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Show UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY jreater breadth and depth: NCAA tournament play at Georgia 's Henry Feild Stadium, SMU's Richey Renenberg loach last December, Eric Hayes installed be," that larger schools schedule. "They play a says coach Brennan. Stanford players k demanding workout routine known as pride themselves on being able to handle very good brand of tennis, but their priorities are different," says Tufts coach Jim 'morning madness" at his first practice on academic as well as athletic pressure. is New Year's Day. "I hate him at 5:30 in the Jeff a double Sophomore Tarango major Watson. Watson has no problems with that to in win it's and and but creative a tennis playmorning, great feeling philosophy writing. "I philosophy. An to have a good attitude," says senior Tracy didn't want to be labeled as just an athlete er at San Jose State, he earned a Ph.D. in Treps. Nor are most players rewarded with all my life," says Tarango. "When you get Spanish literature from the University of to Stanford you're looked on as an intellecMissouri. At Tufts, he teaches Spanish and Fame, even on campus. The SMU men's team, for one, has finished in the top 20 for tual as much as anyone else." Latin American literature in the mornings e sessions to a Not every college tennis program is and relegates the past 18 years, but at a recent match it of of afternoon. drew a crowd in the single digits. Call his in hours course. Tufts the At fiercely competitive, couple for from and he'd no team of members near Boston, Kansas, which has skyrocketed instance, amateurs, players a bunch to Division I contender since 1982, is insist they play to win their Division III doubt take it as a forehanded compliment. kn example of those universities that are title but most can't help calling tennis an Connie Leslie K'fi Tom Stinson in Lawrence, Edward DeM arco Jr. in Athens, "outlet." Tufts plays only 12 matches per quickly building powerhouse programs. Marcus Mabryw Palo Alto and tennis pro-traSusan Ev ans in Dallas j'To establish a national-leve- l year, compared to the two dozen or more to have at recruit got you east one great player a year," says Scott Perelman, director )f men's and women's tennis at Kansas. Freshman John Falbo, for example, was a three-tim- e rate comparable to the rate of in the bottom of a box of it coach or is it profesjunior national champion and Da-ris wonbeen the entire student body. Still, Cracker Jacks." sor? Aggies have Dlayed for the U.S. Junior Tenure, of course, protects Cup team last summer. "If a dering since the Texas A&M angry members of the faculthe teaching position when Board of Regents appointty senate passed resolutions Dlayer is serious about turning ed head football coach and which, after praising Sherrill granted by an academic de3ro, this is one of the best places n the country to come because athletic director Jackie Sher-ri-ll personally, declared his new partment. Since the coach's 3f coach Perelman and his protitle to be strictly honorary. It special "Department of Ath"professor of athletics" letics" is a creative fiction, "carries with it no real or preboard's with "tenure." The gram," says Falbo. "I was Texas into the however, it carries no addaction and the debate it has tended entry physically ready to play pro, set off among faculty and ad- A&M faculty of scholars, nor ed job security, according to jut I wasn't mentally mature faculty and administrators. ministrators is as clear as any supposed establishment fenough. The mental toughness called That won't lessen the real valacademic of Brazos. the from the entity any separates great pros the average ones." Athletics," the faculty group ue of Sherrill's job: he has a President Frank Vandi-vecontract that pays said. By giving Sherrill the five-yewho instigated the apMore established programs, 1 a with $ rank fcuch as Stanford's, continue to 10,865 year in salary, plus pointment, insists the title highest academic tenure, says faculty senator an additional $130,000 in talAttract good recruits because symbolized Sherrill's contriformer players like Fendick butions to A&M academics. David Anderson, the Board of ent fees for the "Jackie Sherfend Kathy Jordan are successUnder Sherrill, athletes as a Regents has reduced it to rill Show" on local television. ful. "When girls see Fendick group are now graduating at a "something that you can find TriciaMorganw College Station and Jordan on television, word gets out that this is the place to tennis-practic- no-Whe- re Is the Football Coach Really a Professor? r, ar MAY 1988 NEWSWEEK ON CAMPUS 35 |
