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Show Feb. 25, 1975 Signpost Page 9 Hcainicoc !c is 'best m caveaileabl' If anyone doubts that a head football coach's job involves more than just ten games or so in the fall, then check how busy Coach Dick Gwinn has been the past week or so. Since the end of last season, he's been looking for a new assistant coach and of late he's been embroiled in the headaches of recruiting high school players for the team. "Since the end of last season Peterson stays ahead of job working with Wildcat statistics "When was the last time Idaho beat Weber in Moscow?" a voice on the phone asked. "Just a minute I'll check my records. It was in 1971." It was a typical question John Peterson has to answer each day. Peterson is Sports Information Director at Weber State. "The biggest part of this job is keeping the records and statistics," he said. This task in itself could keep an army busy. These statistics include individual and team records and figures for all athletic teams. Monday busy Peterson's biggest day is Monday. He gets to his office at 5: 30 a.m. and puts in 12 hours just to get the statistics and news releases to the media. "Over the week I spend between 60-70 hours on the job, I even come in for four hours on Sunday to compile the information for the Big Sky and the NCAA," Peterson said. Asked why he wanted a job with such weird hours Peterson jokingly said, "It's the only way I could think of to get paid to go to a game." He later admitted that he loves all sports and has always been interested in players and teams statistics. Headaches Problems and headaches are a part of every job and this one is no different. "The biggest headache is the long hours and the road trips away from the family," he said. In this case the family is his wife, Norma, and their three children Kwin 7, Andrea 4 and Kindra 18 months. With the increase in women's athletics Peterson says he tries to do the same job but "...it's hard because I'm not as close to their coaches or players yet. It's hard to go into the girls' lockeroom and pat a player on the butt and say good job." "The key to success is planning ahead, you can't sit and wait to do everything, it'll pile up so fast you'd never get caught up." If this is the case then Weber State is successful. Peterson is already writing next year's football programs. when Coach Denton Schuler decided to leave, we've been looking," said Coach Gwinn. "We tried to find the best available man and we had 40 plus applicants from as far away as Vermont and Florida, but sometimes you miss talent right under you, so we tried to look in the state among our former alumni. This is how we decided on Coach Brent Hancock." The position Coach Hancock will fill, was both advertised and mentioned by Coach Gwinn back at American Football Coaches Conference, but Hancock was picked for what Gwinn termed "his excellent offensive mind." However Coach Hancock will not be coaching on the offensive end, but in the defensive backfield. "We feel that his knowledge of the offense and his experience as an excellent coach will aid the defensive backs," Gwinn informed. "We'll move Coach Mathews over to our offense from his position in the defense." Because negotiations are still going on, Coach Gwinn was only able to list seven of 13 high school ball players Weber is after. These seven have signed letters of intent to play at Weber, six more are yet to be finalized. In the area of new linemen, Coach Gwinn announced three players: Bob Leigh from Mapleton High School in Denver, Colo, a 6-2, 235-pounder who runs well and can play both sides of the lines. Kevin Harmon, another 6-2, 235 pound lineman, who hails from Gunn High in Palo Alto, Calif. Kevin was highly sought after by some of Pac-8 schools and Hawaii as a defensive tackle. Rounding out the new linemen is Chris Hineline, a 6-3, 200 pound lineman or linebacker. Chris is from Interlack High in Belvue, Wash. Another linebacker prospect is John Connelley, a 6-3 te, 200 pounder from Federal Way High School in Federal Way, Wash. Gwinn says John runs well. Moving over to the offense, Coach has three more excellent prospects: Lee McDicken is a fullback who is 6-1, weighs 208 pounds and is a product of Snohomish High School in the town by the same name in Washington. Lee is reported to be a hard runner that goes over people. A new quarterback is Marc Farris another man from Mapleton High in Denver, at 6-2 and 187 pounds he can also play at defensive back. The final name released was for a receiver, Don Robinson, a very fast running 6-1, 175 pounder that was heavily recruited by a lot of schools. L BiJlii Mit jMPiwinnrT-TnTnTT i i T" In the time it takes to drive your friend home, you could save his life. If your friend's been drinking too much, he shouldn't be driving. The automobile crash is the number one cause of death of people your age. And the ironic thing is that the drunk drivers responsible for killing young people are most often other young people. Take ten minutes. Or twenty. Or an hour. Drive your friend home. That's all. If you can't do that, call a cab. Or let him sleep on your couch. We're not asking you to be a doctor or a cop. Just a friend. IdRUNK DRIVER, DEPT. Y I BOX 2345 ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852 I want to save a mend s hie. Tell me what else I can do. My name is Address City State Zip n YOUTH HIGHW AY bAr h 1 r AUVisurti LUiMmmtt -M IF YOU LET A FRIET1D DRIVE DRUU(,YOU'RE 10 FRIEND. 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