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By SEAN PETTY
Battalion Staff
Many students at Texas A&M do
not know much about the tennis
program at the University or that
the Aggies have a new coach or that
Texas A&M has one of the best ten
nis facilities in the nation.
Well, Coach David Kent is out to
educate those Aggies who know lit
tle about the tennis program, show
the students that Texas A&M has
one of the better teams in the
Southwest Conference and intro
duce himself to students in the pro
cess.
Kent came to Texas A&M by way
of West Texas State University
where he coached for nine years.
He has the credentials of a winner as
his West Texas team won the Mis
souri Valley Conference six out of
the last eight years and finished 20th
in the nation in 1970.
Kent is very enthusiastic about
continuing his winning ways at
Texas A&M.
T inherited a very good team
from Coach (Richard) Barker and I
feel lucky to be here at A&M,” the
new Aggie coach said. T want to
have a great team to go with our
great tennis stadium that is just
being finished.
"I really can t believe how lucky I
am to be here. The facilities are fan
tastic, the players are good and the
coaches and the athletic department
are backing me all the way.
"1 remember first coming to v isit
A&M after Marvin Tate (associate
athletic director) called me, Kent
recalled. T hadn't been here in
about seven or eight years and let
me tell you, the campus sure has
changed. I immediatley fell in love
with the campus, the students and
the facilities. In fact, I didn't even
want to go back to West Texas.
"When I got back to Canyon, I
hadn't even got the job yet but I
started packing up all the things in
my office and told my wife that if I
didn t get this job (at A&M) to just
bury me in the front yard, that
would be it for me.
Kent has set several goals for this
year s team and the main one is to
compete.
I think before we can say that we
are going to win the conference, we
should show everyone that we can
compete on the same level as any
one in the country, he said. "We
have a v ery tough conference. SMU
finished fourth in the nation last
year so that shows what we re up
against.
Although Texas A&M may be
known a little more widely for its
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football than its tennis, Kent feels
he can start a new tradition at the
University.
"The reason the Aggies hav e been
so weak in the past is beeause the
faeilties up until now have been so
poor, Kent commented. "The ten
nis coach has had to split his time
between coaching and teaching
P.E. I am the first full-time tennis
coach A&M has ever had.
Kent is excited about the new
facilities at Texas A&M, which are
scheduled to be completed this
semister.
"When I was at West Texas,"
Kent said, “we traveled all over the
U.S. playing in different tourna
ments and no facilities can compare
with A&M s when it is finished.
Another thing Kent noticed about
Texas A&M was the Aggie spirit and
tradition, which was lacking at West
Texas.
"I just can t believe how great the
students are here and how they
support the school, he said. "I was
at West Texas for nine years and
never saw anything like this. I ni
hoping I can generate enough en
thusiasm in the tennis program to
get the students to fill our new
stadium.
"I just can t wait for the spring
because we are going to have some
great teams to show off here. So far
Kent has scheduled matches with
Clemson, Auburn and Oklahoma. "I
hope people will come. Heck, I plan
to go out on the day of a match and
walk up to people and ask them to
come and watch us play. Anyway I
can get people into the stadium I
will.
So if you are assaulted by some
man in a warm-up suit next spring
asking you to go watch the Aggies
play tennis, it will probably be
Kent.
Kent also plans to start tennis
camps during the summer to help
him in recruiting and promote in
terest in the team.
"If vve can get a kid up here to see
the facilities, I believe we can start
getting the top talent in the state
and really build-up our program,
he said. I want to try and get
players from Texas but if f can t, I
will go outside the state' to get the
best players because my job is to
have a w inning team.
Kent said that he is still adjusting
to some of the trials and tribulations
of a major college.
"I used to get upset if I didn t
park my car light in front of my of
fice at West Texas, said Kent,
whose new office is in Rudder To
wer. "Now, I felt 1 w as lucky to find
a place by KAMU.
"Another thing I noticed about
A&M is that all the coaches seem to
be going in the same direction. 1
mean there is no jealousy between
coaches of different sports.
Everyone pats each other on the
back and I think it is just great.
So with the new coach and the
new facilities, Texas A&M may be
challenging the best teams in the
countrv in vears to come.
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LOS ANGELES — Pat I laden
hit Willie Miller with a 43-yard
touchdown bomb w ith 7:13 remain
ing and Rod Perrv ran back a Roger
Staubach pass interception 43 yards
for a touchdown with 3:21 left Sun
day to give the Los Angeles Rams a
27-14 victorv over the defending
Super Bowl champion Dallas Cow
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Perrv also intercepted a Staubach
pass that gave the ball to the Rams
on their own 37 with 5:37 on the
clock as the Rams improved their
record under brand new head coach
Ray Malavasi to 3-0 for a two-game
leads in the NFC.' West.
The defeat left the Cow boys at 2-1
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The Haden-Miller pass in the
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and rookie Frank Corral missed a
30-yard extra point attempt after a
holding penalty In Carl Ekern.
Trailing 14-7 after three quarters,
the Cowboys tied the score at 4:44
of the fourth quarter on an I Sward
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The Rams moved 69 yards in four
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Corral made his first extra point
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Staubach completed 22 of 46 pas
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