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,.,t, .- ... ... ... -CHyyrrE post-P.,.7, *-1 Moore Rebounds With New Job By Russell Clark Poet Staff Writer Helping high school students in the Charlotte Mecklenburg School System prepare for college is Rob ert Moore's first priority this Pall when he joins the CMS as a math Instructor. " want to be a positive in fluence as a teacher and a former *tMete," points out Moore who foached men's basketball at Johnson C. Smith University for nine years. . "There are so many student athletes who can’t get into college because of the new NCAA Proposi tion 48 Rule, but I want to help these kids have the capabilities to ftt into any college,” says Moore frjio was released from Johnson Qj Smith on July 17 over a con tract dispute. Local television stations said that the university was disatisfied adth his coaching. The newspa pers reported that the school had Offered him a contract that would «it his pqy as a teacher. W# offered him a joint con tract to coach men's basketball and to supervise in the computer science laboratory," remembers Dr.-Robert Albright, JCSU presi dent. "The contract was mutual ly inclusive which meant we could not accept one without the Other. We normally give our in structors 10 days to turn in their contracts. It took him one month to turn In his coaching contract and he never turned in his con tract for teaching." During the second semester of the 1986-87 school year, Moore did not teach in the Smith math de partment. He said he was told by School officials that the Southern Association (which accredits the Schopl) would not-iallow -him to peach because he did not have pnough graduate course hours in math. ' 1 at , It was a surprise meeting and 1 was shocked when Mr. Hedgesp eth (vice president for business) iold me that they no longer needed lay services." f\ ■ ! According to Moore, the teach ing contract called for a $7,000 payout but the basketball contract * Robert Moore intends to score big in the Charlotte Mecklenburg School System as a math teacher this falL was the same as last year's. A reflection over Moore's coaching record shows that he has won 407 games to 200 losses in 15 years. Last season, he led the Bulls to a 21-9 record before they lost to Norfolk State 81-76 in the semifinals of the C.IAA. Tour nament. Later, they received ah NCAA-II bid and were beaten soundlyvhy Kentucky Wesleyan who went on to win the title. In 1969, he was named "Coach of The Year" in North Carolina. At that time, he was coaching at Atkins High School in Winston Salem where his team posted a 23 0 record. "Out of my 13 players on that team, 11 of them received col lege scholarships," Moore adds. In 1974, he teamed up with Ste ven Joyner who was a player on that team. As a duo, Moore and Joyner turned around a losing program at Virginia Union be fore coming to Smith. In the meantime, JCSU acted swiftly and replaced Moore with Joyner who has coached the Lady Bulls for the past seven years. Joyner plans to capitalize on more ' local' players bur Moore'says he tried with little success. "For two summers in a row, I tried hard to recruit local talent but most of them couldn't get in because of Proposition 48. Local players are ideal because you get a good following from local fans." "If you sign a local player, you want him to be the best. If you get him and he's not good enough to start, you can create problems with local fans." A* the new J.C. Smith Men's Basketball Coach, Steven Joyner plans to get the entire community involved with the Smith Basketball program next season. "I just want to make the program better for whoever takes over after me," Joyner says. Coach Joyner Plans To Grab More Local Talent For J.C.S.U. By Russell Clark Post Staff Writer "We won't be doing a lot of things different but we would like to capitalize on more local tal ent," projects Steven Joyner, the new men’s basketball coach at Johnson C. Smith University. "By recruiting more players out of Charlotte and surrounding counties, we expect to increase at tendance and total community support," says Joyner who coached the "Lady Bulls" to a 92 87 record in seven years. Reggie Moses, a former West Charlotte standout, is the only lo cal player returning from last year's team but the Bulls have al ready added Pervis Thomas who played for Garinger. The 36-year-old Joyner also mentioned that he would like to make some scheduling adjust ments in the future. "We are looking into playing UNCC, Davidson, Wingate and Win throp." Although the team will be with out all-C.I.A.A. performer Dante Johnson, it will be returning cen ter, Chris Jones and guard, Vin cent Brown. Since gaining the new job, Joyner has been calculating who will be eligible to play next sea son. "Right now, I’m trying to find out who we have coming in and what is the situation with our returning players. I'm in the process of checking up on players who are attending summer school to find out if they are tak ing the courses they need to be eli gible to play," adds Joyner while gazing out the window of his of fice. "Prom the athletic stand point, our student athletes have been do ing well and most are on a good academic track," he asserts. The weekend that J.C. Smith released veteran coach, Robert Moore, Joyner was on his way to Virginia State to become the men's assistant coach. "The op portunity to head coach on the di vision II level was very enticing and I hope to continue the win ning tradition that Coach Moore has established." Joyner and Moore first met in Winston Salem during the 1960s. At the time, Moore was coaching at Atkins High School where Joyner was a standout guard. "During high school, our record was 43-3 and we won the state championship in 1969. I feel for tunate tohave been led to Smith as an athlete and now coach." Describing himself as an around the house kind of guy Joyner said he enjoys spending time with wife, Narell, and three kids Janell,16, Steven Jr.,7, and Brian, 6. "I think Steve is a good funda mental coach," says Horace Small, Smith Football Coach and Athletic Director. "He really ele vated our girl's basketball pro gram and I'm happy to see him get the opportunity." ylark Kecaps Athletes In Action* s European Tour ay luimeu uurt Poet Staff Writer i It was bright sunny day last June whan I flew out of Charlotte ' heading for Europe with an Ath letes in Action Track Team. My )i*layed flight arrived at La lOuardia Airport in New York City late that evening. After ward% I Joined the 20-member team for the first time. Although we had never met, we had two Usings going for us, athletics and VtlUmately-a relationship with Je sUsChrist. For moat of us, it was our first trip overseas and I must admit-I was paranoid. Before we left for • Europe, our fearless leaders, George Mason and Steve Mouse : tie briefed us on the countries we would be competing in. Among ) th*m were Germany, Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Yugo • slavla, Romania and Poland. The day of our departure flrom -Now York, (June 17) I heard on the radio that it was 92 degrees. But when we stepped off our Luf than— flight eight hours later in ZJCmdeh, it was s brisk 41 degrees Slid raining. The rain drops fell 3tusically from swelled clouds ytrhesd as ws waited for our went el vans. We couldn't help but Rhodes that all of the taxi oabs out ride of the airport were now, “Hp 190 Mercedes and BMW’s. w» drove away from the oir Gito the countryside of West the wheat fields wars green and far off to the I could see a hand frill of _ topped with hues of rad. To I the left, through a window, a for ‘dat could be seen with mystic UBbntaine edged across the sky. 'ftM we neared our motel-the Gaa thaus Inn-many houses in the email community featured a tractor and a BMW in front went Jogging with some of the teammates. Later, we showered, had Bible study and ate dinner in a nearby town. The food was good. I had baked hendl (chicken), pom frits, (french fries) and a cold Spatie (combination of Pepsi and Or ange Fanta drink). Early th* next morning, we en countered a culture jolt at break fast. Th* waitress, a middle aged, over-weight German lady served us hard rolls, jam, tea and coffee. She spoke very loud Ger man and in a harsh tons. She must have had a good sense of hu mor because the other German motel guests were laughing at her too. Following breakfast, we sang spiritual songs including, "Swing “Low* Sweet Chariot, Down By The Riverside and This Little Light Of Mine." Around noon, we gathered at th* home of Reid Lamphere, an A1A staff per son who lives outside of Munich. W* left there and went to a festi val In a nearby village. There we ate hsndl again under a hug* tent. While eating, we noticed many parents treating their Idds to a beer. Two days later, we had our first competition in Bcwamdorf, Ger many. I was really fortunate to set a new stadium record at 7 feet two inches in th* rain. Beyond my athletic performance, I intro duced three more young athletes to Christ. As our stay in Germany cam* to an end, ws net a group of 10 teen-agers at a nearby cafe. W* became friends and eventually, they all prayed to receive Christ in their live*. On Sunday, w* all went to an afternoon church ser vice at the Internationa] Baptist Church in Munich. The program was in English and there were ' several Americans worshipping PrMh From Europa, Clark Displays a fnr of his awards from hia international tour with Aihkte* in Action than. On Monday, we split up into two teams, A and B. I want with tha better athletes (A-Team) heading North. Our first stop waa Salt burg, Austria which is vary ro mantic.' Wa had lunch and later want eight-seeing. We visited Mo tart's Mrth-plaes, and the lo cation where "The Sound Of Mu sic" was filmed. Later, we hit the highway bound for Vienna, Aus tria. Again tha countryside was spectacular. ;< Am our journey continued to Bu dapest, Hungary, wa all prayed for a boarder check. Wa ware pll armed with Bibles and other spir itual weapons. The religious ma terials ware in all different lan guages so that wa could commu nicate the good news td others. We knew that wa were not allowed to bring in any Christian literature behind the Iron Curtain, but we were determined to carry out the Lords business. We left all AIA uniforms back in Germany and took on a new identity ZINKWAZI (African word meaning-eoar like an eagle) In ternational Track Team. This was a safety precaution because the guards could have traced AIA back to the U.S. They would have never let us pass had they known w> were an athletic ministry. When we entered the Hungari an boarder, I got butterflies in my stomach after seeing guards with machine guns. Once we got to Budapest, it took us two hours to And a place to stay. We ended up at a Budapest University dormitory which con verts into a Motel in the summer time. It provided a good opportu nity for sharing for there was a disco on the first and second floors every night. Budapest is a city of over two million people but many of the people we met from other countries ineluding, Nige ria, England and Australia. Af ter being kicked out of the motel twioe because of communication misinterpretations, we moved to the BEAC (Bay-ach) Sports Com plex where we trained and shared with many athletes. Our next competition, the Hungarian National Championships, was held in lliskole, Hungary. There ware about 80 high jumpers competing and I finished in sec ond place. The champion iron with a 7-d jump while I cleared 7-8 far second place. From there, we peeked our old, orange Volkswagen Van once more and sped-off for Romania. We were told by our leader that this was the toughest country to get in and it was true to form. We spent a week at that boarder one night. On top of that, it was the Fourth of July in America. Al though it was a long wait, the night was very dramatic. First the guards weren't going to let us pass because fhey said our van wag registered improperly. Next, a nearby thunderstorm knocked off the lights for 30 minutes as the howling sound of dogs echoed across the night. They finally let us go around 7 a.m. that morning after they found out how much money we had. When we got to our next meet sight, Timisora, Romania, eve ryone in the town looked as if they had a bad cup of coffee for break fast. Every five minutes, someone would com# up to us ask ing for cigarettes or to exchange money. Later, w* took refuge at ths Hotel Touristic. Later we went to th* track which was built from rubber squares. Th* squares were neatly placed to gether to compose a unique run ning surface. It didn't compare to American stadiums but tha lo cal people took pride in it. Th* track meet there wasn't very compstitiv* for ms. I cleared 6-10 in the rain again to break the old stadium record. Af ter the competition, w* went back to tha hotel. After a hearty dini> n*r, wa shared with another group of athletes and five of them ac cepted Christ as their personal Savior. Later that night, wa gava away a lot of American sports- - .□
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