THE GUILFORDIAN
AUGUST 27, 1999
Butch Estes takes over for Jensen
By Jon Cecil
STAFF WRITER
The start of the 1999-2000
basketball season will bring a
new face to the Quaker sidelines
for the first time in 29 years.
Butch Estes, former coach of
Presbyterian College and
Furman University, has taken
over head coaching responsibili
ties at Guilford.
Estes replaces Jack Jensen,
the winner of 386 games as a head
coach. Jensen was also head
coach in 1973, when the Quakers
were the NAIA champions.
President Don McNemar ex
pressed excitement at the press
conference regarding Estes' new
position. "We're excited and
pleased that Butch Estes has
agreed to join us and we look for
ward to working together for
many years," McNemar said.
"Guilford College has a long and
proud tradition in our basketball
program, dating back to our NAIA
National Championship in 1973.
We want to continue that tradi
tion here today."
During his years at Presby
terian and Furman, Estes com
piled a record of 227-185. In the
1984-85 season, he led the Pres
byterian Blue Hose to a 13th place
Sept. 11 Sat. METHODIST 1:00 PM Sept. 3 Fri. WINSTON-SALEM STATE 6:00 PM
Sept. 18 Sat. ©Washington & Lee 1:00 PM Sept. 7 Tue. NC WESLEYAN 7:00 PM
Sept. 25 Sat. HAMPDEN-SYDNEY 1:00 PM Sept. 10 Fri. @Greensboro 4:00 PM
Oct. 2 Sat. @Davidson 2:00 PM Sept. 10 Fri. Randolph-Macon 6:00 PM
Oct. 9 Sat. @Ferrum 1:00 PM Sept. 11 Sat. vs. Maryville 12:00 noon
Oct. 16 Sat. @Bridgewater 1:00 PM Fri. vs. Emory 6:00 PM
Oct. 23 Sat. @Emory & Henry 1:00 PM 18 Sat. vs. Randolph-Macon 10:00 AM
Oct. 30 Sat. RANDOLPH-MACON 1:00 PM H HSept. 18 Sat. @Savannah College of A& D 2:00 PM
Nov. 6 Sat. CATHOLIC 1:00 PM ■ ESV ■Sept. 20 Mon. EMORY & HENRY 6:30 PM
Nov. 13 Sat. @Greensboro (Grimsley HS)1:00 PM 23 Thu. RANDOLPH-MACON
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Sept. 7 Tue. @Methodist 4:00 PM H 1 Wed. Greensboro (@Grimsley HS) 7:00 PM
Sept. 9 Thu. ST. ANDREWS 4:00 PM ■ JL £ BSept. 4 Sat. UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH 1:00 PM
Sept. 14 Tue. FERRUM 4:00 PM 5 Sun. EMORY 1:00 PM
Sept. 18 Sat. @Virginia Wesleyan 2:00 PM
Sept. 22 Wed. @Emory & Henry 4:00 PM Sept. 15 Wed. @Emory & Henry 4:00 PM
Sept. 25 Sat. EASTERN MENNONITE 4:00 PM Sept. 18 Sat. @Savannah College of A& D 1:00 PM
Sept. 30 Thu. ,@Lynchburg 4:00 PM Sept. 19 Sun. BRIDGEWATER 1:00 PM
Oct. 2 Sat. @NC Wesleyan 3:00 PM Sept. 22 Wed. SWEET BRIAR 4:00 PM
Oct. 7 Thu. @Hampden-Sydney 4:00 PM Sept. 25 Sat. @Virginia Wesleyan 11:00 AM
Oct. 9 Sat. BRIDGEWATER 4:00 PM Sun. WESLEYAN(GA)
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national ranking and a school
record 25 victories. Estes also led
the Blue Hose to a berth in the
NAIA District 6 Tournament Fi
nals in his last season.
Estes picked up the reins at
Furman University in the 1985-
86 season. After a 10-17 debut sea
son, Estes coached the team to a
17-12 mark, the first winning sea
son for Furman since 1980. Estes
collected the first of his two
Southern Conference Coach of the
Year Awards that season.
The 1990-91 season was
Estes' best in his time at Furman.
He led the team to a 20-win cam
paign and to the first NIT berth
in Furman history.
Estes resigned from Furman
in 1994. He returned to coaching
last winter at St. Joseph's High
School in Greenville, SC. Estes
also worked as a commentator for
Fox Sports South in his spare
time.
"If you've been out of coach
ing for four years, you're either
glad you're out and go on with
your life, or you miss it like heck,"
Estes said at the press confer
ence. "I'm one of those guys who
was born to coach. This is a great
opportunity for me."
According to Athletic Direc
tor Mike Ketchum, Estes' enthu-
Sports
siasm for the job was one of the
main reasons for hiring him.
"The enthusiasm was evi
dent in him when we interviewed
him," said Ketchum. "A lot of
coaches have ideas about how to
build a program, but if you have
enthusiasm for the job, you can
accomplish that goal."
Members of the team have
been receptive of Estes. "I'm look
ing forward to it a lot," said jun
ior David Zelickson. " He seems
like a real down-to-earth kind of
guy. Hopefully he can help us
have a better season than last
year."
The Quakers endured one of
the toughest seasons in recent
history last year. Riddled with
injury and sickness, the team
suited up just six players at some
games. Estes sees Guilford as a
team with a lot of potential.
"As I looked at the confer
ence (Old Dominion Athletic Con
ference-(ODAC)), it's Division 111,
but it's pretty good basketball,"
said Estes. "I was fortunate in
working with Fox over the last
four years, in that I've done the
Division 111 National Champion
ship game on television, and I
shared the ODAC enthusiasm,
got to meet everybody and it's a
great conference. Hampton-
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Butch Estes was selected to
be Jack Jensen's successor
Sydney played for the national
championship last year. From my
way of thinking, if you get to the
top of this league, you can com
pete for a national championship,
and that's special no matter what
level you play at."
Estes graduated from the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill in 1971 with a degree
in Physical Education. In 1973, he
received a Masters Degree in
Administrative Education from
The Citadel.
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