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DAIL y TRANSCRIPT SEP 1 'l 1981

By STEVE BEHRENS Times Ste.ff Writer SAN DIEGO-The central con- cern of every college football coach Wrong. At least m the case of Bill Williams, head coach at the Umver- "Our main concern 18 with how students do In the classroom," Wil• Iiams said recently as he sat atop the grandstand overlooking the 4,- ooo- eat campus stadium. "We also try to get the players Involved in the total school experience-clubs, dating, and everything else " The coach cited three factors that tend to Influence a player's decision The top prior!ly, he said, is th e highly regarded academic rcputa- tlon of the school. He said most of his players ma)Ored In business. The second factor 1s the location of the campus. San Diego's climate, recreational facilities and other at- tributes are attractive to college The third attraction Is the sma • college atmosphere of the football program. The athletes know they will get a chance to play, and the tremendous pressure to win ga~es that ts commonly found at ma)Or colleges is absent at USD. Playen Reinforce View Several players were quick to back up their coach's as ment, including senior defensive back Chuck Pillon, who said he came to USD mamly for academic purposes. "The biggest thmg about USD is that it has everything," said Pillon, an accounting major. Tight end Mike Ledbetter, also a senior, said the overall grade-pomt average of the members of the foot- ball team wa higher than that of the general student population at the umversity. The coach and players should not be thought of as intllfferent toward football, however. "The playing is very Intense:' Williams said. "But still, when the players hit the field, it's still a game here." "Coach Williams 1s always psyched up and intense, all year round," Pillon said "I think we work 811 hard as any major college," Ledbetter added. "We put in probably 40 hours a week on football." The USD approach to recruiting ~layers differs In sev ral ways from sity of San Diego. . . to attend USO. W men. 11 Is winning gam , right? .

leges," said linebacker Don Nik.las, a junior this year. "With so much going on, student athletes must be highly organized," Williams said. "I'm here and I'm sure the staff is here because of the . It is often said that part1c1pat1on in sports builds character. ~oach Wilhams disagrees with th!S as• sumptlon. "There is not a sport on earth that builds character," he said. "Football and other sports simply allow peo- ple to exhibit the character they al- ready have within them." Williams believes, however, that players do learn some thmg_s on the field that they carry over mto ev- eryday life. He said these include the abilities to overcome ob tacles and to interact with others harmon- iously. "I like to try to make my players feel good about themselve ," the coach said. "I'm not stoic like Tom Landry. When my kids do some- thing well, 1 run onto the field, hug them, pick them up off the ground." The Toreros have reason to feel good about themselves these days. After several dismal seasons in the m1d-70s, they have had winning season two of the last three years. Williams, who at 31 is entering his sixth year as USD head coach, is sure he will have another winner this season, which has begun with a 14-3 win over Redlands. "Our team is beginning to learn how to win close games," he said. "We're on the verge of being con- sistently strong. "Our offense is super-improved t,hls year. It's better right now than our defense, which is young. So the offense will have to carry us for a few games, until the defense has a chance to come around." The team's performance has steadily Improved in the years Wil- liams has been head coach, and hiS abilities have not gone unnoticed. Each year he conducts clinics for local coaches and football camps for junior and senior high school stu- dents. . Williams has been offered assis- tant coaching jobs by National Football League teams but has turned them down. "As far as I'm concerned," he said, "this is the best coaching job m the United States." type of kids we have." . ,

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Breakfast Seminars . .To TalkBusiness f "Update" The seventh series o . .t of . f the Umversi Y breakfast seminars o Oct 2 San Diego begins at 7:30 ~ ::~ Frida; and continues lo~ se~e:Cutive Hotel mornings at t e x downtown. ented The Update series are pres . h schools of Business annually by e d Continuing Administration ~n . b the E ducation at the u01vers1ty• 1~ y h ls Sessions are faculty of thebl~c .fee of $15 each open to the pu ic, a a. or $115 for all eight seminars.

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USD is a Roman Catholic umver- mty with an enrollment of about 4 , 300 , but only 50% 1 s Catholic. As a team in Division llI of the NCAA, USD is not allowed to give out ath• This makes It difficult for WJl- Iiams to compete with the major colleges for the better players In the natton. Yet, Williams said, about half his players have turned down cholarships from other schools m Williams said he didn't look only for athletic ability when recruiting. He looks for overall character. He letlc scholarships. . outing for USD. 'There is not a port on earth that builds c arac er• Football and other sports simply allow people to ex- h t bibit the c aracter ready have within them.' ey a · keeps an eye out for people who were for exam l , student body presidents, scholars or team cap- tains in high school. Without athletic scholarships, players ust support themselves one way or another. Some receive financial rud based on need, the same as any other student. Most have part-time jobs. Williams said at least eight of his players were on academic scholarships. Tim Call, USD quarterback the last two years, ls c~ching the quar· terbaeks this year v. h1le he finishes his bachelor's degree. Call was one of those players o ered scholar- ships by other universities. includ- ing Texas El Paso arid New Mexico. Maturity II Need d He and his Jumor college team m Utah were ranked f rth among the nation's jumor coll es in passing and total offense. Alter taking a year off from school, Call chose to complete his educall at USD. "It takes a pretty lal guy to play here," Call sa . "lt'.s tough academically. A kid ally has to be mature to handle it." "l think the guys here are much more dedicated than at other col- 11 I I ill J b th l -IIILL WILLIAMS, USD IMIMII -"'

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dential comm1 ion on a lional housing policy cnb· cized loc?I nd state gov- ernments for passing too many law o r -trict hous· ing. The 1968 panel recom· mended mor federal con- trol nd re utalions to solve the bl m. . Bernard H egan, a Um- verslly of San Diego law )rof or appointed to_ a 1 ew pre ident~al housing ::omnullSion, said more reg• ilatton are about the last bing his group will recom· nend m its final report next ,prlng. "We are going in the ,ther direction," Siegan aid in an interview. "We re wo ing for less govern- oent" Siegan is chairman of ~he ommission' regulation

ommittee that met here ecently to map its strategy )r recommendations. The omm1llee plan to prepare Ii of pnnc1pl govem- ig all forms of governm~nt Jgulation of ho~ismg at its ieeUn Wednesday rough nday n in · Ill. d Building cod s, Ian -use Jhcies and property ng~ts ill be included in the hst, cgan said, and relate to ate and local as well as -deral actions. "Certainly, members . of e commission are taking 15 very seriously," Siegan ud "Housing just isn:t >ming on stream as it ould be" .

LEMON GROVE REVIEW

Toreros Win 17-3 Over U of Redlands The U. of San Diego grid- ders pulled out a 17-3 victory ovrr thr University of Red- lands Saturday night afte r a 2 hour game delay due to a Bulldogs team-carrying bus break down somewhere in San 13<-rnardino County. This week thP Torero~ wlll travrl to Claremont Men's College for a 1 :30 p.m. con- test. USD has lost to the Staggs 3 years in a row, and are looking for revenge.

Another San D1egan rves on the comm1Ss10~ ipomted in June by Prest· mt Reagan, Gordon C. uce, chairman ~f San 1ego Federal Savings & ,an Association. He h~ads e commission comm1ttee 1 private-sector financmg. Both Luce and Siegan rve on the commission's ie-member steering com- ittee, which will collate e proposals from the four ,\icy committees for an terim report due Oct. 3~ id a final report due Apnl Siegan said his commit- e has not yet voted on ~at principles or recom- endations will be made. ,r himself, be said he ad- ires the no-zoning ~p- oach to city planning \opted by Houston a~d id a field trip to that city planned in December. An· her field tnp may be ade to Los Angeles in the 11. He did not rule out er committee meetings San Diego.

SAN DIEGO UNION

Loomis Believes USD Provides Key To Future By AILEN~ 'OISIN Stoff Writer, The San Diego Union oped into an AII-CIF quarterback and received a scholarship to Northern Arizona, ally some day, and knows that playing at a small school can have its drawbacks.

Williams, who played a few years in the Canadian Football League, said Loomis throws as well as anyone in the CFL, and possesses one of the best arms of any quarterback who has played at USD. "Plus," said the coach, "he has the ability to read coverage very quickly. But he'll have to dominate this vear to have a chance at the pros." Loomis says he is encouraged by the success of former U.S. International University quarter- back Bob Gagliano. When USIU dropped its football program two years ago, Gagliano transfered to Utah State and became a starter. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs and made the team this season as the third quarter- back. "I think I'd be a sleeper, too," said Loomis. ·'But I think I have the ability to go in there and compete for a job." In the meantime, he will be concerned with teams like Claremont-Mudd, Cal Lutheran and St. Mary's. Since the right-handed Loomis separated his left shoulder against Redlands, the quarterback will be able to play Saturday night, when the Toreros visit Claremont-Mudd.

There was a fulfilling freshman season at NAU, when he won the starting position late in the year, and a miserable sophomore season when a new coach implemented his own offen- sive scheme with his own personnel. "He started a freshman kid in front of me," said Loomis, "and 1t all came apart. But I un- derstand. A new coach wants to do things his own way." Loomis, 6-foot-3, 190 pounds, decided the situ- ation was unsatisfactory and left Flagstaff. He took a job as a physical education instructor at a Catholic elementary school in San Diego and, when the year ended, contacted USD Coach Bill Williams. "I just didn't want to hassle with walking-on at a big school," explained Loomis. "And it was the best personal decision I could have made. It's hard to keep your priorities straight at a big school. You're on scholarship, so it's almost like you're getting paid to play football. I didn't spend much time studying. "But here, you're so concerned with saving enough money to pay tuition, and trying to stay in school (academically), that you can't just think about football." Still, Loomis has hopes of playing profession-

"When I was a kid, " recalled Steve Loomis, "and my family would vacation in San Piego, I used to wander down to the USO football field and kick field goals." He shrugged. "Strange that I should wind up here." Loomis, 23, arrived at USD last season for his junior year and shared the quarterbacking du- ties with Tim Call. This year, he's the starter, and he wasted little time establishing himself. With his first pass of the season Saturday night against Redlands, Loomis completed a 47- yard bomb to Mike Rish. Later he found Rish again, this time for 57 yards and a touchdown. Loomis, however, suffered a shoulder separa- tion in the second period after he had thrown for 149 yards. USD went on to win its first season opener in seven years 17-3. This isn·t the usual story of a football player who settled on a Division III program because he wasn't good enough to play elsewhere. Loomis played in the Big Sky Conference and has received attention from NFL scouts. So what's he doing at USD? Loomis's trek toward Alcala Park began at Notre Dame High in Riverside, where he devel-

Asked whether be favors e type of growth manage- ent policies followed here, ?gan said he bas not stud- I them sufficiently to ex- ess an opinion. Mayor ilson headed President :agan's transition team on ban policies and several that team's members a!e the new housing commis- m. Siegan said his panel ap- inted Charles G. Field as staff director. Field, now member of the general unsel staff for the .S. ivironmental Protecbon •ency holds law and c1ty- ;nning degrees.. In addition to S1egan, _the mmittee includes R1ch- d L. Fore, a Nevada pro?° ty manager who served m e U.S. Department of >using and Urban De_vel- ment during the Nixon ministration in the urban newal and housing man- •ement areas; Garry E. '·own, a Washington law- •r and fonner congress- an from Michigan, who rved on the Housing and immunity Development tbcommittee; Stuart A. ivis, a Missouri real es-

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te company president; 1arles J. Urstadt, a New ork mortgage broker and rmer chairman of ~he ew York State Housing mance Commission; and yra Goldwater, a Palm )rings resident, an_d ispar Hawkins, Phoemx •chiteet, both bemg added the committee.

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The University of Son Diego continues Its lree m~ collffl1 series wHh performances each Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. In French Parlor, Foonders Holl. For more lnfomlatlon coll 291-6480 ext. 4296.

FOOTBALL: The University of San Diego Toreros play the Claremont-Mudd Staggs tomor- row afternoon in Clairemont. Game time is 1:30 p.m. It is USD's second game of the season. The Toreros defeated Redlands last week 17-3, scoring 14 points in the first quarter.

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