Campbell brings NU
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understand that the head coach
has to answer to a boss and it
trickles on down.”
With those demands,
Campbell said the transition
from junior college back to
Division I would not be a tough
one, despite a few differences.
“Coaching is coaching,” he
said. “I think that at this level, you
sometimes have a better player.
“I had awfully good players at
Western Nebraska, and your
competition is different. At the
junior college level, you are not
going to face the caliber of com
petition you face at this level, but
you are still playing a game.”
Campbell said he had a list of
about 20 duties he must perform
as the top assistant, with recruit
ing most likely taking promi
nence.
Collier said Campbell’s
recruiting skills were finely
tuned.
“One ofhis many attributes is
that he is an accomplished
recruiter and has a lot of contacts
and an eye for talent”
But Campbell's eye for talent
will be utilized differently in
Lincoln - a place that actually has
a recruiting budget for travel and
expenses.
Campbell said he did all of his
past recruiting by telephone,
save a trip to Europe that opened
up a Yugoslavian pipeline to
WNCC
But despite contacts all
around die country on the junior
college level, Campbell expects
his high school liaisons to be
most handy.
“We want kids who are four
and five year players,” he said.
“That is how you get stability in
your program.”
Campbell said recruiting
players on the junior college level
was a precise science that didn’t
always work out
“It’s a big change,” he said.
“The average person doesn’t
understand the difference
between junior college and the
Big 12, and a lot of players can't
make those changes.”
Campbell said he expected
his recruiting to change for the
better because of one thing: his
title, “Nebraska Assistant Coach.”
“I think that helps us because
you get national recognition
every year,” Campbell said. “The
name Nebraska gets out there.
We utilize all of that and sell the
commitment that the University
. of Nebraska has.”
It was an advantage former
NU Coach Danny Nee never took
advantage of with one of the top
junior colleges in the nation on
the other side of the state.
In Campbell’s entire tenure at
WNCC, only one of his players
became a Husker - Bernard
Gamer.
Nebraska passed up on sever
al big-time players, including All
American Bobby Jackson, who
went on to play for Minnesota in
the 1997 Final Four and is now a
member of the NBA’s
Sacramento Kings.
Jackson’s exclusion, as well as
others, puzzled Campbell.
“They (NU) never really
recruited our program that
much,” Campbell said. “I guess
that was just their choice.”
But Campbell shows that
Nebraska still can get talent from
WNCC. It came in the form of a
coach, however.
“I thought it would be a
tremendous challenge, and I am
loving the opportunity,”
Campbell said.
Regional
pits NU vs.
upstarts
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atmospheres,” Stone said “I think
we’re going to have much more of
a problem handling Nebraska’s
players. The crowd isn’t going to
be as much of a problem as their
players are.”
Across from Nebraska and
OSU on the other side of the
bracket, one could say Arizona
may have got a bad draw being in
the same regional as the
Comhuskers.
Usually the No. 5 team would
n't be paired with the top-ranked
ranked team in the country.
What probably hurt the
Wildcats was a late-season loss to
No. 6-ranked Colorado State -
also a two seed and a team the
Huskers beat back on Sept. 2.
“We were disappointed we
dropped the match to Colorado
State because it put us out of the
top four seeds,” UA Coach David
Rubio said. “I was disappointed
we went down from where we
were to eighth.
“To be quite honest, almost
every single year we’ve been in the
tournament we’ve always had to
face one of the top seeds in the
round of 16, if not earlier.”
Looking forward to die possi
bility of his Wildcats matching up
with NU in the round of eight,
Rubio said Nebraska posed an
impressive threat
“Their stats are like those of
men’s volleyball stats,” he said.
“They're just so major in die num
bers and the blocks they’re put
ting up.'Ihey're really one of those
teams where they’re great at every
position.”
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After one bails, Miles OSU coach
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Oklahoma State gave Les
Miles some anxious days before
finally giving him the one job he
wanted most
Miles was hired Wednesday
as Oklahoma State’s football
coach, ending a wild week in
which the job first was accepted
by the leading candidate and
then rejected hours later.
In taking the job, Miles turned
down a financial package worth
about $700,000, saying nearly
half should go toward assistant
coaches' salaries. He said he
would be happy with $400,000.
“I’ve never heard of that
before,” said athletic director
Terry Don Phillips.
Miles, 47, who has been tight
ends coach with the Dallas
Cowboys the past three years,
said he applied for just one job.
“I wanted to remove all doubt
in the people that would make
the decision where I wanted to
be,”’ he said. "I wanted to be one
place, right here.”
Miles served as Oklahoma
State's offensive coordinator
from 1995-97. During the ‘97 sea
son, the Cowboys went 8-4 and
played in the Alamo Bowl in their
only winning season and bowl
trip since 1988.
He takes over for his former
boss, Bob Simmons, who was
forced out after a third straight
losing season and the fifth in his
six years at OSU.
“I would not be here if I didn’t
think that we could win and win
consistently,” Miles said.
Boise State Coach Dirk
Koetter emerged as the top
choice of Phillips, and on Friday
accepted the job. But Koetter
called back only hours later to say
he was taking the job at Arizona
State.
Miles said he was disappoint
ed to be passed over the first time.
But during the day Friday, he
said, other Dallas assistants told
him they were hearing Oklahoma
State’s deal with Koetter might fall
through.
“By Friday night at 6:30,1
knew that this was not a done
deal,” Miles said.
He traveled to Tampa with the
team on Saturday and found out
from his wife after returning to
Dallas on Sunday Phillips had
called. The men met Monday in
Dallas, where an agreement was
reached.
Miles said salary was not an
issue.
“I have never in my life taken
a job for a buck, ever,” he said. “I
have only wanted to service the
people who I work for. I told him
in the first interview, ‘I will not
negotiate. I will take the job.’”
Miles' hiring went over well
with several Oklahoma State
players who attended
Wednesday's news conference.
“He’s loyal to the program,”
tailback Reggie White said. “We
don’t want a coach who had two
or three options. We wanted a
coach who only wanted to be
here.”
Quarterback Aso Pogi agreed.
“You always want somebody
who wants to be in a program,”
he said. “This is his passion. This
is where he wants to be.”
Miles has served on staffs
under such coaches as Bill
McCartney at Colorado and Bo
, Schembechler at Michigan. He
also played for Schembechler at
Michigan from 1972-75.
Miles takes over a program
that, in terms of talent, is in better
shape than when Simmons was
hired in 1995. But it’s also a pro
gram that has had just one win
ning season since 1988.
The Cowboys finished 3-8
this year, 1-7 in the Big 12.
Miles said the administration
had demonstrated a commit
ment to turning things around.
Phillips wants to renovate the sta
dium, and work is wrapping up
on a $54 million athletic center
that includes new offices for
coaches, a new weight-training
facility and an academic center.
“The leadership here has
removed the limits,” Miles said.
“The view is up and going. Let’s
raise it, let’s do it, let’s take this
program forward.
"Had there been any other
feeling here, we wouldn’t be
back.”
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Congratulations to Tim Daniel, Tom
Butler and Kevin O’Neil for making
the All-Conference Water Polo
Team.
The club wishes to thank team
members David Lempp and Josh
Fry for their dedication and
contributions to the team. Josh will
be graduating in December and
Dave will be studying abroad in
Spain.
HANDBALL
The UNL Handball club faces a
tough challenge in the spring
semester. They will be traveling in
February to compete against some
of the best collegiate teams in the
nation for the Handball National
Championship.
With 2000 National Champion’s
Emily McPherson and Jason
Meisner on the club’s roster, the
team has the chance of finishing
in the top three.
The club will travel to SMSU next
weekend to compete in a seeding
tournament.
The UNL club roster includes:
Senior
Chris Talley
^Juniors
Katee Wolf Heather McPherson
Charlie Bills
Sophomore
Emily McPherson
Freshman
Jacob Knapp Christian Knapp
Ben Johnson Jason Meisner
Travis Kulwicki
Office of Campus Recreation
58 CREC A 32 ECAB Phone 472.3487
unnnnr.unl.edu/crec INFO-REC 472.2802
WOMEN'S RUGBY
Congratulations to Tia Tomlinson
for being selected to try-out for the
Western All-Star team.
Special thanks to our coaches,
Judd Davis, Nate Driml and Adam
Beltz for all their help this past
season. Congratulations to Nate on
your graduation.
RIFLE
Interested in joining a fun, safe
shooting club that teaches firearm
safety, marksmanship, and
promotes sportsmanship? If so,
please contact Jared at 436-9866
or Becky at 436-0246.
The club has an exciting spring
semester planned including:
Jan 20-21 Junior Olympic Regional
Competition
Feb. 17-18 NRA Intercollegiate
Sectionals
Challenge yourself to become more
involved in the spring semester.
There are many sport clubs for you
to join at UNL - Baseball, Climbing,
Crew, Cycling, Handball, Hockey,
Judo, Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse,
Rifle, Roller Hockey, Men’s and
Women’s Rugby, Runners, Women’s
Soccer, Sport Officials, Swimming, Tae
Kwon Do, Men’s and Women’s
Ultimate, Men’s and Women’s
Volleyball, and Water Polo.
Interested in a sport not on the list?
See Leah at the Office of Campus
Recreation for information on how
to start a new club.