his graduation from USD and after serving two years in the U.S. Army after receiving an ROTC Military Commission. He returned to campus as a backfield coach for Joe Salem in 1974, helping leading USD to an 8-3 record and 7-2 and a tie for first place in the North Central Conference. In that season, USD defeated a future Glenn employer, Montana, 24-10, but the season ended without a playoff berth.
Glenn left his Alma Mater after earning a Master's degree in 1975, moving to Northern Arizona where he served as backfield coach for Salem, who had taken the head job in Flagstaff. Almost a year later, Glenn was named the head football coach at Doane College in Crete, Neb., becoming its youngest head college football coach at the tender age of 27. He fashioned a 21-18-1 record at Doane College before moving on to Montana as quarterbacks coach, wide receivers coach and offensive coordinator from 1980-85.
In 1987, he was hired as the quarterbacks and kicking coach for Northern Colorado, eventually moving up to head coach by 1989. At UNC, he led the Bears to the DII playoffs seven times, winning DII national titles in 1996 and 1998. His Bears were just the fourth DII squad to repeat as national champions. While there, he had a 98-35 (.737) record, including a 70-28 (.714) mark in the North Central Conference. He directed the Bears to three straight titles from 1997 to 1999.
Glenn moved onto Montana, where he led the Grizzlies to a 39-6 record, which included a 20-2 mark in the Big Sky Conference. He directed Montana to Big Sky titles in 2000 and 2001, tying for the league crown in 2002. While there, his Grizzlies advanced to the NCAA DI-AA championship game twice (2000, 2001), winning the national title in 2001 as the team fashioned a 15-1 mark. Overall at Montana, Glenn had a .867 winning percentage, which ranks best in the Big Sky Conference history. His Grizzlies had a 24-game winning streak during 2001 and 2002, which tied the I-AA all-time mark.
He moved onto Wyoming, where he made things happen quickly. In his second season, the Cowboys went 7-5, winning the Pioneer Pure Vision Las Vegas Bowl (24-21 over UCLA) in 2004). It was Wyoming's first bowl appearance in 11 seasons. However the following years were frustrating as the program couldn't finding footing in the WAC. He had a 30-41-1 mark at Wyoming, which ended its association with Glenn in 2008.
Yet, Glenn had some big accomplishments as the Cowboys' leader.
~Wyoming recorded its first win in history over a Southeastern Conference (SEC) school in the 2004 season with a 37-32 win over Ole Miss.
~The Cowboys also posted their first road win ever over an SEC team when, in 2005, the Pokes traveled to Oxford, Miss., and defeated the Ole Miss Rebels 24-14.
~Wyoming posted a 2-1 record versus BCS conference schools in 2004, defeating UCLA and Ole Miss, losing only at Texas A&M.
~Two of Glenn's former Cowboys were selected finalists for the National Football Foundation's (NFF) Draddy Trophy, which is called the "Academic Heisman", and awarded annually to the top football scholar-athlete in the country. Fewer than 20 student-athletes from all levels of college football are selected as finalists for the trophy each year. Both Trenton Franz (2004) and John Wendling (2006) were Draddy finalists. Both received postgraduate scholarships from the National Football Foundation.
In addition, Glenn's resume includes numerous honors from his peers, including his selection as the Big Sky Conference Co-Coach of the Year in 2002, an honor he shared and won for three years straight. He was also named the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division I-AA Region 5 Coach of the Year in 2002, marking the second consecutive season he earned that honor.
In 2000, Glenn received the Eddie Robinson Award from The Sports Network as the Division I-AA National Coach of the Year. He was named the AFCA Division II National Coach of the Year (1996, 1997) while at UNC. In 2000, the Denver Post selected him one of Colorado's "Greatest Coaches of the 1990s."
When SD made the move away from Coach Meierkort about two weeks ago, Glenn seemed like a perfect choice. But, would he take the job?
His answer turned out to be yes. Giving back and leading his Alma Mater proved to draw him in like a bee to honey.
For Glenn to move from the warm, sunny climate of Arizona for the unpredictable hot and cold temps of the Midwest, may seem a little odd. But for Glenn, who weighed the decision with family before moving forward, it was about coming home and giving back to the school that has always meant a lot to him.
“Words can’t express how I feel right now,” Glenn said at the USD presser. “This is a Kodak moment for me. It’s full circle, especially to come back to the university where you played and coached with Joe Salem. I want to thank President Jim Abbott, Athletic Director David Sayler and Senior Associate Athletic Director David Herbster for showing the confidence in me and for believing my leadership and experience can help at this university.”
Glenn, who has a 188-100-1 overall coaching mark, takes over a program that was hardly treading water. The Coyotes, while losing 23 seniors, had a 6-5 mark and played for the Great West Conference Championship, twice this season, losing in heart-breaking fashion both times. USD was 54-35 over the past eight seasons under Ed Meierkort, including a remarkable 40-5 mark at the DakotaDome..
Now the Coyotes head into the Missouri Valley Conference, where they will strap up with rivals South Dakota State and North Dakota State.
Glenn has already named current Offensive Coordinator Wesley Beschorner to the same position and added the title of Associate Head Coach. It is likely he will also retain Adam Breske, whose dad, Mike (now defensive coordinator at Montana), worked for Glenn at Northern Colorado, Montana. and Wyoming.
Glenn knows the value of a good staff and credits them for a program's success, just as he did at Wyoming.
"One of the keys to our success has been the quality of individuals on our coaching staff. I believe to have continued success that it is critical to not only attract the best coaches possible, but to also keep them together as a staff. I'm so proud of the job our coaches have done, and I am thankful that they have chosen to stay together as a group. I feel very lucky to have my staff," Glenn said in his coaching bio at Wyoming.
He has always developed strong relationships with players and coaches by utilizing a positive reinforcing message. On his Wyoming bio, he said he had one rule for his players --"Be A Good Guy."
As the players, and others get to know Glenn has his friends and many others have, they will understand that he practices what he preaches.
“A lot of places, like Alabama maybe, can have the power thing where you can do whatever you want with people and make them do things out of fear. Or, you can make some people love some place, you can make people love what they do, make people love each other, make people love their colors, their name on the front and their name on the back, love the game they’re playing, the school they’re at, make them love to compete. . . you intrinsically make them love who they are and where they’re at. You make them feel good about all those things and you have a motivated athlete," said Glenn.
In truth, I don't know Joe Glenn, other than what I have observed and heard from others (like his son Casey and several of his teammates) that are close to him. But, I think in my observations that I see a good guy. And, college football needs "good guys" like Joe Glenn.
Welcome home Joe.
Media Coverage of Glenn Announcement --
Here are a few links of the many media outlets that reported on Glenn's hiring at USD. They range from Sports Illustrated to the Washington Post to news outlets in Colorado and Wyoming and locally. This is just a small sampling.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/former-wyoming-coach-joe-glenn-hired-as-head-football-coach-at-south-dakota/2011/12/05/gIQAISbgXO_story.html
http://www.ksfy.com/story/16182900/usd-to-hire-joe-glenn-as-next-football-coach
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20111205/UPDATES/111205012/Joe-Glenn-introduced-new-football-coach-University-South-Dakota?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CSports
http://www.yankton.net/articles/2011/12/09/sports/doc4ee1978ff35be985879715.txt
http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20111205/SPORTS/111209987/1010&parentprofile=1010
http://m.siouxcityjournal.com/mobile/article_4e96724a-2285-5099-9c75-6f2e75f0b8http://www.volanteonline.com/sports/usd-announces-former-coyote-as-new-football-c
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20111206/SPORTS/112060317/Joe-Glenn-hired-South-Dakota
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/article/South-Dakota-picks-Joe-Glenn-as-new-coach-2346695.php
hhttp://www.wkyc.com/sports/article/218659/371/In-the-FCS-Huddle-John-L-Smith-Joe-Glenn-come-homettp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/ncaa/wires/12/05/2060.ap.fbc.south.dakota.glenn.1st.ld.writethru.0151/index.html
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