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.