hormer Nee assistant now a Buckeye;
Says NU program is on right track
By Jeff Apel
Senior ltditor
A familiar face found itself in the
unfriendly confines of the Bob Deva
ney Sports Center during this
weekend’s Ameritas Cornhuskcr
Classic.
Fran Fraschilla,
a former assistant
coach for Danny
Nee at Ohio and
Nebraska who is
now an assistant
coach for Gary
Williams at Ohio
State, said he felt
honored to return to Lincoln.
Fraschilla said that was because he
spent five years with Nee at Ohio and
then briefly joined his coaching staff
at Nebraska. He said he left Nebraska
and rejoined the Ohio coaching staff
for personal reasons.
“At the time I just wasn’t ready to
leave the state,” Fraschilla said. “I felt
very bad about leaving because it was
such a difficult decision to make.”
Fraschilla said Ncc is taking the
right steps toward rebuilding the
Nebraska basketball program. He said
young players such as guard Clifford
Scales and forward Beau Reid give the
Cornhuskcrs an excellent future to
build on.
Frasc h i 1 la said Nee has chan get! h i s
coaching style because of his young
players. He said Nee has become more
patient, which is a key ingredient to
developing youth.
Fraschilla said the addition of new
scoreboards and a new floor imprinted
with the Nebraska basketball logo and
an outline of the state will also help
Nee rebuild. He said Nee will do
whatever it takes to bring the Husker
program loa highly competitive level.
“1 know Danny Nee,” Fraschilla
r— -
said, “and I know he is going to get a
good program at Nebraska.”
Fraschilla said he doesn’t like the
rival coaching relationship that now
exists between him and Nee. He said
Nee has done so much for his coaching
career that he hates to face him on
opposite sides of the court.
“No one has done as much for me
as Danny Nee,” Fraschilla said. “I just
can’t thank nim enough.”
Fraschilla said the Ohio State and
Nebraska basketball programs are
close in terms of quality. He said the
improved quality of the Big Eight has
helped each of the conference’s
teams.
Fraschilla said it was a “twist of
fate” that he ended up at Ohio State.
He said he left Nebraska with the idea
of staying with the Ohio basketball
program, but was contacted by Ohio
State basketball coach Gary Williams
in June 1987.
Fraschilla said his new position
requires him to recruit throughout the
year. He said he often runs into Nee
during summer basketball camps.
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