USD Men's Basketball 1982-1983

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Athletic Staff

PEOPLE TO KNOW AT USO

Rev. Patrick Ca hill, C.S.V., Athletic Director Father Patrick Cahill, a member of the Victorian Fathers and Brothers, came to the University in 1979 with th e responsibi lity of administering the ex panding men and women's ath leti c programs. Since Father has taken over, USO has added men 's cross country and soccer as well as women 's softba ll and cross country to it s interco llegiate prog ram. Men 's basebal l, ba sketball , golf , soccer, cross country and tennis moved in 1979 to NCAA Division I ranks and the West Coast Athletic Conference. Thi s yea r saw all but one of the women ·s teams join the NCAA Divi sion I rank s with softba ll playing at the Division Ill level. Men ·s footbal l remains an NCAA Division Ill par– ti cipan t and USO boas ts an in tercollegiate crew program fo r bo th men and women. Father Pat has brought to the University his integ rity, leadership , and devotion to the job: he has given to the sta ff and student at hletes at USO an added mea ning to th e word " fri end ." Father Cahi ll has a B.A. from St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa, and a M.S. in Education with a Ph ysica l Education major from Ea stern Illi nois University. Prior to USO. he served St. Viator High School in Arling ton Heig hts, Ill ino is, for sixteen years. fourteen as Athl etic Direc tor and two as its Presiden t/ Prin cipal . Carolyn Ryback: Head Athletic Trainer Carolyn Rybac k, A.T.C., in her fi fth yea r at USO, has the d istinction of being one of the few fema le Head Trainers at the NCAA Divi sion I level. Recogn ized as a superb trainer, Carolyn is oft en asked to speak to professional groups and has publ ished arti cles in pro fessional journals. She is currentl y working at th e Scripps Sports Med icine Facility, teac hing sport s medicine at San Diego State Unive rsit y, and teac hing gymnas tics at UC San Diego. Carolyn has passed on her kn owledge and experience to a number of st udent intern s who have had the fortune o f working under her tutelage. Carolyn is also a med ia ce lebrit y. Th e subject of ma ny newspaper artic les. she has also ap– peared on T.V. 's P.M. Magazine and the Independent Television chi ldren's show Way To Go. Having received a B.A. in Ph ys ical Educa tion from San Di ego State Unive rsit y in 1975. Ms. Ryback completed her Master' s Degree in Sports Med icine at the same in stituti on in 1978.

Ted Gosen: Sports Information Director Eileen Ward: Assistant Sports Information Director

Ted Gosen enters his first yea r as the University of San Diego 's Di rector of Sports Informati on, handling the publicity for the ever expanding USO ath leti c department. In 1981 Ted rece ived hi s Master of Science in Human Resources /Sports Admini stra ti on from Biscayne Col lege in Mi am i, Florida. As the Ass istan t S.1. 0 . fo r the Universi ty of San Diego last year, Ted gai ned athle ti c department ex– perien ce in promoti on and sales, sport s information and game day operati ons. A 1979 graduate of San Jose State University with a B.S. degree in Business Administ rati on/Management, Ted is sing le and resides in the Ocean Beach area of San Diego. Eileen Wa rd, th e Assistant Sport s Information Director, is here on an internship from Biscayne College in Miami, Florida. She is in the process of completing her undergraduate degree in Sports Adm inistration . Ei leen will be in charge of publici ty for th e women's program and men 's cross cou nt ry and soccer while assisti ng Ted in men's footbal l, basketbal l, baseball and tenn is.

Dr. Jack Opdycke Faculty Representative

Dr. William Curran Team Physician

Kim Hill Student Asst. S.1. 0 .

Fr. Owen Mullen Athleti c Counselor