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Show Friday, May 21, 1971 End of cn era SIGNPOST Page 11 Mdddsdd Decodes TOSS After three years of leading Weber's Wildcats to Big Sky Basketball Championships and three NCAA playoff berths coach Phil Johnson is moving on to bigger and better things. Coach Johnson announced that he has accepted the assistant coaching position with the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association. He will assume his new duties June 1. He will join his former boss Dick Motta, who coached the Weber State basketball team before Johnson. Motta was named coach of the year in the NBA last year while leading the Bulls to their best record ever and third best in the NBA. Having been one of the most successful coachs in the a-rea, Phil Johnson will leave the mountains of Utah for the lakeside of Chicago, where he will assist in coaching the Bulls. rf J - For the past three years Johnson has coached the Wildcats to 68 wins while coming up on the short end of the score only 16 times. His greatest year was 1967 when he was freshman coach. That year the Wildcats won 27 games and lost only 3, best ever for the basketball team. He went undefeated in the Big Sky Conference and reached the NCAA Western Regionals in Los Angeles. While playing there the Wildcats lost the opening game to 4th ranked Santa Clara University, which had lost only 1 game all year. In the consolation game the Wildcats beat 8th ranked New Mexico State to win third place in the regionals. During the 1970 season the Wildcats won 20 and lost 6 but were defeated soundly by a talented quintet from Long Beach State in the NCAA Playoffs in Provo. It was much the same story in 1971 when the Wildcats went 21-5 for the year and were again defeated by Long Beach State in the NCCA Play-offs in Logan. One surprise the Cats did pull off was an upset of nationally ranked Utah State in Logan. Dale Gardner, Weber State Athletic Director, said a search for a successor will start immediately. Chances are the new coach might just be last years assistant Gene Vissher. K t - N r L v V A LA I Gene Visscher will be the one most likely to take over as the new basketball mentor at Weber State. He was last year's assistant. Mini Golf LflMMA rf 1L v F tl NOW OPEN FOR YOUR LEISURE ENJOYMENT SPECIAL GROUP RATES! Hours: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. 3274 Wash. Blvd Good for ONE FREE GAME when accompanied by a paying player L F 3274 Wash. Blvd 1 1 11 ' - uuum I. - - - j ' J ' .. j Hi V-'i t Tennis Soarci cEiasups Weber's Wildcats proved they were the class of the conference where golf is concerned last week when they won the Big Sky title by 34 strokes in Pocatello. The cats had five men in the top ten as they ran away from the rest of the competition. Weber State finished with team scores of 1,100 to second place Idaho's 1,134. Montana University was third at 1,145. Tied for fourth were Idaho State and Gonzaga with 1,155. Other scores were Montana State 1,248, Boise State 1,252, and Northern Arizona 1,257. Weber State's Brad Masingill broke the Highland Golf Course amature record with final rounds of 38-35-68 to win honors with a 54 total of 213, six under par. Also finishing in the top ten for the Wildcats were Bon Lit-zenberger, 2nd, Larry Winchester, 4th, Jeff Jerman, 6th, and finishing out the top ten was John Abendorth who was 10th. Dick Motta will once again be Phil Johnson's boss as they pool their talents once more in the Pros. Now all Weber can do is hope that the Bulls will be satisfied with just two of Weber's best coaches. Everyone is talking about the Pros raiding the colleges for players well what about coaches.? : 1 f r f '' The Wildcat golf team once again proved they were the best in the Big Sky Conference as they galloped away from the rest of the field in the Big Sky Golf Championship held in Pocatello. V.; 1 THE TWO I 1 fcE OF Y0U Jl $100. l-Z Check out the swinging new styles in our Keepsake collection. Diamond engagement rings, fully guaranteed . . . matching wedding rings, fashioned with flair ... for just you two. TCe ep is ake REGISTERED DIAMOND RINGS john's jewelry 3942 Washington Boulevard South Ogden, Utah |