4 18 -The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 4, 2002 Sapp goes after top golf talent Knight settles lawsuit with former assistant By Matt Kramer Daily Sports Writer It's been an unusual summer for Andrew Sapp. After officially taking over as head coach of the men's golf team on July 1, the 31-year-old immediately hit the recruiting trail hard over the next two months scouting and recruiting high school golfers. As Sapp tried selling Michigan to the nation's best high school golfers throughout July and August, there was one thing he had yet to do: Physically meet everyone on this year's team. "With all the NCAA rules in place we can't start practicing until the first day of school," said Sapp, who replaced the recently retired Jim Carras. "We had our first team meeting last Friday and, although I've been calling all of our guys over the summer, this was the first time I was able to actually meet a few of them." But make no mistake. Sapp's players will be seeing a lot of him this year and in the years to come. And if Sapp has his way, so too will many of the country's best collegiate golfers. One of the first things Sapp has done since coining to Michigan has been to revamp the Wolverines' fairly soft schedule. Instead of facing mostly teams - from the Midwest with the occasional tournament in California or Florida, the Wolverines are now scheduled to face 16 of the nation's top 20 programs. "I wanted to get our kidsato be playing All-Americans, and that's who they are a +ia t a+" C ~n au If anyone knows about what it's like to be around All-Americans, it's Sapp. Between 1993 and 1998 Sapp helped coach two All-Americans as an assistant at his alma mater, North Carolina, and coached four All-Americans over the last four years as an associate coach at Purdue. In nine years of assistant coach- ing, Sapp's teams have been to eight NCAA Championships. Michigan has only been to the NCAA Championships once in the past 30 years (1997) and hasn't won a Big Ten title in 50 years. "We are going to continue to improve. To guess where we stack up against another team is difficult at this time," Sapp said. "This is a rebuilding year because we don't have a lot of experi- ence." The Wolverines lost three starters from last season's team including Andy Matthews, who led the team with a 73.9 I Andy Matthews was one senior starter who left the team this past summer. scoring average. As for now, Sapp willtry to bring the men's golf program up to the elite status that many other Michigan sports have achieved. "This is a real exciting time here," Sapp said. "There is so much to do here academically and socially. If I were a student I'd love to come here." Try All The Winning Varieties! 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William Potter, Felling's attorney, said Knight agreed to the conditions Friday after coming to Indianapolis for a mediation hearing. "I think it was clear when we walked out that we had called his bluff," Potter said. "It harkens back to the playground, and when we called his bluff, he backed out." A phone message left at the office of Knight's attorney, Russell Yates in Denver, was not immediately returned. A Texas Tech spokeswoman said neither Bob nor Pat Knight were available and referred all questions about the case to Yates. Knight also has agreed to cooperate with Felling in a lawsuit against Indi- ana, Potter said. The suit, citing bat- tery by Knight, alleges that the university was negligent in supervis- ing its former coach. University spokesman Bill Stephan said he was unaware of the details of the settlement. A message left at the Baker and Daniels law firm in Indianapolis, which is representing the university against Felling, was not returned. "That lawsuit was in federal court and ours is in state court, so we really don't feel it's appropriate to comment on that" Stephan said. Felling, 60, was fired Dec. 1, 1999, after claiming Knight overheard a con- versation between him and Dan Dakich. Both were Indiana assistant coaches at the time. Felling said Knight called him into the basketball office and then berated him in front of other assistants. When Felling attempted to leave, Felling said Knight shoved him into a television. Potter said Knight referred to it as "inadvertent brushing." Depositions were gathered from Knight, his son, Pat, Steve Downing and Felling last week, Potter said. Pat Knight also was an assistant at Indiana at the time, while Downing worked in the university's athletic department. Downing, one of Knight's former players, and both Knights have since gone to Texas Tech. Dakich is now the head coach at Bowling Green. Potters said Pat Knight testified he believed Felling had been disloyal to his father. Also deposed in the case were Mike Davis, who succeeded Bob Knight as the Indiana coach, and John Treloar, one of Davis' assistants. Both also were Knight's assistants when the incident occurred, and Potter said both con- firmed Felling's accusations. Felling was seeking $1 million in damages and has since retired to his home in Arkansas. Potter said Knight refused to settle the case as recently as Friday afternoon. But after he walked out of a meeting, U.S. District Judge Tim Baker said Knight agreed to pay the $25,000. Pot- ter said he refused the deal until Knight agreed to sign the admission. "When it was clear we weren't going to settle, he had to put something out," Potter said. "When the chips were down, they folded. To my knowledge, this is the first time he's admitted to shoving someone in his career." Potter said Felling isrelieved that the case is over. 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