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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1980
sports
Texas Tech coach quits
to take high school post
United Press Internationa]
LUBBOCK — The coach of the
Texas Tech women’s basketball
team, forced to resign at one point
last winter before winning a bitter
fight to be reinstated, resigned
Wednesday.
Gay Benson, 39, was rehired in
early February after being asked to
give up her post by women’s athletic
director Jeannine McHaney.
The reasons behind last winter’s
attempt to oust Mrs. Benson were
never divulged. Observers, howev
er, theorized a personality clash had
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developed between the coach and
Miss McHaney.
At the time, the veteran high
school and college coach, said she
was pleased with the university’s de
cision to reinstate her.
“But I’m just sorry it had to hap
pen this way. Other people have
been hurt. I’ve been hurt,’’ she
said.
Mrs. Benson announced Wednes
day she has accepted a position as
assistant girls coach at Lubbock
Monterey High School.
“Mrs. Benson was ready for a
change,’’ said Hollis Gainey,
women’s athletic director for tbe
school district.
“She has been a head coach for 18
years and just needed to move into a
situation where there was less press
ure involved,’’ Gainey said.
Miss McHaney, one of the central
figures in the controversy that sur
rounded Mrs. Benson at Tech, said
the coach had not been pressured to
leave.
“I don’t believe that’s true. Coach
Benson didn’t list any reasons for res
igning,” she said.
Mrs. Benson was unavailable for
comment.
In her three years at Tech, Mrs.
Benson’s teams had compiled an
overall record of 66-47, including a
34-11 record in her first season.
While girls head coach at nearby
Slaton High School, Mrs. Benson’s
teams won 379 games in 15 years and
a state AA championship.
Texas A&M University women’s softball coach Bill Galloway
advises center fielder Mary Lou Wargo during the regular
season. Galloway, who says he respects his players because
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in coaching nationally-ranked Aggies
by RICHARD OLIVER
Sports Editor
Bill Galloway knows what it’s like
to be a winner. More importantly, he
knows the sacrifices involved in be
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Galloway, the coach of the Texas
A&M University women’s softball
team, pushed, prodded and coached
his team to a third place finish in the
national championships this year.
But for him, that’s not good enough.
“Our goal when we start every sea
son is to win the national champion
ship,” he said. “If we don’t, we’re
disappointed.”
Galloway’s troops have come clos
er every year to that goal, preceding
this year’s third-place finish with a
fifth-place finish in 1979.
“Obviously we hope to get bet
ter,” he said from his simple office on
the second floor of G. Rollie White
Coliseum. “Every year we streng
then our schedule. Of course, we can
get better next year and our record
still might not be as good.’’
That’s not likely, however.
Texas A&M had little trouble mar
ching through this year’s schedule,
finishing with a 72-16 record and
fighting national champion Utah
State to the final inning in a 1-0 loss
in the nationals.
The reason for the Aggies’ success
lies partly in the superb all-around
strength of the team, but most of the
credit lies on the shoulders of the
short, muscular Galloway.
“Not everyone can play for me,”
he said. “I’m a hollerer, a screamer,
and a demander. When we hit the
field, it’s business.
“By the erfd of the season, I re : '
spect my players. I’m the only one
who knows what they have had to go
through. You know, it’s sometimes
harder for women. She’s not as con
ditioned for the abuse as a man. I can
say ‘That was a terrible throw! Why
did you throw it there? Don’t blame
it on this or that, it’s your fault’ to
you, but a woman’s not used to that. ”
Although Galloway is known for
his toughness, his looks don’t justify
his reputation. His red hair frames a
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boyish face which makes him look
like he just pulled a prank on the
neighborhood bully. Sitting at his
desk in the remarkably bare office,
his manner emits calmness and con
fidence.
But the effectiveness of Galloway’s
doctrine is evident on the field. Dur
ing games, he can be seen roaming
the baseline, calling out instructions
and conferring with his captains,
Nancy Sullivan and Rhonda Reese.
“I follow the Bobby Knight style of
coaching,” he said. “Knight, (Al)
McGuire, and (Vince) Lombardi.
They all said you have to have the
heart to win. You must expect per
fection from your players. It’s impos
sible, but it’s what you have to try
for.
“Every game is set up that way.
You try to play a perfect game.
You’re playing against the game, not
the opponents.”
In just two years, Galloway has
molded a team that was ranked num
ber one in the nation entering the
national TAIAW tournament in May
in Norman, Okla.
His love of softball extends further
than just his school year coaching.
Today he heads for Indianapolis,
Ind., to begin playing for one of the
nation’s powerhouse softball teams,
Willsey’s Construction.
Galloway has played softball for
over ten years in the Midwest as a
shortstop, earning all-state and all-
regional honors seven times. Before
he came to Texas A&M, he served as
an assistant coach at Indiana Univer
sity where his team won over 65 per
cent of their games. He is currently
the Texas state collegiate softball
director for TAIAW and is on the
Rawlings-AIAW All-America Selec-
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sey’s, his mind will still be on la
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there,” he said. “I’ll gotothejii
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start training for another shotatl P, 0 , 11 ? ne sec
long-awaited goal - the nat® “f fo f rs,x '
title plot ofgroui
“I’m really looking forwardtos a ,^ ec •
year,” he said. “Barring injuries) us sim P e c
should have another standoutyeiT )lin " a iea 1
The Texas A&M team will
essentially the same next year,!
only Glorian Motal lost to gK
tion. One setback, however, is3
loss of Irene Mauch, a
from Southington, Conn., who 1
have a knee operation this sum
which will likely end her career
Mauch, who pitched and pi
first base during the fall of 1979,'
ted . 298 during that time. ..
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like we do now,” he said. “Welt ero saK £l . f
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