CEGLARSKI TO COACH ONE MORE SEASON AT BOSTON COLLEGE
Len Ceglarski announced today that he will return to coach one more
year at BC, 91-92, and then retire. Speculation is that top
candidates for the job are associate Steve Cedorchuk (heavy favorite)
and assistant Joe Mallen. BG head coach Jerry York's name was also
mentioned as he is a BC alumnus, but York has stated several times
that he is too involved with BG and did not want the job, so I
wouldn't consider him a top candidate.
NCAA PLACES LOWELL ON PROBATION, PART TWO
From yesterday's Lowell Sun, which had two full pages on the Lowell
probation story, here are some more pieces of information:
o Lowell is the third DivI school ever to draw probation from the NCAA.
The others were Cornell in 1974 and Denver in 1976.
o DivIII Plattsburgh is halfway through serving a two-year probation.
o New Lowell head coach Bruce Crowder was quoted, "I honestly believe
they [the NCAA] don't have people out there looking at hockey. They're
more concerned with basketball and football. I think it's a situation
where the NCAA said, 'Here's an opportunity for us to look at the
University of Lowell and have other teams know we intend for everybody
to go by the rules.'"
o Crowder also said that after the ruling was handed down, he contacted
all of the players who had verbally committed to Lowell for next year,
and each player said the ruling would not affect his decision.
o Crowder was aware of the investigation and likelihood of penalties when
he accepted the associate's job for 1990-91. He had been handpicked
to take over for Riley when the 90-91 season ended.
o Former Lowell coach Bill Riley was hit the hardest by the NCAA. For the
next five years, if he decides to return to a position in athletics at
any NCAA member school, the NCAA will meet and decide whether to limit
his powers, to any extent it sees fit. This effectively means no one
will probably want to hire him for five years because of the potential
hassle. He will continue as a tenured faculty member in physical
education at Lowell.
o Riley was once a member of the NCAA Ice Hockey Committee, thus the
committee was particularly distressed that he was involved in this.
There was a short interview with him in which he stated, "I don't believe
the findings to be accurate. All I have ever done is 'do' for people.
The NCAA ought to re-evaluate its own rules, because it's a fact you
can do more for a student than you can do for an athlete." Indications
were Riley would be looking into the procedure for appealing the ruling.
o The university itself was also placed on probation because "it did not
provide effective administration of the athletics department prior to
August 1987 and maintained no ongoing rules-education, compliance or
monitoring programs." (from the NCAA findings)
o The NCAA reportedly did not hit Lowell with stronger penalties, such as
reduced scholarships, elimination of all off-campus and expense-paid
recruiting visits, because the university conducted its own investigation
and reported its findings to the NCAA. The investigation began when
several parents voiced concerns to AD Wayne Edwards, who appointed an
internal commission of a vice president and four faculty members to
look into the matter. They spent 40+ hours over five weeks interviewing
players and coaches. Lowell's president made the decision to report
the findings to the NCAA, which then sent an investigator to the campus
last fall to conduct more interviews.
o Edwards said the ruling would not affect the school's plans to upgrade
its athletic programs to DivI in all sports except football. This was
due to happen in about two years.
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