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115, lay tlan 10u ncedt||(i ;rm a rut use of hot, > record i{l(. evenforjj es copyri|t the fedet an Franc# ■ed the ho® iustry f \4 ; to a hi,, hat caters i iere been "eater publ cademic ®i revs forSoJ se manii| amax ho® oned in ih xo with the i4 s and moiit laying th® d friends, d by Uniw ic. and 1 !, which coh ns are tap; es and It paying # duction m exception! o reprodm ial i compane ith its Am nur retaib es, an adnt t promote video user lower coil! ait Court t Sony’s arp ying of fra ;s for print illegal. Texas A&M The Battalion Sports June 15, 1982 Page 9 What’s new in sports: j Carpenter ready for task as sports information director Ralph Carpenter by Joe Tindel Jr. Battalion Staff When the phones are tied up with calls from the press con cerning an athlete or athletic event at Texas A&M University, it’s a great day for Ralph W. Car penter. Informing the media and answering scores of questions about athletics is what Carpen ter enjoys, and the opportunity to coordinate that function at Texas A&M as Assistant Athletic Director for Public Relations was one he couldn’t pass up. Carpenter was the sports in formation director at Texas Christian University until being hired by Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Jackie Sherrill to replace Spec Gam mon, the long-time sports infor mation director at Texas A&M. Gammon retired during the spring. Carpenter said the overall competitiveness of the athletic program and the presence of Sherrill at Texas A&M draws national as well as state and local attention to the University. “I really think that when you’re dealing, as we are, with a program that’s going to be com petitive in every way, you’re really traveling at the apex of what ... anybody in public rela tions wants to be,” Carpenter said. The 47-year-old Carpenter is a graduate of Texas Tech Uni versity and a native of Texas. Before entering the public rela tions field, he was a newspaper journalist. He was sports information di rector at Texas Tech University from 1967 until 1977, and he served as director of publicity for the Coaches All-American Football game. Prior to his job at TCU, he was sports information director at the University of Mis sissippi for four years. Carpenter has also assisted the NCAA with media opera tions at the national semi-finals and finals of the national cham pionship basketball tourna ment. Of his return to public rela tions in the Southwest Confer ence, Carpenter said: “I’ve felt like most of my ties really were back in the Southwest (Confer ence). That’s where I have most of my experience.” He said he was set on getting the job at Texas A&M. “Having been at Texas Tech ... and having known Spec Gam mon over the years ... Fve always felt a kind of closeness to the school even though we were riv als at times,” Carpenter said. Carpenter has been traveling with Sherrill this summer to cities throughout the state, where Sherrill has been speak ing to Aggie Clubs. The trips be gan with a May 3 visit to Conroe and will end Aug. 6 in Houston. The main thrust of the 28 trips is to meet with Aggie Club members in each city and answer their questions concern ing the athletic program, Car penter said. He said Sherrill gives the for mer students an overview of the athletic program while meeting with the press in each city. Carpenter said turnout has been exceptional for Sherrill. “Everywhere we’ve been so far this summer the crowds have been larger than ever before,” he said. Carpenter said although the trips have involved a lot of traveling, they have given him a chance to renew some old ac quaintances with the media and meet the Aggie club members. “It’s a real opportunity for me to renew acquaintances with a lot of the media and to meet the Texas A&M people who are just as eager to be a part of this institution as the students are,” he said. With regard to his role in the Sports Information Office, Car penter said he wants his depart ment to set the standard for other schools in handling sports information. “We want to be sure that we have the best possible program that can be in place at a universi ty the magnitude of Texas A&M,” he said. “We’re going to try to be a model for other See CARPENTER page 11 :)urt Je s sm rnationai —-TheSif eered ^implicated r which sBi ollect dead recluse He Lamar’s Vint hired as Aggie basketball assistant by Frank L. Christlieb Sports Editor Bob Vint, an assistant basketball oach at Lamar University during the 1981-82 season, Monday accepted a similar position at Texas A&M Univer- ity. The 33-year-old Vint, an assistant oach at Arkansas from 1972 to 1974, will fill the position vacated by former Aggie assistant Barry Davis. Davis took the head coaching post at Western Texas College in April. Vint said Monday that he’s eager ab out the chance to coach under veteran Texas A&M coach Shelby Metcalf. “I’m really^xcited about the move to Texas A&M,” Vint said. “I’ve been associated with the Southwest Confer ence since 1966, when I played for Arkansas. “I think A&M’s dbne well under Coach Metcalf and has had a lot of win ning seasons. It’s a good ball club with players like Claude Riley, Reggie Roberts and Tyren Naulls, and I think Coach Metcalf and (assistant coach John) Thornton are extremely pleased with the recruiting this year, too.” While playing for the Razorbacks, the 6-8 Vint was chosen Academic All- SWC during the 1970-71 season. Dur ing his two years as an assistant at Arkansas, Vint coached with Pat Fos ter, now the head coach at Lamar. From Arkansas, Vint moved into high school basketball, compiling a 122-95 record in eight seasons with three Arkansas high schools. During the 1980-81 season, Vint coached Rus sellville High School to a 24-8 record before the team lost in the quarterfinals of the state tournament. Vint coached at West Fork High from 1974-77 and at Lincoln High during the 1971-72 season. Vint said he’s looking forward to moving back into the SWC as a coach. “The Southwest Conference has really improved a lot during the past few years, and I think the quality of play has gone up a lot,” Vint said. “I have mixed emotions about leaving Lamar, because Coach Foster and I have known each other a long time. “We felt like this would be a better opportunity for me to broaden myself professionally and hopefully to lend something to the A&M program. A&M is the type of institution where you can go into anyone’s home and they can identify with it. The emphasis they’ve put on athletics is widely known, and I feel that’s an advantage from my stand point. “I think maybe A&M (basketball) is hitting a new era as far as the schedule being upgraded and the quality of our . opponents being upgraded, too,” he said. Vint described his high school coaching career as a successful one in terms of building the programs at West Fork and Russellville. “I can say that the programs I left... I left them in good hands as far as re turning starters go,” he said. “The thing that I tried to do as a high school coach was to establish a program that would feed on itself and prosper in that way. I was real pleased that I could leave something and it would be good from one year to the next.” His duties here will involve several phases of coaching, Vint said. “From what Coach Metcalf and I have discussed, I will have responsibili ties in all areas — coaching on the floor, scouting, and recruiting,” Vint said. “I imagine the emphasis will be one coaching defense, though. My philoso phy of basketball is built around de fense. “There’ll be some strategy adjust ments because of the new 45-second shot clock they’re going to use next year. You may have to put in some quick-hitting plays if you get down to five seconds and you haven’t gotten off a shot. “Coach Metcalf and I will basically share philosophies,” he said, ” and hopefully I can contribute something to the program.” Metcalf, who will be in his 20th year as the Aggies’ coach, said: “I was coaching in the conference when Bob was playing. Bob was a fine player and a fine young man. ” Bob Vint it no otke i settle 4 voted 5di to the mult is an offfl California' ied in Ap j Califom dent fori' poses T ns he was a, the « irnaboutfj ich in IS ces the satf Mont' to brini ie court,i l eparate ralcount to settle t save s 550! Pioneer* Syscom hi-fi 4400 system deluxe system includes: 45-watt amplifier, cassette deck, 3-way speakers and more! imsHf ise he i'f , before estyk' Orig. $1349. 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