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Show - SpoftstaculcirArnold founds DuSinniseDf Pag 10 Thursday December 20, 1979 Entering his fifth season at BYU, Frank Arnold is now among the elite of Cougar coaches who have posted plus .500 records. His 5 record puts him among the top four coaches out of the 11 who preceded Arnold.. Since 1976 Arnold, 46, has steadily rebuilt the Cougar hardwood program to one of national prominence. is Arnold, the former assistant at UCLA from 1971-7well known in basketball circles for his technical knowledge of the game, his broad coaching background and dedication to the game. He has also participated in many basketball clinics at home and abroad. Most recently he conducted clinics in China, Italy and Yugoslavia. The China tour was with the U.S. All-Stteam last summer and the tour was with the BYU squad last July. Among Arnolds past clinic itineries are three clinics in Spain, two clinics in Yugoslavia, one in Peking and Shanghai, a few in Canada and many throughout the United States. The Italian basketball Coaches Association said our clinic was one of the finest theyve ever had, says defenses and was selected as Coach of the Year in the Western Athletic Conference for 1979 by Basketball Weekly. Arnold coached at UCLA from 1971-7- 5 as an assistant to John Wooden. In the four seasons at UCLA, Arnold helped coach the Bruins to three NCAA titles. While at UCLA Arnold was responsible for much of the recruiting and scouting, and was in charge of the junior varsity program where he tallied a 6 record. Although Frank has altered some of his philosophies since coaching in the WAC, a lot of his ideas remain the n same. I set forth three criteria for an athlete: outstanding ability, a sincere desire to get a degree, and fine citizenship. Born October 1, 1934, in Ogden, Utah, Arnold graduated from Pocatello High School in 1952 and then graduated from Idaho State University in 1956. His first coaching job came at Payette, Idaho, in 1956-5Arnold then accepted the head coaching job at Provos BY High in 1958 and began working on his masters degree. He obtained his masters in physical education 7. and coached at the BYU laboratory school through 1962. In the 1962-6- 3 season, Arnold served as a graduate assistant coach at the University of Oregon at Eugene and then acacepted the head coaching job at Pocatello High for 1963-6In 1964 he took over as the head basketball coach at Clark Junior College in Vancouver, Wash., where he he served as an remained until 1966. From 1966-7assistant basketball coach at Oregon before he began coaching at UCLA in 1971. Frank has served as the chairman of the National Basketball Coaches Association Recruitment Committee and has been selected as an NCAA coaches representative for the Amateur Basketball Association (USA) international games committee. Arnold is married to the former Bee Wright of Provo. She obtained her bachelors and masters degrees from BYU and is a former faculty member of the College of Family Living. Frank and Bee have five children, Kelly (19 and a soph, at BYU) Kristyn (17), Kippline (14), Gibson (11) and Kaline (7). 4. 1, -- wmmimgesti CM C cosash aii-tii-m Pimm is regarded as a master of the team concept of play. He has combined the popular running style of play that has been the trademark of Utah basketball over the years with an effective passing game and aggressive defense. He has used his talent brilliantly. Blessed with excellent shooters, Pimm has installed a motion offense that stresses patience and the high percentage shot. Only once has a Pimm coached team failed to shoot over 50 percent from the floor for the The adage, nice guys finish last, does not apply to Utah Head Basketball Coach Jerry Pimm. During his five years as the Head Coach of the Runnin Utes, Pimm has developed a national reputation as one of the nicest guys in the business and while doing that garnered a reputation as a winner. His five-yeUtah record is a sparkling 101-4a 72 percent winning percentage, which makes him the only coach in Western Athletic Conference history to have won better than 70 percent of his games. He has led the Utes to the NCAA Tournament the last three years in a row (one of only ten coaches in the country to have done that). He won the WAC Championship in 1977 and has finished second three times (1976, 1978, 1979). He has never finished out of the first division in the conference and has averaged 20 wins per year. Pimm was named District Seven Coach of the Year in 1976 and 1977 and was third in the National Coach of the Year balloting in 1977. He was also named Utahs Sportsman of the Year in 1977. ar man-to-ma- 50-2- ia group in 1960 frank has authored a book on 5, Pimm eliitie Arnold. 56-5- ar Bun 0, season. The Pimm is a 1960 graduate of the University of Southern California where he was a three team his year starter and was named to the last two years. After Ms playing days at USC he assisted Trojan coach Forrest Twogood for a year while completing work on his M.A. degree in Education. He joined the University of Utah basketball program in 1961 as an assistant to Jack Gardner. During his years as a Ute assistant, Utah made two NCAA post All-Coa- st season appearances and traveled three times to the N.I.T. Pimm is starting his 19th season at Utah. Counting his four playing years at USC, he is entering his 24th consecutive season as either a player or coach in major college basketball. Pimm took over as Utah Head Coach in 1974 and the Utah winning tradition, already strong, has been on an increased climb ever since. Popular at clinics around the nation, Pimm has helped coach the countrys great collegiate talent at the 1975 Pan Am American Trials and the 1976 Division I Coaches on the prestigious NCAA Rules Committee and is a member of five committees of the National Association of Basketball Coaches organization. He is also involved in many charitable organizations and is on the board of directors of the Utah Firstbank. Jerry and his wife Angela, have three children, Dan, Donna and Dave. They also have a granddaughter, Gina, 4 months old. , - College cage teems right on target as play goes on sketball Brigham Youngs team isnt rolling over the opposition so far, as analyses might have led one to believe. But BYU is winning the dose ones, and in the long run that may be more important. Last season, the young BYU team that went on to win the Western Athletic Conference championship played four games that were decided by two points or one point. The Cougars lost three of them, and the one they won was the WAC clincher at San Diego State, indicating the team had matured through the years. This year, BYU has played or three games and has won them all, the pre-seaso- one-poi- nt n two-poi- nt latest being the tripleovertime marathon Saturday night over LaSalle in one of the great games in BYU history. That the Cougars are showing an ability to win the close ones this year could bode even more ill for the WAC teams chasing them. The Cougars, whose record is the best mark in the WAC right now (although not the best in the state of Utah Weber State is also were heartened by the play over the weekend of Devin Durrant and Scott Runia,' who hadnt been playing that well in the early part of the season. Durrant entered the week .shooting only 42 per cent with a 108-10- 6 6-- 1 ), total of 35 points in four games. But he shot 64 per cent and totaled 61 points in BYUs victories over Cal State Fullerton, Barbara, and La Salle. And Runia, shooting only 28 per cent through his first six games, canned five of 10 shots and played a heady floor game, against La Salle. BYU, however, faces a rough road this week, travelling to Long Beach State Tuesday and to Utah State Saturday. In the space of 11 days, the Cougars will have played four games against PCAA schools. The BYU game Saturday will be one of two games at the Spectrum this week for Utah UC-San- ta te after splitting State, which is its two games last week. The Aggies were to host the University of Utah Wednesday and will be out to avenge an earlier loss to the Utes in Salt Lake City. Utah State is in instate games, and a loss in either one of its games this week will knock the Ags out of contention for the Old Oquirrh Bucket, of basketball symbolic supremacy in Utah. For Utah, wMch stands at after taking third- place in the Golden . Gate competitive Invitational this past weekend, the game at Utah State the Wednesday of this week, was the first of two rugged ones this 3-- 3 1- -2 - 5-- 3 - DoRouchoy porformo with Wildcat woman move nun ti:e pcsrassoaAis nation, Mollarup has boon moving paopl for 86 locally and aero yaort wthilis kind of car that assures a happy movo. Wo would bo ploasad to mako a Ire astknalo, no obligation, at your . con van tone. Ploasa call 625-2235- r:.0UDUP VAN & ST03AG 1701 W. Pvrdoto ltd.. Box CO., Ins. 239, Boy. Utah Though she attends Weber State on a track and field scholarship, Jane Miner thought that farmer Clearfield great, Jodi DeRouchey, could help her basketball team with her aggressive style of play. Jodi is best remembered back in Clearfield for her play in prep ranks, especially the year she helped lead the Falcons to a state basketball championship. Now as a Wildcat woman on the basketball team, a junior, she comes off ihe bench and then as Coach Miner said, Becomes ooe of our best defensive players and will usually help change the tempo of the game. Jodi majors Weber State. in geography at week. After that one, the Utes are home Saturday night to play Louisville, a perennial winner under Denny Crum. The Cardinals are as of last Tuesday and were ranked 12th nationally at that time. They had a collision against third-rankOMo Stated Wednesday of this week before they got htfe. Weber State ran its record to 1 with three easy wins last week, but the Wildcats seven-gam- e winning streak faced a severe test last Tuesday night on the road in Seattle. After that its home again for the Wildcats who will play another soft touch, Illinois-Chicag- o Saturday. 20-ga- 5-- 0 ed 7-- |