Tuesday, February 14, 1934
Daily Nebraskan
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Current coach leads candidates
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UNL women's bs-sketball Coch Kelly Hill said she
will apply for the coaching position she now holds
when the job is opened for applications sometime
after the current season ends.
June Davis, UNL women's athletic director, said
affirmative action mandates require that the coach
ing position be opened and advertised nationally to
allow all applicants to apply. She said no decisions
have been made about when the job will be opened
and no search has begun for applicants.
Hill, who was named interim coach when Colleen
Matsuhara resigned after the 1982-83 season, said
she is planning to keep her coaching job.
"Ill probably be the first one to apply for it," she
said. "I have to look at it positively and optimistically
that 111 be rehired."
Hill, 25, was given a one-year contract when Mat
suhara resigned. She had been an assistant coach at
Nebraska for three years.
She said she understands that the affirmative
action procedures are necessary and that she has
received no guarantee that she would retain her job.
"I'm going to have to go through the same evalua
tions as the others," Hill said. "I'm sure quality t
coaches will apply."
She said she thinks her experience and knowl-1
edge of the UNL system will benefit her incompeti
tion with other applicants. Hill said the success of
her team could also give her an advantage. The
Huskers are 13-7.
Lack of players
leading to losses
Nebraska's women's basketball Coach Kelly Hill
compared her team's 106-78 loss to Big Eight oppo
nent Missouri, Saturday, with its loss suffered to the
Tigers earlier in the season at Lincoln.
"It was the same kind of game," Hill said of Missou
ri's victory. They just scored more points."
Missouri jumped to an early 12-point lead, 17-5,
with 16:55 left in the first half. Nebraska was unable
to get any closer than five, 25-20, with 1 1:55 remain
ing. From there, Missouri, behind the seven-of-nine
first-half shooting of All-American Joni Davis, increas
ed its lead to 19 at the half, 58-39.
In the second halt, the tenth-ranked Tigers built
on their lead, winning their fourth consecutive game
and retaining possession of first place in the Big
Eight with a 7-1 record. Nebraska drops to 3-5 in the
league, and 13-8 overall, after losing its last three
conference games.
Nebraska has been plagued by a lack of players
and a lack of rebounding, Hill said. Only nine players
suited up for the Missouri game.
"It's not like players grow on trees," Hill said.
Nebraska's Dcbra Powell scored a game-high 25
points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Angie Miller added
18 points. Davis led the Tigers with 24 points
Teammate Mary Brueggcstrass added 20 points and
nine rebounds.
U.S. skiers grab
top slalom medals
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SARAJEVO, Yugoslavia Debbie Armstrong and
Christin Cooper captured giant slalom gold and
silver medals for the United States as the glamour
Alpine ski program got off to a belated start at the
Winter Olympics Monday.
Boards forced officials to revamp the entire ski
schedule and Armstrong had the honor of taking
the first crown of the slopes.
It was the first gold medal for the U.S. in the
Winter Games.
Armstrong overhauled Cooper, who led after the
first leg, to win the title by four-tenths of a second.
Tamara McKinney, last year's World Cup cham
pion, came close to producing an American sweep of
the medals, but Perrine Pelen of France split them
with a surprise third-place finish. Pelen also took
the bronze at the 1930 Lake Placid games.
Armstrong's success ended a disappointing 12
year spell in which U.S. skiers had failed to striKe
gold in the Olympics. Barbara Cochrane was the last
American to win a gold when she captured the sla
lom at the 1972 Games in Sapporo, Japan.
East Germany, the leader in gold medals to date,
won its sixth gold on the sixth day of action when
Karin Enke won the women's 1,000-meter speed
skating event .
She sliced 2.5 seconds off Soviet skater Nataha
Petruseva's Olympic record, Petruseva won tne
bronze when she finished behind Enke s teammate
Andrea Scheoene. n
Enke also triumphed in the 1,500-meter event tet
Thursday and gained the 500-meter silver on I nday.
"I think we've done a respectable job in the con
ference this season," she said.
Davis said Hill's experience at UNL will work in
her favor in the selection process. -
"She's done a good job this season," she said.
"We're looking forward to her applying for the job."
Hill said her players and assistant coaches have
not discussed the situation. She said she would like
to clarify her status as basketball coach soon so
recruits would know if she will be at Nebraska next
season.
Several players contacted said the team is aware
of the situation and that they hoped Hill would be
rehired.
"Kelly is a good coach," said Stacy Imming, a
freshman starting guard. "We all want to try to have
a good season so she can stay here."
Debra Powell, a junior starting guard, said if the
team has a good season, it will prove that Hill is a
good coach.
She said Hill is well-liked by the players, both on
and off the court.
"She's a friend more than just a coach," Powell
said.
Hill's continuance as coach is also important to
the future of the program, she said.
"We're in the building process," Powell said. "If a
new coach comes in, we'll have to start over."
Freshman starting center Angie Miller said the
players are concentrating on having a successful
season.
"Kelly has a lot of pressure on her to win so she
can keep her job," she said.
Brad Munn, UNL's affirmative action officer, said
all vacated coaching or faculty positions are adver
tised according to affirmative action procedures. He
said after applications have been received, a search
committee makes recommendations and complies a
list of qualified candidates. The athletic director
makes individual reference checks, conducts inter
views and hires coaches after consultation with the
committee.
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