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Looks like his most recent salary in 2011 was $100,000.
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Deadline for early entries to declare themselves eligible for the draft.
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I don't care if the new coach looks like the Hunchback of Notre Dame - as long as he or she wins games!!
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I think that is dilemma we have:
1. We want someone with head coaching experience. We don't have the cache (like a Texas) to pull someone from a big time program to come here and coach. That either means getting a head coach from a smaller conference or someone in a lower division. Then of course there is getting an Associate Head Coach who used to be a head coach, but you have to realize they are not a head coach anymore for a reason.
2. We don't want an up and coming assistant. Kim Mulkey was an up and coming assistant and you see where she has taken Baylor in a few years. I think if we focus on programs that are consistently in the NCAA tournament, and teams in the Big 12 - then I think we can find a quality assistant that has the ties to the area that can really boost our program.
Just my 2 cents!
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Jan Ross is entering her 16th season as an assistant coach on the Oklahoma basketball staff. Ross has played an instrumental part in rebuilding the Oklahoma program. She has helped head coach Sherri Coale turn the Oklahoma women's basketball program into a nationally recognized name.
Since Ross' arrival, the Sooners have won six Big 12 Conference regular season titles, four Big 12 Postseason Championships, produced ten 20-plus win seasons and advanced to 12 consecutive NCAA Tournaments. Ross also helped OU to the 2002 National Championship game and back-to-back national semifinals in 2009 and 2010.
Ross has been extremely active in all phases of Oklahoma's emergence into the national spotlight. Ross' area of emphasis includes coaching OU's frontcourt, recruiting and scouting opponents. Not only is her expertise with post players essential, but Ross is a mastermind when it comes down to the Xs and Os of the game. She is also one of the top recruiters in the game. Ross' recruiting efforts have ensured that the Sooners will remain one of the top women's basketball programs in the country.
In addition to the Sooners' team accomplishments with Ross on the sideline, OU post players have flourished individually. She has helped Phylesha Whaley, Courtney Paris and Caton Hill develop into three of the top post players in the country. All three players are among the best in Oklahoma history and the records books illustrate it.
In past seasons, Ross monitored the academic progress of each student-athlete. As a team, the Sooners have posted a team GPA of 3.0 or better for 25 of the 30 semesters she has been at OU and have had four student-athletes earn Academic All-America first team honors under Ross' watch. Oklahoma has produced 85 Academic All-Big 12 selections in 15 seasons.
With the Sooners' recent success, Ross has experienced first hand the growing interest in girls basketball within the state and surrounding areas as noted by the rapid attendance increase in OU's Sooner Sessions Camps. OU annually hosts approximately 1,500 campers, which includes more than 100 teams.
As a player at Oklahoma Christian, she collected numerous playing and academic honors including NAIA honorable mention All-America, All-District IV and All-Sooner Athletic Conference selection as a senior. She also was an NAIA Scholar Athlete and was elected to Who's Who. An all-state athlete at Putnam City West, Ross ranks 11th on Oklahoma Christian's career scoring list with 1,348 points. She holds the school record for career steals (300) and completed her career with a .537 field goal percentage and 494 assists.
After ending her collegiate career with Oklahoma Christian, Ross joined the program as an assistant coach for five years and served as assistant athletics director for two years. This Oklahoman was inducted into her alma mater's Athletic Hall of Fame in February 2003.
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Waco native Damion McKinney begins his sixth year as a member of coach Mulkey's staff after joining the Lady Bear program on August 16, 2006.
McKinney works primarily with the Lady Bear guards and in recruiting. His recruiting efforts have been instrumental in Baylor signing some of the top talent. Since he has arrived at Baylor he has helped sign the nation's No.1 recruiting class in 2009, bring in two McDonald's All-American transfers, as well as sign the top players in the state of Texas in 2008, 2009 & 2010. These players have gone on to win back-to-back National Freshman of the Year and Big 12 Freshman of the Year awards, as well as Newcomer of the Year honors. Under his tutelage, several guards have earned numerous Big 12 Conference honors.
Since McKinney's arrival the Lady Bears have won two Big 12 conference tournament championships, one regular-season title and advanced to the 2010 Final Four.
A 1992 graduate of La Vega (Texas) High School, McKinney came to the Lady Bear program from the Dallas-based DFW Elite Basketball organization where he was the program's elite recruiting coordinator. Many of his former players have gone on to play in the Big 12, as well as the WNBA. In addition, he has coached at the high school level, most recently as an assistant boys coach at Dallas' Sunset High School where he taught ninth grade history.
The 37-year-old earned his bachelor of science degree from Midwestern State University (MSU) in Wichita Falls, Texas, where he was a two-time first-team All-Lone Star Conference basketball selection. McKinney still holds the MSU record for three-pointers in a game with nine. Prior to transferring to MSU, he played at Waco's McLennan Community College.
During his prep career at La Vega, McKinney was a standout performer in football, basketball and track.
McKinney's wife's name is Amy.
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I got this email this morning. If you need any more information, please contact Derrick Morgan of the Alumni Association!!
Dear UNT alumni and friends everywhere:
I was recently contacted by Xiaohu Xia, a UNT alumnus in Chicago who requested the alumni association's assistance in finding potential Houston-area granulocytes (white blood cell) donors for his Ph.D. advisor professor, Zhibing Hu, a Regents Professor of physics. Since then, I have been gathering information to forward to you and to ask you to forward to any UNT alumni and friends near Houston who may be willing to help a fellow North Texan in great need.
Zhibing recently received a stem cell transplant for his leukemia at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. Unfortunately, he has developed a severe infection that is not responsive (so far) to antibiotics. Currently, he is in critical condition. In order to fight the infection until the
doctors find an antibiotic regimen that is effective, he requires white blood cell infusions. Since stored blood at the blood banks are treated with chemicals, it cannot be used to obtain the white cells he needs. Fresh blood is required to provide the white cells needed.
Although all blood types will work, the process of screening potential donors and the donation process is more involved and time consuming than normal blood donations. Thus, for practical reasons, donors from the Houston area are preferred. If you know of someone who may be willing to donate, please forward this email to them.
Next steps for potential white blood cell donors…
1. Read the attached white blood cell donation information form and follow those instructions accordingly.
2. Inform the MD Anderson Blood Donor Center that you are hoping to donate to a specific patient and
3. Provide the patient name, Zhibing Hu and his Medical Record #734-242.
In the event anyone has difficulty with the attached instructions, here is a direct link to them:
You can find this form and other information at:
http://www.mdanderson.org/how-you-can-help/donate-blood/donation-instructions/index.html
Please keep Zhibing in your thoughts and prayers, as he is literally in a fight for his life. His need for donations is vital. If you have any questions or need any additional information, please direct them to the MD Anderson Blood Donor Center at 713-792-7777 ext. 5.
Thank you in advance to everyone who may be able to assist in some way. Your support is greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Derrick
Derrick P. Morgan
Executive Director
University of North Texas
Alumni Association
1155 Union Circle #311250
Denton, Texas 76203-5017
940-369-7053
UNTalumni.com
derrick.morgan@unt.edu
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The DC game watching party will be at Hill Country BBQ
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Damn, can't we get behind anything this university does besides complain all the time? This is the stuff that pisses me off sometimes when I read this board - especially from our most involved alumni - who can't purse their lips together to say anything nice about what just happened at our university. I think some people live to complain. I was proud - as so many others were (by reading the tweets of the many, many students that were there). I saw MY university no longer taking a back seat to anyone in this state or anywhere else. I saw MY university saying that we are going to be a national player in recruiting the best faculty and students in the world.
We were not in the room when decisions were made, so its not our place to second guess anything. To be clear, these four goals are the basis for our new strategic plan. I just wish for once we would stop complaining about things before we even know the rationale behind them.
Lastly, what does this thread say to other young alumni or people from other institutions (hint hint) that might be reading this and wondering if this is how all of our alumni are. You will never hear me say anything about my university, because I love UNT. I may have degrees from Florida State and Wisconsin, but you will always see me with a UNT mug at all of my meetings, green on Fridays, and a big ass UNT sticker on my Green car!!!
That's my 2 cents!!!!
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The University of Tennessee!!!
This article breaks down what institutions are spending on recruiting athletes to their schools:
http://businessofcollegesports.com/
Highest recruiting expenses, 2010-11
1. Tennessee: $2,296,023 (Men’s: $1,878,771/Women’s: $417,252)
2. Auburn: $2,117,645 (Men’s: $1,530,917/Women’s: $586,728)
3. Notre Dame: $2,070,316 (Men’s: $1,612,608/Women’s: $457,708)
4. Alabama: $1,694,202 (Men’s: $1,339,537/Women’s: $354,665)
5. Georgia: $1,540,743 (Men’s: $1,039,220/Women’s: $501,523)
6. Florida: $1,501,899 (Men’s: $1,065,716/Women’s: $436,183)
7. Georgia Tech: $1,489,599 (Men’s: $1,173,904/Women’s: $315,695)
8. Arkansas: $1,480,557 (Men’s: $1,060,500/Women’s: $420,057)
9. Michigan: $1,480,357 (Men’s: $1,039,948/Women’s: $440,409)
10. Texas: $1,470,389 (Men’s: $989,370/Women’s: $481,019)
SUNBELT
Schools Men’s Sports Recruitment Expenses
Arkansas State $204,772.00
Arkansas – Little Rock $134,606.00
Denver $230,427.00
Florida Atlantic $195,797.00
Florida International $331,056.00
Louisiana – Lafayette $255,716.00
Louisiana – Monroe $76,809.00
Middle Tennessee $288,982.00
North Texas $142,082.00
South Alabama $308,886.00
Troy $141,298.00
Western Kentucky $349,431.00
Schools Women’s Sports Recruiting Expenses Average Per Team Average Per Player
Arkansas State $104,456.00
Arkansas – Little Rock $99,490.00
Denver $220,978.00
Florida Atlantic $64,437.00
Florida International $89,817.00
Louisiana – Lafayette $84,788.00
Louisiana – Monroe $50,469.00
Middle Tennessee $85,986.00
North Texas $88,848.00
South Alabama $130,728.00
Troy $95,288.00
Western Kentucky $138,016.00
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WKU and Taggart announced a new four-year contract on Wednesday that more than doubles the head coach's base salary to $475,000 after he led the Hilltoppers to a 7-5 record, the best mark in the school's three-year history in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
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Article talked about how CSU is going to cast a wide net for its football coaching search.
Graham, also a former CSU quarterback, said the school doesn't have the kind of money to lure a big-name coach, like Washington State did when it hired Mike Leach last week for more than $2 million a year. But some former head coaches of major college programs that might get a look from CSU include North Texas coach Dan McCarney, the former Iowa State coach; Texas State coach Dennis Franchione, a former head coach at Alabama, TCU, New Mexico and Texas A&M; or even Mike Sherman, who was fired last week after going 6-6 this season and 25-25 in four years at Texas A&M.
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Just a reminder, that the game is also on ESPN 3 tonight - so for me people like me who live out of the area, we can still watch the game!! GO MEAN GREEN!!
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Yep, we had a really good turnout. We are planning on doing these at least once a month. We had more people RSVP, but were not able to attend. It was great seeing so many UNT Alums in one place!!
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Just to shed some light on the situation. Jim Harbaugh was offered and in principal accepted the UNT job. He literally shook hands with Rick saying "I'm good if you're good" boarded a plane to San Diego, got off the plane and had a voicemail from Stanford offering him over a million per year. He then called Rick to apologize and said that he was going to accept the Stanford job. Almost 2 days later this was the same thing with Jimbo Fischer with him accepting the UNT job in principal, but being offered the Florida State job. So, I am say that UNT were hours away from having having either Harbaugh or Fischer as a head coach. But that is how the ball bounces sometimes.
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Dan McCarney, North Texas: 5-7. The former Iowa State coach brings instant credibility but faces a murderous early-season schedule.
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It looks pretty nice from the stills on the webcam. I just wanna know when we are going to see the JUMBOtron!!!!
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The issue is the fact that the state of Texas really does not want any "independent" institutions. There has been talk for years to merge Midwestern Stat University with UNT - which I do think is going to happen in the near future. The thing with TWU is, they do have other campuses, but are not being allowed to be called an offical system. The word on the street is, that is they were to have to merge with another system - that TAMU would want to merge (which they have tried to do before). But I don't think that would really fly. I either see them merging with us down the road.
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I was wondering what that was - is that really going to be another video board?
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I was thinking the same thing. But I was looking at other stadiums - especially at Oklahoma and it looks very close. I also had to remind myself that the goal post is at the back of the end zone. LOL
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Things are starting to really come together.
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Right now, the ladies are tied for 6th place - even though it is early, they are playing well. Again, there are 24 teams in each region (3) and the top 8 teams make it to the NCAA Championship.
Potential new coaches
in Mean Green Basketball
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Rob Lanier - Associate Head Coach -Texas
Mike Davis - former Indiana and UAB Coach
Scott Spinelli - Asst coach - Maryland. Former assoc hc tamu
Joe Dooley - asst coach - Kansas