CSUN SHORTCHANGED; TWO FOOTBALL ASSISTANTS WILL BE PAID BUT WON'T COACH.Byline: Chris Branam Staff Writer Cal State Northridge assistant football coaches Craig Wall and Keith Borges will be paid this season even though they aren't returning, creating a smaller staff and a hole in the team's budget. Wall, CSUN's defensive coordinator A defensive coordinator typically refers to a coach on a football team in the National Football League or college football who is in charge of the defense. This position aids the head coach a great deal in many ways by delegating play calling to other coaches and allowing the head , and Borges, the running-backs coach, earn a combined $87,372 in annual salaries, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge personnel department. Together, Wall and Borges will be paid about $30,000 during a season in which they will not coach. ``The next step would be for me to call (Wall and Borges) in and discuss with them their role in the department,'' Northridge Athletic Director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic Dick Dull said. Wall and Borges haven't been seen working in the football office since mid-May. Several players said last week they didn't want them to come back and coach. Interim head coach Jeff Kearin said the other five coaches from former coach Ron Ponciano's staff are returning. With the team's first practice on Aug. 10 and the season opener on Sept. 4 against Western Oregon This article is about the region of Western Oregon. For the University, see Western Oregon University. Western Oregon is a geographical term that is generally taken to apply to the portion of the state of Oregon that is west of the Cascade Range. , CSUN has just six full-time coaches: Kearin, Foster Andersen (defensive coordinator), Bobby Connelly (offensive line), Aaron Flowers (quarterbacks), Armando Gonzalez (tight ends/wide receivers) and Terrance Johnson (linebackers). The eight other teams in the Big Sky Conference average nine coaches per staff. Montana, picked to win the Big Sky by coaches and media, has 11 coaches. ``Sure, we're a little behind,'' Kearin said last Friday in the press conference announcing his hiring. ``(But) these guys have been working pretty hard. A lot of the stuff is done. It's not rocket science rocket science n. 1. Rocketry. 2. Informal An endeavor requiring great intelligence or technical ability. .'' The coaching staff was barred from the football office for 10 days in June and is trying to compact what would normally be three months' work into two. ``We're working 20 days straight,'' Flowers said last week. ``It's all football from here on out.'' Kearin said he was happy to promote Andersen, who coached the Matadors' defensive backs last year. ``Between (Andersen) and Ron (Ponciano), they've been the heart and soul of the defense the past couple years,'' Kearin said. ``Foster wants this team to do well and have some continuity.'' Offensively, the staff is set, with Kearin also taking on the title of 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 . But Andersen and Johnson aren't enough to coach the defense, and Kearin said he plans to talk with Dull today about hiring a defensive-line coach. ``Names have been floating around,'' Kearin said. ``I even got a call from Charlie White.'' Kearin admits hiring White, the former Heisman Trophy winner at USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. and San Fernando High star, would be a luxury the school doesn't seem to be able to afford. |
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