Lawson leaves Oregon to take over Kent State track program.Byline: Ron Bellamy "Rockin'" Ron Bellamy (born December 13, 1964) is an American professional boxer. He is the half-brother of former NBA center Walt Bellamy. Ron also started his career in basketball, playing collegiately at UNC-Charlotte and professionally in New Zealand and Europe. The Register-Guard The Oregon track and field staff got its second vacancy VACANCY. A place which is empty. The term is principally applied to cases where an office is not filled. 2. By the constitution of the United States, the president has the power to fill up vacancies that may happen during the recess of the senate. in a week Thursday when Kent State University announced that assistant coach Bill Lawson officially accepted the position of head coach there. "Becoming a head coach is something I have looked forward to my entire career," Lawson said in a statement released on the Kent State Web site. "I've been an associate head coach and an assistant coach and now I am eager to mentor Mentor, in Greek mythology Mentor (mĕn`tər, –tôr'), in Greek mythology, friend of Odysseus and tutor of Telemachus. my own staff and be the captain of my own ship." Lawson did not return phone calls seeking comment. Lawson spent six years at Oregon, serving most recently as recruiting coordinator and decathlon decathlon (dĭkăth`lŏn), in modern Olympic games, a contest for men held over two days and composed of 10 track-and-field events. coach. Last month, new Oregon coach Vin Lananna designated Lawson as the director of track and field operations and men's recruiting coordinator, but he was assigned no specific coaching duties at that time. Earlier in the week, assistant coach Rock Light turned down the chance to stay at Oregon for the coming year, accepting the position of vaults and horizontal jumps coach at Texas Tech. Oregon is expected to conduct a national search for an assistant coach to fill Light's position, and also for a director of operations. "We will take our time and pick the very best candidate we can find," Lananna said, adding that the events the new coach would oversee remain undetermined. Lananna said Lawson "has done a marvelous job at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. in the short time that I've had an opportunity to work with him. Clearly, he will be missed. He's a gentleman, a hard worker and an excellent coach. ... I'm sure he'll do an excellent job at Kent State University." Lawson, who will be in charge of both the men's and women's track and field programs at Kent State, replaces Wendell McRaven, who resigned in June to become the men's cross country coach and assistant track and field coach at the University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
Lawson, 48, played a role in two Pac-10 Conference men's team championships for the Ducks, including last season's victory in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , which resulted in the UO assistant coaches sharing Pac-10 coach of the year honors. |
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