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Broncos' Shanahan turns down UK football position
It's back to the drawing board for Newton after No. 1 candidate to succeed Claiborne says no
TCP staff report
The University of Kentucky was back to square one in its search for a new head football coach after Denver Broncos quarterback coach Mike Shanahan. the No. I candidate, turned down the job late Saturday night, Dec. 16.
Wildcat athletic director C.M. Newton said Shanahan called him from Denver after the Broncos returned from Phoenix, Ariz., where they had defeated the Phoenix Cardinals earlier that afternoon, and notified him of his decision to remain in the pros.
"He emphasized it was a career decision," Newton said at a hastily-called news conference Sunday afternoon, "and that it was the only college job he had considered or would consider."
Newton said Shanahan was the only person interviewed for the job and that all others were put on hold until the Denver assistant reached a decision.
"We were not going to proceed with other people until we got his decision," Newton said.
"We will now continue with the process," he added. "Basically, we're identifying coaches we think can do the job. That's been done. The next step is to bring in different individuals we think can do the job, look at them and be sure they understand.
"The final step is to match wants...our wants with (that) one person who wants the job. Believe me, when you're dealing with something as important as this is to our program, all the people we want have jobs."
Sources in Denver were quoted earlier in the week as saying that if Shanahan did not take the UK job it would be because he was afraid Kentucky was not fully committed to doing what was necessary to make the football program a winner and that the football program would always be in the shadows of UK basketball. Newton, however, said that in his discussions with Shanahan, there was no doubt that the university has a strong commitment to football.
"There is no question about this."
Newton added that he will proceed as
Attention satellite dish owners
Host Communications has announced the following coordinates for satellite dish owners wishing to follow the 1989-90 Kentucky basketball team.
?From now to the middle of January those satellite dish owners can pick up the delayed home television broadcasts on: KU band, K-2 Transponder 4-full 181 degrees west. Each delayed telecast will be shown at 10:30 p.m. (eastern time). At this time it's not known if the coordinates will be changed in January. If so, TCP will note the change.
?On the above coordinates the Rick Pitino Show can be seen on Sundays at 11:30 a.m. (eastern time).
?And, those with dishes equipped with radio capabilities can pick up all live radio broadcasts on: SAT COM 1R, Transponder 23 at 139 degrees west. Radio reception also can be found on West Star 4, Transponder 3, frequency 73.5 MH narrow band, 99 degrees west.
"They are working on making the radio games available on a 900 (telephone) number in the near future," a spokesperson for Host Communications said.
New satellite dish information on the 'Cats will be immediately forwarded to TCP subscribers.
Mike Shanahan
"We will now continue with the process. Basically, we're indenti-fying coaches we think can do the job. That's been done. The next step is to bring in different individuals we think can do the job, look at them and be sure they understand.
"The final step is to match wants...our wants with (that) one person who wants the job. Believe me, when you're dealing with something as important as this is to our program, all the people we want have jobs."
UK athletic director C.M. Newton
quickly as possible with the matter of choosing a new coach, but "timing won't permit an orderly process."
"Anytime you have a coaching change, it affects recruiting," he said, "but it's not the coach that offers you a scholarship, it's the university."
CM. Newton
Asked what he sought in a new coach, Newton replied, "Hopefully, we will have someone who is an outstanding offensive coach...you have to be to understand defense.
"The trend now in college football is toward a more wide-open game," he said. " I hope we can get someone with that kind of skills."
In keeping with a policy that he followed with the hiring of Rick Pitino as basketball coach last summer, Newton refused to name top candidates for the job.
A native of Oak Park, 111., Shanahan attended Eastern Illinois University. He began his coaching career as an assistant to Barry Switzer at Oklahoma (1975-76), then took assistant jobs at Arizona (1977), Eastern Illinois (1978) and Minnesota (1979) before becoming Charley Pell's offensive coordinator at Florida (1980-83). Shanahan left the college ranks and became offensive coordinator for the Broncos in 1984, and stayed there until accepting his first head coaching job, with the NFL LA Raiders, before the 1988 season. Shanahan coached the Raiders to a 7-9 record last season and, after getting off to a rough 13 start this year, was fired by LA owner A! Davis and returned to his former position with Denver.
Dr. Roselle resigns to take job at Delaware
TCP staff report
Last Thursday, Dec. 14, University of Kentucky president Dr. David Roselle accepted the top post at the University of Delaware. Roselle, 50, was one of four finalists.
A popular figure among the campus population in Lexington, Roselle's move obviously saddened many UK students and faculty members.
?For Oscar Combs' reaction to Dr. Roselle's departure, please turn to page 3
An interim president will be selected before the hiring of the university's 10th president.
Leading up to his announcement, Roselle was openly frustrated with the lack of adequate state funding for higher education. It was only two weeks ago when Gov. Wallace Wilkinson said, "If he's going to quit, he should quit. If he's going to stay, he should stay. And if he intends to stay, he oughtn't be running around looking for jobs, quite frankly.
"If Dr. Roselle wishes to stay at the University of Kentucky, that pleases me,
and I will work with him."
That, of course, didn't happen.
And, during his press conference to announce his acceptance to the Delaware position, Roselle brought up the NCAA-UK basketball situation as another reason for his departure.
He said the year-long battleafter which the NCAA sentenced a three-year probation for the basketball teamhad taken him away from his regular administrative duties. It was then he decided to look elsewhere.
A native of Pennsylvania, Roselle was provostthe No. 2 administrative positionfor four years at Virginia Tech prior to taking the job at UK. Roselle replaced Dr. Otis Singletary on July 1, 1987. He earned a Ph.D in mathematics at Duke. Roselle also was a math professor and researcher at both the University of Maryland and Louisiana State. His next move was to Virginia Tech, eventually working his way up to provost.
The university's chief executive of the community college system, Charles Wethington, has been mentioned as a prime candidate to succeed Roselle. Wethington was the school's second choice in 1987.
Roselle was the ninth president at Kentucky.
He will officially take over at Delaware sometime in the upcoming summer.