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Resting and watching
staff photo by Eric Mitchell
Steve Williford, a junior electrical engineer
from Cleveland, Ohio, takes a break during
a basketball game being played on the third
floor of G. Rollie White Coliseum.
Battalion/Page 14
February 5,1982
Thornton says Sherrill’s staff
will be a winning combination
by John Wagner
Battalion Staff
New Head Coach and Athletic
Director Jackie Sherrill is a com
petitor and a man who knows
how to win, his associate athletic
director told the Class of ’83
Thursday night.
Charles T hornton told an au
dience of about 40 people that
Sherrill has assembled a staff
that can get the job done, not
only in football, but in each of
the sports Texas A&M Universi
ty competes in.
“Our goal is to have an overall
sports program that is a good as
any in the country,” Thornton
said. He said the process of
building Texas A&M’s nation
wide reputation has already
begun.
“We’re going to build an all
purpose basketball arena in the
near future. We have a commit
ment from the Board of Regents
for a feasibility study, which I
would expect to take six to nine
months. The earliest we could
have it completed would be two
years.” Thornton said. The are
na would probably be located
near the intramural fields, he
added.
Thornton said that Sherrill,
who was originally scheduled to
speak at the class meeting, was
on a recruiting trip. The quality
that makes Sherrill such a fine
recruiter, Thornton said, is his
ability to be himself.
“I think Jackie is a good re
cruiter because he relates so well
to young people,” Thornton
said. “You can sense that this
man (Sherrill) means what he
says. There’s not a phony bone
in his body, and that shows.”
He said Sherrill’s national
reputation as a fine coach and
recruiter will pay off, although
he admitted that this year’s re
cruiting effort will not be as
good as in the years to come.
Thornton said he was aware
of the controversy surrounding
the hiring of Sherrill and his
staff, but he said this controver
sy was unfounded for the most
part.
“There are 10 to 15 football
coaches in the country that make
more money than Coach Sher
rill, and even some basketball
coaches that make as much as
him,” he said. Thornton said
Sherrill’s base salary and other
benefits are not as unusual in
college athletics as they may
seem.
Thornton cautiously
answered questions about next
football season.
“I’m not going to predict that
we’ll go 8-3,” he said, “But I
think we’re going to have a good
team. We’ve got some good
athletes here, and I think the
football players are excited ab
out next season.”
Thornton said the Aggies
would most likely use a pro-type
offensive formation, because
that would fit Aggie
best. He said quarter!
Kubiak is a good
this formation he
opportunity to throw.
Thornton drew ;
spouse from the audio
he said: “I’ve been with
ing team in the Cotton
last two years, and
with the host team
Thornton came
A&M from the Univel
Alabama, which
Baylor in the 19811
and lost to Texas int
game.
Thornton said he j
the job of associate athlt:
clot under Sherrill
gave him a chance to 5
fessionally.
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“These teams are not that
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“Sam Houston has a pretty
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