| Show New Softball Coach Is Old Softball Coach Q Mary Kay Amicone Returns To To Replace Amy Hogue Andy Farnsworth Sports Editor The new face of Salt Lake Community College Softball is a familiar one Mary Kay Amicone the Amicone-the the first softball coach ever hired at r returns tums to the Bruins to replace her replacement Amy Hogue If this all seems a bit strange its it's not as confusing confusing confusing ing as it might sound Amicone was hired by bi Athletic Director Norma Carr back in 1999 to start startup startup startup up the Bruin program but was offered the chance to tobe tobe tobe be the first head coach at Brigham Young University just a few months later Amicone decided that a a Division I coaching job was too good to pass up so she accepted the job fob with the Cougars and left the post to her friend and former former former for for- mer co-assistant co Amy Hogue Hogue did pretty well in her time as coach A record of 82 2 in five seasons seasons' at the helm with two regular regular regular regu regu- lar season conference championships one tournament tournament tournament ment championship and a sixth-place sixth finish nationally at the Junior College World Series this past spring Hogue resigned in June citing citing citing cit cit- cit cit- ing the desire to spend more time with her family Amicone's three seasons at BYU were initially successful successful successful suc suc- but by the end of her tenure things had soured between her and her bosses in Provo Prove She started the Cougars' Cougars program in 2000 and in m 2001 lIed led the Cougars to a Mountain West Conference championship and a trip to the Tournament However Amicone stepped down as asB B BYUs BYU's coach after the 2002 season citing philosophical differences differences differences differ differ- between herand herand her herand and the tion In a press release announcing the resignation resignation resignation nation Elaine Michaelis BYUs BYU's I director of women's intercollegiate athletics athletics athletics ics thanked Amicone for getting the BYU program started but said There are issues regarding her leadership style that we have been unable to resolve for some time Amicone left with a record of 81 The issues that BYU had with Amicone's coaching style apparently did not I fit Y r O Or r ON N 0 U a 0 TF a Mary Kay Amicone returns to after year five absence bother Carr who offered her the job again at the end of July Amicone brings back only one of Hogues Hogue's assistants assistants assistants assis assis- tants Emily Rushton who will take care of team conSee conSee conSee con con- con See Softball continued on page 6 Softball continued from page 5 and coach the outfielders Former assistant Butch Latey has retired after 30 years of coaching the thelast thelast thelast last two with the Bruins Amicone's other assistants assistants assistants assis assis- tants are all former fonner Utes including Laurel Simms who is the new hitting coach and responsible for forthe forthe forthe the infielders Kristen Arbogast is the teams team's new pitching coach So will wilI there be a drop drop- off from last seasons season's success The Bruins return nine players from last years year's World Series team including pitcher Sheri Sher Shrock an and pick pickup pickup pickup up sophomore transfer Normandy Jackson from Dixie State Amicone says their experience will wilI willbe willbe be valuable as tries to get back to the national tournament and continue their winni winning g tradition With her energy alone shell she'll have no problem getting things going said assistant Laurel aurel Simms Were excited |
