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The Battalion
Monday, January 20,1992
Kubiak returns to A&M
Former quarterback begins coaching career at alma mater
By Chris Whitley
The Battalion
Gary Kubiak, a week after ending a nine-
year career in the National Football League,
was named as an offensive assistant coach for
Texas A&M Saturday.
Kubiak, who graduated from A&M in 1983
and played quarterback for the Aggies from
1979-82, said he was delighted to take a coach
ing position at his alma mater.
"If somebody would have told me ten
years ago that I was going to get to play nine
years in the NFL and then return to Texas
A&M with a beautiful family and get started in
coaching, I would have taken it right there,"
Kubiak said. "This is a dream come true."
Kubiak ended his NFL career last week
with the Denver Broncos in grand fashion. He
staged a comeback that almost took the Bron
cos to the Super Bowl.
He was ll-for-12 passing for 136 yards and
rushed for a touchdown after replacing the in
jured John Elway in the AFC championship
game against the Buffalo Bills.
Kubiak spent his entire nine-year NFL ca
reer with the Denver Broncos, who went to
three Super Bowls and four AFC title games
during that time.
Kubiak will take, over as running backs
coach, but he will also consult with the passing
game.
He said his years of experience on the field
do not mean he will gain instant success on the
sidelines.
"I felt like as a player I made it to that level
of football, and I want to get out and make my
way in this business as a coach and pay my
dues," Kubiak said. "I've got a lot to learn.
Just because you're a player, that doesn't nec
essarily make you a good coach."
"If somebody would have told me
ten years ago that I was going to get
to play nine years in the NFL and
then return to Texas A&M with a
beautiful family and get started in
coaching, I would have taken it
right there."
—Gary Kubiak
New A&M assistant coach
A&M head coach R.C. Slocum, who must
find someone to replace graduating quarter
back Bucky Richardson, said Kubiak's experi
ence will be very valuable for next season.
"With the departure of Bucky Richardson, I
plan to change our offense to more of a pro
style attack and Gary's background should be
helpful as we move in that direction," Slocum
said.
Kubiak, a Houston native, will handle re
cruiting chores for A&M in that area.
Broncos head coach Dan Reeves said Kubi
ak showed coaching potential when he was
still playing.
"He's almost like an assistant coach and
has been for five, six years," Reeves said. "No
body has a better grasp of what we're doing
than Gary does. (Coaching) is something he's
always talked about doing."
The assistant coach position opened up
when John Pearce left A&M to take the head
coaching job at Stephen F. Austin State Univer
sity.
Last week it was rumored that Kubiak had
been hired as an assistant coach at Stanford
University by new head football coach Bill
Walsh.
But Kubiak said Saturday he was never of
fered the job.
"I had talked to Bill Walsh the day before
we played Buffalo, casual conversations about
coaching," Kubiak said. "I guess the comments
he had made during the ball game Sunday
brought that about.
"It was flattering to be mentioned along
with Bill Walsh, but that did not happen."
Kubiak still holds several records at Texas
A&M, including: touchdowns in one game (six
vs. Rice in 1982), touchdowns in one season (19
in 1982), longest touchdown pass (92 yards to
Don Jones vs. Louisiana Tech in 1981), and
most completions in one game (32 vs. TCU in
1982).
He completed 53 percent of his passes and
threw for 31 touchdowns during his career at
A&M. He was a team captain in 1982, and re
ceived the Aggie Heart Award after that same
season.
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Russo also said the current win-
streak could be credited to
not looking too far ahead.
"We have been just taking one
game at a time and I think that is
why we're being so successful
right now," she said. "Now we
have to get ready to go into Mon
day's game (with Texas). As long
as we keep playing like we are, we
feel really confident.
Brown said the Lady Aggies felt
they could beat Baylor by taking
the ball inside and beating them in
the paint.
"The inside was open tonight,
and we keyed on taking it inside
to the post players and getting the
foul shots," Brown said.
Brown credited Baylor's de
fense with keeping the game close
after the Lady Aggies' early scor
ing spurt.
"They played a really tough
zone, and we couldn't get some of
our shots to fall in from the out
side, Brown said. "So the key be
came taking them to the inside
and to get their post players into
foul trouble.
"We also knew last year they had
a tough time handling our press,
so we ran the same press we ran
on them last year, and they had
trouble with it once again.
A&M head coach Lynn Hickey
said the keys to the win were lim
iting turnovers, winning there-
bounding battle and making free
throw attempts.
"I thought we played well to
have only 16 turnovers, because I
was anticipating many more be
cause of their defensive changes,
Hickey said. "They kept changing
zone defenses on us and we have
trouble with that.
"I thought we would
dominate the boards a little bit
better than we did, but we played
a good, controlled game, and give
Baylor credit for keeping the game
as close as it was."
Hickey also said that Brown's
play in the second half was a big
factor in the win. tu
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12 minutes left in the first half be
cause of fouls, then she came out
in the second half and had some
big play s. Russo also played very
smart, and with those two work
ing tonight that really helped."
Hickey also said that the cur
rent winning streak is something
she and her players have been
waiting for.
"The kids are getting really ex
cited, and the confidence and the
excitement are two things that
took a little time to get here, and it
is fun to see them get pumped
up," she said.
"We are having a really good time
getting ready for all the games,
and our biggest objective so far is
to have a really good work ethic."
Banged-up Boston
rallies past Spurs
BOSTON (AP) - Robert
Parish scored 30 points, includ
ing 11 in Boston's 37-point third
quarter as the Celtics rallied
from a sluggish
first half and
beat the San An
tonio Spurs 98-
89 Sunday.
The Celtics,
again playing
without injured
Larry Bird and
Kevin McHale,
also got 24
points from Reg
gie Lewis and 22
from Kevin
Gamble, while
veteran John Bagley directed the
third-period outburst with five
assists and five of his seven
points.
Parish, who returned from a
two-game ab
sence with a
twisted ankle
and went over
the 20,000-point
career mark as
Boston defeated
Philadelphia on
Friday night,
outdueled the
Spurs' David
Robinson in a
matchup of old and young cen
ters.
Parish, 38, the eighth player
in NBA history with 20,000
points and 10,000 rebounds, also
had 14 rebounds while playing
37 minutes. Robinson, 26, had 21
points and nine rebounds in 36
minutes.
The Celtics, 16-5 at home this
season, took a 23-22 first-period
lead, but then went cold in the
second quarter, hitting six of 20
shots while be
ing outscored
23-16. The Spurs
took a 45-39
halftime lead
with the help of
a 15-2 run.
Robinson
gave the Spurs a
47-39 lead with
a tipin in the
opening sec
onds of the sec
ond half. Later,
trailing 51-44,
Boston went on a 20-6 surge,
outscoring the Spurs 37-22 in the
quarter to take a 76-67 lead into
the final period.
S.an Antonio closed to 82-77
in the first 4:28
of the fourth pe
riod, but the
Celtics pulled
out of danger as
Parish convert
ed a rebound
and Sherman
Douglas hit an
amazing 10-foot
scoop shot for
his only two
points of the game.
Sean Elliott had 16 points
and Terry Cummings 14 as the
only other San Antonio scorers
in double figures.
Bird and McHale remained
on the injured list with a bad
back and torn calf muscle, re
spectively.