News Scrapbook 1982-1984

' EVENING TRI BUNE

AUG 3 0 l~ Toreros: new coach, new goals By Rick Davis Tr1bund Sportswriter

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Although it smacks of cockeyed optimism, Brian Fo- garty says an 8-2 record is "a realistic goal" for his Umversity of San Diego football team this fall. "Actually, anything between 6-4 and 8-2 is our goal," says the S3-year-old coach, who was hired to fill the Torero job last pring after Bill Williams resigned under pr ure. "The biggest key to our season will be how well the team makes the tran ltion to a new program. I do think they have the potential to go 8-2." Several things must fall into place, though, if the Toreros are to reach their goal. It's not just a matter of reaching their potential. Although 34 lettermen return, there will be more than 50 n wcomers, including about 25 freshmen. It's the cul- • mmation of some patchwork recruiting which Fogarty \ nd bts staff have scrambled to do since he left St. Fran- ' Is High in La canada and came south in March. • Among the recruits, Fogarty sees one blue-chip, offen- sh lineman Brian Flood, a 6-foot-2, 235-pound junior who tra f rred from Menlo Junior College. "Br. 1n hould step right into a starting position," Judged l'ogarty. ''He was highly recommended and has a lot of ability. We were lucky to get him. He came to San Diego on a vacation this year and just dropped in the football office to get some information. "We were able to sell him on the area, the school and the program." Fogarty, who stressed a run-oriented team in four sea- ns at St. FranciS, intends to modify that by having bis ew team throw "about 20 times a game." 'That's why quarterback is a big questionmark going into the season." he added. "We'll throw 35 percent of the 1m and run 65 percent. That's the average college game." Eric Sweet, the 1982 starter, was graduated, so his uccessor appears to be Phil Spencer, a pocket-sized (5-7, 165) former dcferu;ive back/running back Spencer threw one option p last fall. Returning starters on offensive include three-year starter and wide receiver · e Rish (40 receptions ~or 637 ard and six toachdowns), tailback J :ome McAlpm (!04 h for 452 yards), tight end Mitch Greene (rune catch for 122 yard and two TDs) and 6-6, 260-pound tackle John Amanllas. cAlpin, a fif_th-year year semor, undecided about returnmg for his fmal season.

JEROME Mc'ALPIN

SAN DIEGO UNION

AUG 3 0 l98l The Toreros will try a new approac

The bulk of USD's 15 returning starters are on defense. Strong safety Greg Stein (5-11, 185) was the Toreros' defensive player of the year. Also back is running mate Chip Jarvis (5-10, 170) at free safety and cornerbacks Craig Carlyle (5-10, 175), Tony Johnson (6-0, 180) and Jerry Schmit (5-9, 180). The forward wall is anchored by nose tack· le Marvin Castillo (6-1, 260), who is flanked by Lance Stevenson (6-2, 225) and Randy Anguiano (6-0, 200). From the list of George Hawley (6-0, 195), Brian Long (5-10, 190), John Noonan (6-0, 205), Joe Monohan (6-1, 185) and Jeff Vetnar (5-10, 210), Fogarty rrust find two inside and two out- side linebackers. "We feel we have the makings of a fine de- fense," said Fogar~ . SD also has the makings of a tough hedule at its level. Division III schools are few and far between along the West Coast. USD's last four games will be against Division II schools, which are allowed to award scholarships - Bill Center

15 starters returning from a team that was 4-5 a year ago. Fogerty, who replaced Bill Williams when the latter was asked to resign last winter, will install a new offense this season. The Toreros will attack from the slot I, but they will retain their 5-2 Oklahoma defense and Fogerty sus- pects they will retain their winning attitudes. · "I have a gut feeling we'll go somewhere be- tween 6-4 and 8-2," he said. USO has weapons. About the only thing Fo- garty must replace offensively is quarterback Eric Sweet and he has an able c.:.ndidate in Phil Spencer (5-foot-7, 160 pounds). Spencer played running back and defensive back last year, but Fogarty sees him as being perfect as the slot I quarterback. "Our pass offense will be mostly from the sprint out and play action," says Fogarty. Most of USD's offense, however, will be on the ground. Fogarty will employ a wingback to complement the head-on thrusts of the l backs.

While tails wag the dogs at universities throughout the land, officials at the University of San Diego long have held that athletics are part of the collegiate experience and not the reason for having a university. Coaches at Alcala Park are not going to get rich off their television shows. Players are not seen in fancy cars. You could never get lost in the crowd at one of their football games. Quietly and slowly, though, the Toreros ad- vance. And the USD football program will take an- other forward this season with the addition of 3-year-old Brian Fogarty as head coach. For the past four years, Fogarty has been head coach at St. Francis High in Pasadena, where bis club won three Del Rey League titles, made it to the playoffs all four seasons and twice got as far as the semifinals. Fogarty was a graduate of St. Francis High and coached at his alma mater as an assistant for nine years before becoming the head coach. He has a solid understanding of the sports pro- gram at a Catholic school. "We were surprised by the caliber of appli- cants when we began our search for a new coach," says USD athletic director Rev. Patrick Cahill. "We had a number of choices. Brian was everything we were looking for, a proven winner with a background in our type of pro- gram." USD's type of program is p tty simple. The school offers no scliolarshi ps in football. There are no easy classes. There js no national ac- claim, since USD competes on the Division III ladder of the NCAA. Still, the Toreros have had urpnsm ucce'ss - they finished 9-1 in 1981 - and Fogarty has

The center spot also boasts experience with Steve Ast and Gary Holley back after cfitemati~g as starters m '82. "As offensive coordmator, I'm puttmg ID a new of!ense with a slot I and pro sets," said Fogarty. •:of co~rse, it has to fall into place in a short amount of time this fall. Vf e don't have spnng practice here. It would have helped with the new program '' . d Two players. strong safety Greg Stem and nose guar Marvin castillo, bead the Oklahoma-st~led (three down linemen, four linebackers) defe~e, which _also has ~e benefit of the return of defensive coordmator Kevm McGarry Stem was the team's defensive player of the year and ·eastillo has _added 1~ pounds to scale out at 270 as an imposing force ID the middle. . . Tackle Lance Stevenson and free safety Chip JarviS are two other 111cumbents. . Considermg the adjustments required of new pro- gram, the Toreros figure to settle down and improve as th ~.~:sr:cfrt~~\C:~·lirst six opponents are Division Ill schools, the same as us, helps the situation," enthused Fogarty "At least that saves the bigger, tougher oppo- nents for the end. We would like to split those last four (games) agamst Division 11 teams." Amismatch of recruiting programs surfaces when Fo- garty compares his to Division 11 ~hO?ls. . '"We have no athletic grants-m-aid, only acaderruc scholarships and scholarships based on need.''. he e~- plained. ''Those are Division III rules, not 1ust this school's. w d •t t '"It's a disadvantage and an advantage. e on ~e some of the talent we would like to get beca~ so~e kids go somewhere else where they can get free rides.

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The top tailback is Jerome McAlpin (5-9, 185), who was one of the two starting split backs in Williams' pro set system. A •' tior, McAlpin ~~~~~------~ gained 424 yards at 4.1 yards<'< c" J last year. He will be backed by sophom< < !eveland Eat- man. Spencer will be capable tar;:· in senior split

end Mike Risch (40 catches, 637 yards last year) and tandeming tight ends Mitch Green (6-0, 200) and Bill Jolley (6-1, 200). Three of Fogarty's top linemen - returnees Steve Ast (6-1, 215) and Gary Holley (6-3, 230) and junior college trans- fer Brian Flood - are centers, meaning there will likely be some juggling. John Amarillas (!Hi, 260), who was the center last year, is also a candidate.

USD has new coach and veteran lineup History is on Mesa College's Madison High graduate Brad side this year. Cl Since Len Smorin took over ark (6-foot-5, 240)' a lineman as head coach in 1976 he has wh_o redshirted last year at fielded four team~ with Anzona, State, and Kearny sophomore quarterbacks. grad Tom Tatum (6-foot-5 'f?ree of them led the Olym- 225 ), who previously played p1ans to South Coast Con- ce~ter at San Diego State but feren_ce champ1·onships. will be Mesa's middle linebacker. This fall, with sophomore Four players return in the 'J'.rent Annicharico calling d signal S . will secon ary - Richard Frye s, monn. try for his (w_ho prepped at Clairemont), fourth conference crown. The J Olympians finished fourth in lil1 Kennedy (Mission Bay) the SCC last year. a n rl D.D. Lewis and Troy "Anytime we have had a Spencer (Madison). veteran quarterback we have ''We'll be much improved on been a very good football defense,,, says Smorin. "In the team. We hope that remains past, we would wait and react true," says Smorin, who car- to the play, but no longer. We . ries a 50-22 record as Mesa's are gorng to play a much more coach. attacking, aggressive style. If The Olympians, who open we can force our opponents in- their season Sept. 17 at peren- ~o making mistakes, instead of nially tough Phoenix College, Just_ waiting for them, we can plan to clebrate their school's agarn be successful." 2oth anniversary with another Still, the hallmark of this pass-happy attack. Mesa team will again be of- Annicharico threw for 2 , 229 fense. Annicharico will be yards and 21 touchdowns last thro~g the ball to new peo- year, and has a chance to ple, smce four receivers were break f lost to graduation. Freshman many o the school r~cords set by former Olym- ~ocky Gailord (Point Loma) p1an great Steve Fairchild. is expected to see a lot of ac- Overal_l last year, Mesa tion, as is returnee Kenny ~anked sixth in nation in pass- C:lrroll. mg yardage among communi- K~cker Andy Hastings ty colleges, and first in the (Pomt Loma), who averaged county schools in the same 39.2 yards per punt and made category. 75 percent of his field goals last But, as any coach will swear year, returns. on a stack of playbooks, it is "We feel that we could defense that wins football become a very good football games. Defense was often a team," says Smorin. "We problem last year, when Mesa should have a bearing on the recorded a 7-3 record, 3-3 in conference race, if we can stay SCCplay.Smorinhopeshehas away from any injury solved some of those problems problems." this year. After traveling to Phoenix The solution lies in a blend of Sept. 17, the Olympians open new and returning players. thci~ home_ schedule Sept. 24 The two key newcomers a_r_e_-agamst their oldest rival, City.

USD SCHEDUL Redlands At Claremont-McKenna At Pomona-Pitzer Occidental At Whittier LaVerne Cal State Hayward At Cal Lutheran

7:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 1:30 p.m.

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Azusa Pacific At St. Mary's

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