Van Horn leads coaches to new era
■ The first-year coach
will be instrumental in
changes to the tourney
format and TV contract.
By Adam Klinker
Staff writer
In just 10 months as Nebraska’s
head baseball coach, Dave Van Horn
is already a part of something big in
the Big 12 Conference.
Van Horn, who replaced John
Sanders in January, is now the chair
man of the Big 12 baseball coaches’
committee.
Van Horn took over as chairman
because of a rotating schedule
among the coaches. Each year brings
new leadership to the committee.
This year was NU’s turn in the rota
tion.
“I thought it was kind of neat, it
being my first year,” Van Horn said.
“It keeps the flow in the conference
and allows me to present some things
and gives me a chance to get
involved.”
In opening legislative matters for
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the conference, two major changes
will be transpiring for the Big 12:
television coverage and the expan
sion of the conference tournament.
Before the Big Eight and
Southwestern Conferences merged
in 1994 to form the Big 12, both con
ferences had TV coverage for base
ball games.
Athletic directors have given
their approval to televise eight to 10
conference games on Fox Sports Net
for the 1999 season. The plan was
approved by the Big 12 Conference
Board of Directors.
“The TV coverage is really some
thing we needed to get going,” Van
Horn said. “It gives our kids a chance
to see our caliber baseball in the Big
12.”
As a top baseball conference, Van
Horn said, the Big 12 was in need of
television coverage comparable to
that of other top baseball conferences
like the Southeastern Conference,
Atlantic Coast Conference and the
Pac-10 Conference, who have had
many regular-season conference
games telecast on Fox and other net
works.
Previously, Fox Sports Southwest
televised six Big 12 conference tour
nament games in the 1997 and 1998
seasons. As yet, conference tourna
ment coverage is yet to be decided.
The conference tournament itself
is undergoing changes to its struc
ture.
In conjunction with the NCAA’s
expansion of the regional tourna
ments from 48 to 64 teams, the Big
12 followed suit by widening the
field in its conference tournament
from six teams to eight.
The measure was passed by the
coaches, the Ads and the Board of
Directors.
“We felt this was a good move,”
Van Horn said. “It will motivate
some teams to step it up knowing
they’ve got a shot.”
Van Horn said he was pleased
with die way things have been shap
ing up for baseball in the conference
and was happy that he could be a part
of it so early in his career.
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