Men's Lacrosse vs. Miami (Ohio) Saturday, 7:30 ptm. Tartan Turf SPORT'S Women's Lacrosse vs. University Liggett Tomorrow, 7 p.m. Tartan Turf The Michigan Daily Wednesday, April 20, 1988 Page 14 CANHAM LEAVES HIS MARK ON MICHIGAN Bo inherits sound r athletic program By STEVE BLONDER Filling Don Canham's shoes will be difficult enough for new athletic director Bo Schembechler, who, ac- cording to a source in the president's office, will be named to the job at 11 this morning. Luckily enough, though, he will inherit a program that is in good shape financially and academically. "There aren't any loose ends. Ev- erything is pretty well in place, and we're not facing any crises right now," said Assistant Athletic Direc- tor Will Perry last month when asked about the state of the Michi- gan athletic department. "The Michigan athletic depart- ment is not a struggling operation. It is recognized throughout the na- tion as a leading athletic depart- ment." THAT THOUGHT was echoed by University of Southern California Athletic Director Mike McGee. "The University of Michigan's program is near its zenith," he said. Although the budget is already in place for next year, Schembechler's biggest task will involve long-term fund raising, Perry said last night. "For one thing, he's going to need to get involved in fund raising. We need a new football building in addition to a few other things. Tickets are where they can be, so in the next five years, fund raising is going to be the big thing," he said. buildings. It would be good if we could have everything consolidated," Perry added. "We don't have the constant contact we need to have be- cause we don't have the space." The athletic department currently does not have the money it needs to build the new buildings. Football ticket prices recently were raised $2 per game in an effort to increase revenues. More revenue is needed as a result of the increase in tuition costs the department pays for ath- letes. Athletic department Business Manager Bob DeCarolis explained this saying, "Scholarship costs keep increasing by double-digit percents, and we pay the going rate for general students. Whatever inflation does, costs rise and there's got to be something to cover this." PERRY said, "With tuition go- ing up, and expenses increasing, we need to raise money some place." He added that Michigan's tuition is higher than all of the other Big Ten schools except Northwestern. Regent Phillip Power (D-Ann Arbor) sees the need to raise this money as both a "health and a dis- ease." "It's a health because the athletic department can afford to provide more scholarships, but it's a disease because when athletic departments raise money and have pools of cash at hand, there are often abuses and cheating," he said. "We'd like to see us increase the number of athletic scholarships while maintaining the integrity of our athletic program," said Regent Thomas Roach (D-Saline). One problem Schembechler won't face is developing new plans to en- sure the survival of women's athlet- ics at Michigan. PHYLLIS OCKER, the asso- ciate athletic director in charge of women's athletics, sees Michigan as being on the verge of having cham- pionship teams in almost all women's sports. "I would hope that the new athletic director will continue to support and increase current support for women's athletics," she said. "The plans are on the drawing board, and I just hope they will be com- pleted." "Many of us would like to see an increasing emphasis on and im- provement in our women's pro- grams," said Regent Roach. "We're making progress and just want to see continued improvement.,, O C K E R would like to see Schembechler enact promotional ac- tivities that would draw more people to women's sports., "I would like to see the men and women have similar promotional activities. Particularly, we need drives to increase our attendance. We don't currently have good support from the student body, and I'd like to attract students to our events," she said. Perry said, "A lot of people per- ceive that Don (Canham) hasn't done a lot for women's athletics, but in reality he has. Women's sports will come on, but you can't just go overnight and change things." He added that just pouring more money into women's athletics may not be the answer, but rather contin- uing to attract good coaches is the key. Both Perry and Ocker expressed confidence in the current coaches. Some of the members of the University's Board of Regents feel that Schembechler will be faced with making a decision regarding the path college athletics should take. "It's a general problem, but we need to reevaluate where college ath- letics really fits into the educational experience. Is bigger better? Are college athletics becoming nothing more than farm teams for the big leagues? What obligations does an athletic department have to students not on scholarship who want to par- ticipate?" asked Power. Perry thinks the members of the athletic department will continue to work as closely with Schembechler as they have in the past. "People here work for Michigan. Most people in the athletic depart- 'The Michigan athletic department is not a struggling operation. It is recognized throughout the nation as a leading athletic department.' - Assistant Athletic Director Will Perry ment are Michigan people. Everyone will give the new athletic director a tremendous amount of support because everyone cares about the school. I'm sure all of us have this attitude," Perry said. McGee, of Southern Cal, said af- ter the initial "feeling out" process, relations with the holdover personnel does not present a problem. "It's only natural that it takes a period of time until you become ac- cepted and establish relationships with other people," he said. "If you have a strong professional staff, ev- erything seems to work out fine." Basketball coach Bill Frieder feels that the coaches will have no prob- lem relating to the new athletic di- rector. He hopes Schembechler "will allow (the coaches) to run our pro- grams the way we want to run them. Any athletic department wants coaches that work hard and do it with honesty and integrity." I would hope whoever is the new letic director will tinue to support an crease current sup for women's athle The plans are on drawing board, and hope they will be pleted.' -- Associate At] Director Phyllis ( that . "I think the new athletic director is going to have the same problems ath- all athletic directors have, including c on- rising costs and liabilities. He will d in- have to go into fund raising. These are the problems he will face, but port everyone's facing these," said -tics. Michigan Sports Information the Director Bruce Madej. I just CURRENTLY, the athletic de- partment has its personnel scattered com- among several buildings because no single facility exists that is suffi- hletiC cient for the department's needs. "People are scattered all around. cker Swimming, gymnastics ... and the ticket office are all in different Continued from Page 1 pointed earlier when it didn't work out," said basketball coach Bill Frieder. "He's a natural, a guy who has come through the coaching ranks, but most importantly, he's a Michigan man." "It keeps the athletic department consistent with Michigan. Bo knows Michigan athletics better than any- one out there," said hockey coach Red Berenson. "Bo certainly won't hurt Michigan athletics, and he'll keep our program on top." MOST IMPORTANT to the regents was Schembechler's in- tegrity. "Bo is a man of great integrity and devotion to his players. He rep- resents the values of a broad cross section of America. He's honest, hardworking, loyal, and he wants to see his players receive an education. These values are in short supply in this country," said Baker. The selection of a candidate from "within the Michigan family" also will make the transition after Can- ham leaves much smoother than if an outsider came in, according to Frieder. SCHEMBECHLER was the top choice of many prominent alumni, some of whom pledged to hold back on donations if Schem- bechler was not given the job. The alumni organized a massive letter- writing campaign in which they urged Fleming and the regents to re- consider and offer Schembechler the job a second time. Schembechler also enjoyed the support of the athletic department personnel and several regents - in- cluding Baker - who pledged to keep Schembechler's name "on the table." Schembechler, Michigan's all- time winningest football coach, has been with the University since 1969. During that time, eleven of his teams have either won or tied for the Big Ten Championship. Also, he never has had a losing season during his 24 years as a football coach. The 64 year-old Weidenbach has served as the University's director of business operations for eleven years. 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