Sports Monday Trivia Who was the last NCAA basketball Final Four MVP not to play on the winning, team? (For the answer, turn to the bottom of page 2) Inside Sports Monday 'M' Sports Calendar 2 Athlete of the Week 2 Q&A 3 Gill Again 3 Softball 4 Baseball 5 Men's Tennis 6 Men's Swimming 7 Men's Basketball 8 ,'. The Michigan Daily-Sports Monday April 1, 1991 Bo to coach football at Ohio State by Matt Rennie and Jeff Sheran Daily Sports Editors Former Michigan football coach and athletic director Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler announced earlier today that he would accept the football coaching job at Ohio State. Schembechler will fill the vacancy left by former coach John Cooper, who was fired late last night. Buckeye Athletic Director James Jones was overjoyed to have lured Schembechler away from his job as general manager of the Detroit Tigers baseball organization. "We couldn't be happier," Jones said. "We're confident that Bo can light the fire under our football program that hasn't been there since Woody Hayes." Cooper had fallen from grace with the Buckeye faithful after compiling a 19-15-1 record in his three seasons at the helm. His team ended its 1990 campaign with an up- set defeat to lowly-regarded Air Force in the Liberty Bowl Dec. 27. "It's just like the Earl Bruce thing; they think they can get Woody back," Cooper said. "But they can't, not even with Bo. Woody is gone, and not even Elvis-worship- pers can bring him back." Schembechler's new contract is reportedly worth $32 million over 12 years. When discussing the finan- cial terms of his new deal, Schembechler echoed the statement he made upon declining the Texas A&M job in 1982. "There are some things that are more important than money," he said. "But not that many." In addition, Ohio State offered to rename Ohio Stadium after its new coach. 'We're confident that Bo can light the fire under our football program that hasn't been there since Woody H ayes' - James Jones Buckeye Athletic Director decessor at Michigan, former ath- letic director Donald Canham, sup- ported Schembechler's return to football. "He was never real good at that finance stuff, anyway," Canham said. "He never should have been A.D. He's just a coach - and a car- petbagger, too." Schembechler had reportedly grown indifferent to his general manager position. "It's like I've always told you guys," Schembechler said, "those who stay will get bored after a while." "All Michigan ever gave me was that big blue weight room on State Street," Schembechler scorned. "Have you ever been in that build- ing? It's like a morgue with wall- to-wall carpeting." Schembechler has left two exec- utive positions, with Michigan and the Tigers, in the last two years. Despite the nomadic trend, his pre- Schembechler's wife, Millie, urged her husband to accept the po- sition, despite the possibility of es- tranging Wolverine fans. "At least now, that Monaghan guy won't be hanging around the house," she said. "He smells like pepperoni." However, former employees of Schembechler expressed regret over his departure. "He ain't never done me no wrong," Tiger manager Sparky Anderson said. "That'll learn the' brass upstairs to hang on to a good man when they got one." Detroit Free Press columnist Mitch Albom, unofficially Schembechler's biggest fan, was un- available for comment. However, sources close to Albom said he sent out resumes to the Columbus Post- Dispatch. Jones asserted there would be no difficulty in preserving the chain of command within the Ohio State ath- letic department, despite Schembechler having served as Michigan's A.D. Jones later denied reports that moments after being hired, Schembechler attempted to fire Buckeye basketball coach Randy Ayers. The reports quoted Schembechler as saying, "I want a Michigan man coaching Mich... oh, wait a minute." Schembechler said he was excited to join a university which places no academic restrictions on its football program. "It saddened my heart every time we had to let a guy like Demetrius Brown go," he said. "Besides, I've always had success recruiting in Ohio. Just think how many players I can land if they don't have to know how to read - of course I'll still have to compete with that Perles guy. Bo Schembechler will abandon his legendary status at Michigan and assume head coaching duties at football archrival Ohio State. I'll- - -1-1-11---l-l- t-' ta] Tennessee edges Blue in final event by Ken Sugiura Daily Sports Writer - AUSTIN, Texas - Saturday evening, the Michigan men's swimming team fell three and a half points shy of Tennessee and its goal of fifth place after mounting a furious comeback from a ninth-place standing, Thursday, at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. . Overall, Michigan's 245 points were good for sixth place behind champion Texas with 476, Stanford with 420, Florida at 313, USC at 312.5 and Tennessse at 249. For coach John Urbanchek's team, it was the first time outside of the top five since 1987. However, Michigan had 12 All- Americans, and set three Big Ten and school records. "I think we had a great perfor- mance. We swam well all around," junior Eric Bailey said. ,, Saturday marked the last colle- giate performance for senior captain Mike Barrowman. Barrowman suc- cessfully defended his 200-yard breaststroke title, winning in 1:54.06, .29 of a second off his American and NCAA record, but fast enough for a Texas Swimming Center pool record. Junior Eric Wunderlich was close behind in third, at 1:55.88. "I just wanted to stay ahead of the pack and go for the race," Barrowman said. Steve Hamerski followed, and kes sixth at NCAAs Pay Baill.. Turn to Pag s -5 f r the 1991 Michian Sftball, 8 .aseball ets. :: i Wolverines crack Buckeye win streak by Matthew Dodge Daily Baseball Writer Michigan and Ohio State, the two best teams in the Midwest, split a pair of doubleheaders yesterday, in the first weekend of conference play. The Wolverines proved they belong among the nation's elite squads, but their series against the Buckeyes may have been their last hurrah of the season. The Wolverines (2-2 in the Big Ten, 13-9 overall) will not play the Buckeyes (2-2, 21-4) again this sea- son. And the squad is ineligible for Big Ten and NCAA post-season ac- tion. Sunday's doubleheader was a home run derby. In the opener, ninth-ranked Ohio State outslugged No. 21 Michigan, 11-10. Wolverine hurler Dennis Konuszewski (2-1) lost his first game of the year, de- spite a furious Michigan comeback. The visitors were losing, 11-0, after four innings, but stormed back with eight runs in the fifth. Solo homers by Pat Maloney and Nate Holdren in the final two innings left Michigan just shy of the vic- tory. The series finale was called early due to rain, which is just as well, be- cause Michigan clouded the Buckeyes' hopes early. The Wolverines won, 12-5, in six innings. Sophomore Eric Heintschel (1-1) won his first game in a Michigan uniform by pitching three and two thirds shutout innings. Senior shortstop Dave Everly was the offensive star of the game, going 3 for 3 with five RBI, including a home run. In a series dominated by the hit- ters, Michigan sent baseballs out of Trautman Field as if they were bot- tle rockets. The Wolverines launched eight home runs from the bats of eight different players in the four games. Michigan halted Ohio State's 11- game winning streak in the series opener on Saturday. The visitors jumped all over Buckeye ace Tim Smith (6-2), winning, 9-6. Michigan hurler Jason Pfaff (5-1) earned the victory. The Buckeyes prolonged the slump of Wolverine pitcher Russell Brock (2-4) by beating him, 5-4, in Saturday's nightcap. Michigan swimmer Eric Wunderlich competes in the individual medley earlier this season. Wunderlich swam his way to a Big Ten record and third place in the event over the weekend at the NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas. took fourth place on the 10-meter platform, giving Michigan a seem- ingly insurmountable margin over Tennessee, 245.5 to 231. Forced to win the last event of the meet, the 400 freestyle relay, Tennessee responded, nipping Florida by .07 of a second to win in 2:57.81. Last season, the snakebitten Wolverines fell by two and a half points to Stanford for third place. In addition to the 200 breast- stroke and platform diving events, Michigan scored in both the 200 backstroke and the 200 butterfly to gain the lead over Tennessee. In the 200 butterfly, junior Eric Namesnik's fourth-place finish led teammates Brian Gunn, who tied for fifth at 1:46.10, and Bailey, whose 1:46.9 netted him a consolation championship. "I was just trying to move up as See SWIMMERS, Page 7 * Sprinters blaze through cold Washington meet PEGGED FOR SUCCESS by Jeff Williams Daily Sports Writer Last year, when the Michigan women's track team travelled to Washington University in St. Louis, it was greeted by nine inches of snow. It spent hours in the airport because of delays, and the meet was cancelled. This year the forecast was slightly better - cold and windy. "We go down there for a chance to compete because the weather is nearly always warmer there this time of year," Michigan coach James Henry said. "...It didn't work out that way." at home. This enabled Michigan to concentrate on shorter distances and jumping events. "We were really pleased with the team's results, particularly un- der those weather conditions," as- sistant coach Sue Foster said. The Wolverines were paced by the 4x100-meter relay team of ju- niors Michelle Bishop and Suzi Thweatt, sophomore Julie Brown and rookie Richelle Webb. They garnered first place with a time of 48.04 seconds. by Caryn Seidman Daily Sports Writer The search is over. The secret is out. And the new Associate Athletic Director for Women's Programs is... Peggy Bradley- Doppes. The nationwide, year-long search came to a conclusion last week when Michigan Interim Athletic Director Jack Weidenbach announced that the school had filled the position. "We had many well-qualified candidates, but none as suitable as Peggy to lead the Michigan women's athletic program in the 1990s," he said. Women's swimming coach Jim a vision to women Bradley-Doppes brings S5 athletics at Michigan committee settled for Bradley- Doppes. "Mickey was never a formal candidate and never applied for the position," he said."She has a strong desire to become more involved with the Olympic movement and that goal would have been difficult to accomplish as women's athletic director. I don't want people thinking that Peg is a second-class citizen, because she is not." Bradley-Doppes has been at Michigan since February, 1990 as the women's volleyball coach, a job she will vacate Dec. 1, 1991 to devote all of her time to administrating her coaches. _: ; : I.