COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: BRUINS ASSIST BORGES CONTACTS SAN JOSE ST.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Reports UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX offensive coordinator An offensive coordinator typically refers to the coach on a football team in the National Football League or College football who is in charge of the offense. This position aids the head coach by designing and scripting plays, delegating work to offensive position coaches during Al Borges Alan Borges (born October 8, 1955 in Salinas, California) is an American college football coach and the current offensive coordinator of the Auburn University football team. said Tuesday he contacted San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. State athletic director Chuck Bell earlier this week to express interest in the school's vacant head-coaching position. Borges, who has been at UCLA for five years and two years ago was a finalist for the Buffalo Bills' offensive coordinator's job, sent a portfolio and biography to Bell. Among others who have expressed interest in the position - vacated Sunday when former Cal State Northridge coach Dave Baldwin's contract wasn't extended - are former Spartans coach Terry Shea, recently fired at Rutgers, and San Jose State defensive coordinator Paul Arslanian, the only assistant who wasn't let go. One of Bell's last acts as the athletic director at Utah State in 1998 was to hire Arslanian's brother, Dave, as head coach. Paul Arslanian joined San Jose's staff in February. Baldwin was let go despite producing the Spartans' first winning season (7-5) in eight years, which included wins over No. 13 TCU (Transmission Control Unit) A communications control unit controlled by the computer that does not execute internally stored programs. Contrast with front end processor, which executes its own instructions. , Stanford and a near-upset of USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. . Baldwin found out he was out of a job from a reporter who had received a fax from the school. Borges said that circumstance, plus the fact the salary ($160,000 for three years) is not much larger than the $120,000 per year he receives as a UCLA assistant, would not diminish his interest in the job. Nor would the fact that eight starters (not including All-American receiver Freddie Mitchell) return from an offense that averaged 30.3 points per game this season. ``I've been sitting on the passenger's side for a lot of years,'' said Borges, a former coordinator at Portland State, Boise State and Oregon. ``I'd like to drive the car.'' - Billy Witz --BYU picks Crowton: Gary Crowton, offensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears, will be introduced today as the new coach at Brigham Young University Brigham Young University, at Provo, Utah; Latter-Day Saints; coeducational; opened as an academy in 1875 and became a university in 1903. It is noted for its law and business schools. . BYU BYU Brigham Young University BYU Bayou BYU Bob's Your Uncle BYU Bayreuth, Germany - Bindlacher Berg (Airport Code) BYU Beyond Your Understanding has scheduled a news conference and representatives of both the university and the Bears confirmed Crowton would be at the Provo, Utah, campus. --Cowboys' aide to Stillwater? Dallas Cowboys assistant Les Miles reportedly is the choice to become the football coach at Oklahoma State. The school will have a news conference today. --Davie to stay at ND: Notre Dame coach Bob Davie has signed a five-year contract, two days after the Irish were invited to their first major bowl in five years. |
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