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Thursday, May 12, 2005
For the Week of May 10 - May 16, 2005
BEVY OF
MOVES
ASU Sports Photo
SPIVERY: Leaves Alabama State
hoops to take over head coaching
duties at Southern.
T NEW COACHES AT SOUTHERN, 'BAMA
ST, PV & LANE; NEW ADs AT A&T, FAMU
Photo by Joe Daniels
TODD: WSSU grad to
lead NC A&T athletics.
UNDER THE BANNER
WHATS GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS
TODD LANDS AT A&Tl Winston-Salem
State grad and current Atlantic Coast Conference Assistant
Commissioner. Delores "Dee"
Todd, was named last week as
the -new director of athletics at
North Carolina A&T. Todd,
who was the first female to serve
as an assistant commissioner in
the ACC when she was appointed
in 1988, will be A&T's first
female director of athletics. The
1972 WSSU grad brings over 30
years of experience to her new
post including stints as head
women's track coach at both Northwestern (1981-85) and
Georgia Tech (1985-87), and documented success in inter
scholastic and intercollegiate athletics in planning, schedul
ing, training development, Olympic sports programs and
financial and human resource management. She has been the
ACC's assistant commissioner/director of student-athletic
welfare since 2000. "We are very plea.sed that we were able
to recruit Dec Todd for such an important role at A&T." said
A&T Chancellor. Dr. James Renick at last Wednesday's
press conference. "She has excellent experience and the right
motivation to manage and lead our intercollegiate athletics
program." "I am extremely excited about the opportunity to
take the athletics department in the same direction as the uni
versity with iLs growth." Todd said. "1 am looking forward to
doing my best to motivate, support and lead the department
to victory on the playing field, in academics and in life." Her
ACC responsibilities enabled Todd to supervise, direct and
coordinate officiating programs for baseball, as well as plan,
organize and direct men's and women's cross country, men’s
and women's indoor track and field, men's and women's out
door track and field, women's basketball and baseball cham
pionship events. She was the liaison between those sports
committees and ctxirdinaled special projects with institution
al staff members. She recently served on the NCAA
Championship/Competition Cabinet and Administration
Subcommittees and chaired the Certified Contests
Subcommittee. Todd chaired the USOC’s Minorities in
Sports Task Force and was co-founder of Project GOLD. She
is past president and former member of the Board of
Directors of the National Association of College Women
Athletic Administrators. She chaired the subcommittee of the
NCAA Division I Track and Field Committee responsible for
the complete coordination of the Division I Outdoor Track
Meet from 1995-99. In 1999. she served as an assistant coach
of World Track and Field Championships in Seville. Spain.
She also served as tournament manager for NCAA East
Regionals for Women in 1999. Todd joined the Georgia Tech
staff in 1985 after serving as head coach for four years at
Northwestern University, where she earned the 1983 Cross
Country Big Ten Coach of the Year honors. While at Georgia
Tech. Tixid was a three-time Georgia State Coach of the Year,
winning the Georgia Stale Intercollegiate Championships
from 1985-87. Todd was named ACC Coach of the Year for
Women's Outdoor Track in 1987 after guiding the Lady
Jackets to a fourth place finish in the outdoor championships
after the school’s second year of competition in that sport. A
native of Camden. N.J., Todd was a successful high school
coach in Illinois. She led her outdoor track teams and cross
country teams to 11 conference championships at Thomridge
High in Dolton and at Rich Central High in Olympia. She
also spent one year at Belhesda-Chevy Chase High School in
Beihesda. Md. Todd graduated with honors from Winston-
Salem Slate University in 1972 with a degree in health and
physical education. She received her masters in human rela
tions and psychotherapy fmm Governor’s State University in
1981. In 2001, she was inducted into the Central
Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Hall of Fame
and in Winston-Salem State University’s Hall of Fame in
2002.
O'NEAL FINISHES STRONG:
third round score of 76 caused former Jackson State golfer
Tim O'Neal to fall back into a tie for 17th at the Nationwide
Tour's Rex Hospital Open in Raleigh. O'Neal shot 70-69-76-
67 to finish at 2-undcr, 282 and take home $6,090 for his
week's work. The finish moved him into 27th on the Tour's
money list with $36,625. Saturday's third round was washed
out meaning the players played 36 holes on Sunday. O'Neal
carded three bogeys and two double-bogeys en route to his
76 in Sunday's first 18 holes though he came back to tie for
the lowest score (67) in the field in the final round.
19th National Minority College Golf Championship
Tennessee State, Lincoln take golf titles
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -
Tennessee State dominated with a
record Championship team total of
24-under-par 840 on Sunday at the
19th National Minority College
Golf Championship to win the
Division 1 standings at PGA Golf
Club.
"I am definitely proud of our
Team as they have played outstand
ing throughout the week," said Dr.
Catana Starks, the Tennessee Slate
head coach who is retiring after 18
years. "The competition has drasti
cally increased this year and the
Championship is spectacular as it
recognizes the golf program’s at
black and minority colleges across
the country."
Johnson & Wales University,
the defending champions, finished
in second place with a team total of
5-under-par 859, while Bethune-
Cookman finished in third place
with an 866.
TSU senior Robert Dinwiddle
of won the Division I medalist hon
ors by carding a 2-under-par 70 for
a three-day total of 13-under-par
203. Teammate Phillip Watkins
and James Renner of Johnson &
Wales University in North Miami,
Fla., finished in a second-place tie,
five strokes behind Dinwiddie.
Lincoln University of
Jefferson City, Mo., held onto its
lead to capture the Division II stand
ings with a team-total of 928.
Fayetteville State finished a mere
two strokes behind in second place
and Benedict finished in third place
with a 952.
After starting the final round in
third place, junior John Azzarelli of
Fayetteville State won the Division
II medalist honors by posting a
final-round score of 2-under-par 70
for a Championship total of 4-over-
par 220. Adam Hoffman of
Lincoln finished second, one stroke
behind Azzarelli.
The University of Texas-Pan
American of Edinburg, look home
the Women's Division title for the
third consecutive year after firing a
three-day Championship-record
team total of 912, which breaks the
previous record of 932 set in 2000
by Belhune-Cookman. Stefanie
Maynard, two-time defending
NMCGC Champion, led the Lady
Broncs and was awarded the indi
vidual medalist with an impressive
56-hole score of 1-over-par 217.
Sophomore Sharah Davis of
Hampton recaptured the Women's
Independent Division with a three-
day total of 237.
Approximately 100 contestants
from 21 colleges and universities,
representing 11 countries, com
prised the field for the 19th National
Minority College Golf
Championship. The National
Minority College Golf
Championship is co-sponsored by
The PGA of America and the
National Minority College Golf
Scholarship Fund of Cleveland,
Ohio.
TOP FINISHERS
DIV. I - MEN TEAM
Tennessee State 284-2S7-289-840 -24
Johnson & Wales 298-285-276--859 -5
Bethune-Cookman 286-288-292--866 +2
Florida A & M 295-300-280-875 +11
DIV. II - MEN TEAM
Uncoln 310-312-306-928+64
Fayettevilie State 314-312-304-930 +66
Benedict 329-322-301-952+88
Morehouse 327-326-327-980+116
N. Carolina Central 313-341-326-980 +116
WOMEN TEAM
Tex. P.-American 306-307-299-912+48
Bethune-Cookman 308-327-314-949 +85
DIV. I - INDIVIDUAL
Robert Dinwiddie, TSU
Phillip Watkins, TSU
James Renner, J&W
Jack Hoenes, FAMU
Gregg Bamks II, FAMU
DIV II - INDIVIDUAL
John Azzarelli, FSU
Adam Hoffman, Lincoln
Ian Milne. FSU
Christopher Parker, JCSU
WOMEN - INDIVIDUAL
Stefanie Maynard, UTPA
Nicole Boychuk, UTPA
Maria Dunne, B-CC
69- 64-70-203
73- 62-73-208
74- 67-67-208
70- 71-68-209
70-72-68-210
76-74-70-220
75-74-72-221
74-77-71-222
74-73-77-224
73- 73-71-217
74- 76-79-229
79-75-76-230
GRANT
BCSP Notes
Southern plucks Spivery from
Alabama State; Grant suing
Southern University moved quickly to
replace ousted head basketball coach Michael
Grant naming SWAC rival Alabama State head
basketball coach Rob Spivery as its new coach
Thursday. But it appears the Grant saga is not
over.
Attorneys for Grant filed
suit Friday in Baton Rouge
seeking a restraining order pre
venting a University Athletics
Council appeals hearing
Monday on his termination.
The suit also seeks an indepen
dent body to hear the appeal
saying that the UAC hearing would be unfair as
the Council is stacked with Southern administra
tors. Grant is also seeking judgment against
Southern for breach of the remainder of his three-
year contract. He was fired April 27 after two
years on the job and reassigned within the athlet
ic department until May 15.
A judge Monday in Baton Rouge denied the
restraining order. The UAC decided Monday to
delay the hearing until Wednesday, it said to give
Grant and his attorneys more time to prepare.
Grant was let go after compiling a 26-31
record over two years. His dismissal followed
comments he made after he was granted permis
sion from Southern to interview for the head
coaching job at Youngstown State in his native
Ohio. Grant, who was the head coach at Central
State in Ohio before taking the Southern job,
was quoted as saying he would lake the YSU job
immediately and had junior college recruits wait
ing to join him.
Those comments were included in a letter
from Jackson outlining the reasons for his termi
nation.
Spivery has led the Hornets to two
Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament
titles and NCAA Tournament appearances in the
last five years. His appointment is pending
approval of the Southern Board of Supervisors.
"He was the only candidate on my list," said
Southern Chancellor Edward Jackson in a
Baton Rouge Advocate story. "We started the
process last Friday, and he immediately told me
that he couldn't talk with me, that I must first
speak with the president of the school, before we
could have any contact. I liked that about him, he
handled liis business appropriately," a fact that it
appears Grant thinks Southern did not.
Spivery coached ASU for nine seasons,
compiling a 129-136 record including winning
SWAC Tournament titles and earning NCAA
Div. I Tournament bids in the 20(X)-01 and 2003-
04 seasons. Last season, the Hornets went 15-15.
losing in the SWAC Tournament final. Spivery,
who previously served as head coach at
Montevallo. has a 20-year head coaching overall
record of 304-281.
"I am proud and excited to become the next
men's basketball coach at Southern University,'
said Spivery in the Advocate story. "The chance
to take a program, and try to rebuild it back to
prominence is a challengeThat I wanted to under
take."
Spivery. once approved, will become the
fourth coach in the last six seasons for Southern,
which has had five straight losing seasons.
Spivery's teams have gone 11-2 against Southern
in the last five seasons.
Proctor to hold down the fort
at Alabama State
Alabama State University has selected cur
rent assistant basketball coach Joe Proctor as
interim head coach of the men’s basketball team.
Proctor lakes over for Rob Spivery, who left
ASU to lake over at Southern.
"Coach Proctor was chosen because he has
prior experience as a head coach on the Division
I level and I think he'll do a great job." said ASU
athletic director Patrick
Carter. Carter said no
timetable is set for the selec
tion of a permanent head
coach. "We’ll open it up for a
national search. But we hope
^ ^ Coach Proctor and (current
hm-f---' 4 ASU assistant) Coach (Lewis)
PROCTOR Jackson will put their names
in the hat for permanent job,"
Carter added.
Proctor arrived at Alabama State in 1996 as
Spivery's top assistant and has been on board as
ASU has gone from a second-tier team to one of
the elite programs in the Southwestern Athletic
Conference. He is now charged with running the
Hornets basketball operation until a permanent
successor is named.
"I just want to keep everything in order. I'm
part of the glue, along with Coach Jackson, that
will keep the program together until the adminis
tration decides what it wants to do," Proctor said.
"We should be done with recruiting in the next
couple of days. That’s the main thing so that there
won't be a problem whenever the new coach
comes in."
A Knoxville, Tenn., native, Proctor played
collegiate basketball at what is now the
University of Memphis. After earning his degree
from Memphis Stale in 1971, Proctor landed his
first head coaching job at Catholic High in
Memphis. The next year, he moved on to Shelby
Stale College, where he coached until 1977.
Proctor worked as an assistant at Drake
(1977-81), Baylor (1981-85), and the University
of Missouri-Kansas City (1985-94). It was while
he was at UMKC that he got his first head coach
ing stint, when he served as interim head coach
during the 1993-94 season. He led the Roos to a
13-8 record, including the school’s first wins
over teams in the former Big 8 and Southeastern
Conferences.
Joyner adds AD
to JCSU title
Johnson C. Smith has
named longtime men's head
basketball coach Stephen
Joyner as its new athletics
director. He replaces Helen
Caldwell.
JOYNER Joyner was promoted to the
new position on April 1. He previously worked
as the university’s assistant athletics director.
Joyner recently completed his 17lh season as
head coach of the JCSU Golden Bulls with a
career record of 319-200, making him the win-
ningest coach in JCSU men’s basketball history.
A native of Winston-Salem. N.C., he starred at
point guard for the Golden Bulls from 1969-73.
Since becoming head coach, he has taken the
men's program to unprecedented levels, winning
the school's only Central Intercollegiate
Athletic Association Tournament and South
Atlantic Regional titles in 2001 and establishing
Smith as one of the most feared teams in the
CIAA.
Cole brothers back at Lane
Former Alabama State offensive coordina
tor Johnnie Cole was hired Wednesday as the
head football coach at Division II Lane College
and says he will bring back his brother L. C.
Cole, as defensive coordinator. ,
Lane is a member of the Southern
Intercollegiate Athletic Con-ference and rs
located in Jackson, Tenn. Cole takes over a
Dragon program that went 2-9 last season.
"This is a great opportunity for me," Cole said
Wednesday afternoon. "I'm lucky here because
I've got a great president who's behind me and
supports this team. We're going to do a lot of
good things."
Cole was removed from his job at ASU in
August 2001 after an internal investigation at the
school allegedly turned up
three NCAA violations he
committed. He was never
fired, but reached an agree
ment with the school that
allowed him to be paid the
remainder of his one-year com
tract if he left his position.
J. COLE At this point, nearJy three
years later, the NCAA has yet
to find Cole guilty of any wrongdoing. Cole said
his background was thoroughly checked by the
administration at Lane.
"The president (Wesley McClure) here said
they pul me under a microscope," Cole said. "It
was funny. He said they couldn't find anything
wrong with me but did notice quite a few para
sites all around me, keeping me from moving
forward.”
Cole said his first move as head coach
would be to hire his brother, former Alabama
State head coach L.C. Cole, as defensive coordi
nator.
"That's .a no-brainer,'^^Johnnie saidj. ".It's a
family thing. He’s hired me arid I’m reluming the
favor. It’s actually a heck of a deal for the school
to get somebody like him."
WNBA superstar
bound for
Prairie View
According to a story in the'
Houston Chronicle, former
WNBA superstar Cynthia
Cooper is expected to be
named the new women's has-'
COOPER ketball coach at Prairie View
A&M within the next two
weeks. Cooper confirmed Friday she has tenta
tively accepted the post, contingent on details of
a contract being worked out. Athletic director
Charles McClelland said that should take place
within the next 14 days.
"(This) gives us the ability to take our
women's basketball program to heights it's never
seen," McClelland said in the story. Although the
Lady Panthers (6-21 last season) never have
advanced beyond the semifinals of the annual
SWAC tournament. Cooper is talking about far
larger accomplishments.
"I have the same goals that the school has
and that the athletic department has," Cooper
said. "I want to be No. 1.1 want to win. I'd like
to see a historically black university not only
make it to the NCAAs, but win a championship,
win an NCAA championship. There’s no reason
why not." The job opened up this month when
Robert Atkins announced he was stepping down
as of May 31. He compiled a 138-423 record
over 20 years.
Cooper, 42, is one of the most decorated
players to compete in the WNBA. The four-time
WNBA Finals MVP retired in 20(X) after leading
the Comets to a fourth straight title. She was
named coach of the Phoenix Mercury in 2001
and remained in that post for a little more than a
year. After resigning, she twice attempted to
return to the Comets as a player but each come
back was cut short by injuries.
Jackson interim AD at FAMU
Florida A&M University (FAMU) has
announced the appointment of Dr. E. Newton
Jackson, Jr. as interim director of athletics.
Jackson, who is presently serving as a depart
ment chair in the College of Education at FAMU,
said that among his immediate tasks will be "a
thorough evaluation of the overall status of the
athletic department."
A native of Washington, D.C., Jackson holds
a Ph.D in sports management from the
University of New Mexico and a masters in
sports administration from Grambling State.