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FRESHMAN BUY YOUR BOOKS AT T E X A S A G G I E B o o p« K S T O R E “USED BOOK HEADQUARTERS’ CUSTOM PRINT YOUR OWN SHIRT • School Supplies • Drafting Kits • Slide Rules • Cliff Notes • Monarch Notes • Schaums Outlines • Gifts 377 University North Gate Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, August 2, 1972 THE BATTM-he B Football coaching staff has talent and backgroun Experience and enthusiasm are the trademarks of the A&M foot ball coaching staff working with Emory Bellard this year, and those two traits paid off with the fine list of recruits signed to scholarships. Bellard and his assistants ife". • I v showed their knowledge and or ganization during spring train ing, with the drills showing a great deal of planning and tim ing. As overall coordinators of the offensive and defensive units, Bellard has two former Univer sity of Houston assistants who have worked together since join ing the Cougar staff on the same day in 1965. Ben Hurt will serve as offen sive coordinator, in addition to his duties with the offensive line. Hurt served seven years as a high school coach before going to Houston, where he coached the defensive line. Naturally, Bellard will coach the offensive backs. Hurt has two other coaches working with him on offense, R. C. Slocum and Dan LaGrasta. Slocum coached at Lake Charles High for two years before moving into the col lege ranks at Kansas State for two seasons. LaGrasta was Bel- lard’s assistant at Breckenridge and San Angelo Central from 1955-66. When Bellard moved to the University of Texas in 1967, LaGrasta took over the head job. Ben Hurt Melvin Robertson Melvin Robertson is the defen sive coordinator and secondary coach. He was a high school coach 14 years before being hired by the Cougars. At Houston, he was assistant head coach and de fensive coordinator. Robertson has two assistants who are holdovers from the 1971 A&M coaching staff and one who was a high school coach last year. Dee Powell, a former Aggie foot ball player, begins his eighth season on the A&M coaching staff. He headed the defense for six of those years, and will coach the defensive line this year. Fol lowing his graduation in 1957, he worked for Bear Bryant at Ala- irfsa A * M R. C. Slocum Dan LaGrasta f Dee Powell John Paul Young ■i I Swede Lee Paul Register Rex Norris Donnie Wigginton If you’re a student at Texas A&M you’re going a long way. We can help you get there. With the services of a With travel accommodations. full-service bank. • checking accounts • A&M special checking accounts with no service charge • Golden Passbook Savings paying 5% interest • personalized checks • convenient drive-in windows • new car loans for seniors • Worldwide Banking Service travel counsel free ticket delivery 30-day charge international travel planning assistance with visa/passport lodging reservations rental car arrangements THE BANK OF A&M A&M TRAVEL SERVICE Highway 6 South/College Station Telephone: 846-5721 member/fdic in the lobby of the Bank of A&M Telephone: 846-8881 bama during spring training be fore serving five years in the Air Force. After that, he returned to the Crimson Tide staff for two years before coming back to A&M. John Paul Young begins his third year as linebacker coach for the Aggies. He coached one year at his alma mater, the Uni versity of Texas at El Paso, be fore going to Jacksonville High for three years. He served as an assistant at Southern Methodist University for two years and Oklahoma State for one year be fore joining the A&M staff. The other defensive coach Is Swede Lee, who will work with the defensive ends. Lee began his career at Amarillo High in 1958. He was head coach at Comanche in 1959 and was an assistant at Texarkana for two years and head coach for three seasons. After a year as head coach at Galveston Ball, he was an assist ant at the University of Okla homa for a year. He was out of coaching for a year, then went to Pampa in 1968, where he coached the team to its first district title in 21 years. A trio of coaches will work with the freshman squad. The head freshman coach is Paul Reg ister, who coached Hurst-Bell to a pair of 9-1 seasons before com ing to A&M. He began coaching at Galveston Ball before moving to Spring Branch, where he got the head job in 1965. From there, he went to Hurst-Bell. Rex Norris will be tin man line coach for AAM, joined the staff in June, an assistant coach at Ce Turner High for six was line coach and defeul ordinator when he leftii; become an assistant at) Junior College in Corsi« Donnie Wigginton, tb horn quarterback last ya coach the freshman backs. He tied the Unira Texas school scoring 14 touchdowns set by Stev ster in 1970. Although the staff has a wide background,!! without its associations playing and coaching days 11 men who hope to mab a Southwest Conference er in 1972. For instance: —Bellard had LaGrasti assistant in the high sck for 12 years and coack ginton at Texas forfouri —Hurt and Robertson together seven years at E while Powell and Younf been together two sec A&M. —Hurt coached Orange High, and coached Wigginton i Branch. —R egister’s 19M Branch team lost to Belk Angelo Central team 21-11 state finals. —Norris played two San Angelo College unk Bumgardner, A&M’s counselor for athletes. Sloe Ags in the pro Leonard Forey, David Hoot, Doug Neill, Lee Hitt, Robertson and R. J. Englert are the newest additions to an outsfi group of former A&M athletes now competing in professional at Forey is an offensive lineman with the Cleveland Browns,li a safety for the Houston Oilers, Neill is working as running back: Chicago Bears, Robertson is trying to earn a job as a punter fortis England Patriots, and Lee Hitt is a cornerback with the Gw Packers. This fivesome brings to 18 the number of Aggies in the N: Football League. Englert, who was named to the second team All-Americab unit as a centerflelder last spring, is in the San Francisco I organization. He currently is playing for a minor league Decatur, Illinois. Other A&M pro football players include Charlie aoi Krueger, San Francisco 49ers; Lee Roy Caffey and Mike Clark,: Cowboys; Dave Elmendorf, Los Angeles Rams; Larry Stegent,St Cardinals; Ross Brupbacher, Chicago Bears; Edd Hargett, NewO Saints; Bill Hobbs, New England Patriots; Steve O’Neal, NewYoii Tommy Maxwell, Oakland Raiders; Mo Moorman, Kansas Cityt Grady Allen, Atlanta Falcons, and Jack Pardee, Washington Rec In addition, Billy Bob Barnett, former basketball and football sir for A&M, is playing in the Canadian Football League. Barnettf one year for the Chicago Bears. The only Aggie playing in major league baseball is Daveb: of the Baltimore Orioles, although A&M can boast of several league players. Billy Hodge is in the San Diego Padres organii Doug Rau and Bob Long are playing for farm teams of the Los A Dodgers, Cliff Davis is with a Houston Astros farm club, aK Camili is playing for a Cleveland Indians minor league team. 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