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March 6, 2003
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COLE ACCUSATIONS
Harrick Jr.'s contract will not be renewed
Adams: Coaches will
not teach own players
By BRADLEY HANDWERGER
bhandwerg@randb.com
In light of allegations of several NCAA
violations, Georgia assistant basketball
coach Jim Harrick Jr.’s contract will not
be renewed by the University, officials
announced Wednesday.
The decision to terminate the
University’s relationship with Harrick Jr.
came straight from Georgia Athletics
Director Vince Dooley, University
President Michael Adams said.
“He made a decision that he didn’t
want (Harrick Jr.) to be around next
year,” Adams said. “I’m not saying
anything beyond that.”
Due to a prior travel arrangement,
Dooley was unavailable for comment
following the announcement of Harrick
Jr.’s contract nonrenewal.
Harrick Jr. currently is under paid sus
pension from his basketball coaching
duties, a move stemming from several
accusations by former basketball player
Tony Cole, including:
• giving Cole an A’ in a basketball
coaching class he says he never attended
• completing correspondence work for
Cole at a community college in Illinois
• wiring $300 via Western Union to Cole
to pay a phone bill Cole ran up while
being recruited by Georgia
• paying in excess of $1,200 for hotel
expenses incurred by Cole before Cole
could move into his dorm room at the
University
“The academic integrity of the
University of Georgia is of paramount
importance to me,” Adams said. “The
University community should know that I
and the administrative team take these
allegations very seriously.
“We are intent on investigating these
and any allegations thoroughly and we
will take appropriate corrective action on
violations.”
In response to Harrick Jr. teaching a
basketball coaching class with players
enrolled, Adams said coaches never will
teach a class with their players in it again.
Also, Arnett C. Mace Jr., interim senior
vice president for Academic Affairs and
provost, said he issued a
letter of reprimand to Paul G. Schempp,
the head of the Physical Education and
Sports Studies department.
“The University’s internal procedures
were not followed in assigning faculty to
the particular course which is the focus of
the current investigation,” Mace said.
Adams has been a member of several
Black
▲ After numerous requests for a statement on the Tony Cole allega
tions, University President Michael Adams held a press conference in
his office Wednesday. While Adams refused to comment on the future
of Jim Harrick Sr., he said it was Athletic Director Vince Dooley’s
decision to not renew Jim Harrick Jr.’s contract.
committees devoted to college athletics,
including the Knight Commission, which
was formed to make athletic departments
accountable to values of higher
education, academically and financially.
“It’s somewhat embarrassing to me,
given the leadership I’ve provided in
those areas, to have to deal with this on
my local campus,” Adams said. “I have
not and will not tolerate any violation of
NCAA policy, procedure or rule.”
>■ See HARRICK JR, Page 13
NCAA investigations follow
Harrick throughout his career
By JONATHAN TONGE
For The Red & Black
Accusations of impropriety
are nothing new to Georgia
head basketball coach Jim
Harrick.
Investigations of alleged
NCAA violations have plagued
much of Harrick’s otherwise
stellar coaching career.
Since beginning his head
coaching career in 1980
at Pepperdine University in
Malibu, Calif., Harrick has
posted an overall record of
469-235.
In 1989, Harrick took over
the fabled UCLA basketball
program and during his
eight-year tenure, became the
school’s second-winningest
coach of all time, with a record
of 191-63. In 1995, Harrick
led the team to a national
championship and received
National Coach of the Year
honors.
But two weeks before
the 1996 season began, UCLA
fired Harrick following the
school’s internal investigation
into recruitment violations
and “subsequent misstate
ments about the infraction.”
Harrick admitted to filing a
false expense report in con
nection to a dinner attended
by several players and three
recruits. The school also said
Harrick misled officials during
the investigation.
Although not related to
his dismissal, UCLA also
investigated Harrick when his
youngest son, Glenn Harrick,
sold a car still registered in
Harrick’s name to the sister of
top recruit Baron Davis short
ly after he committed to the
school. The car was found to
be sold at reasonable market
value, and the investigation
was subsequently dropped.
The NCAA conducted an
investigation into the UCLA
program after Harrick was
dismissed, finding several
violations by Harrick and his
staff. The program was placed
on a three-year probation.
The investigation’s findings
included: improper entertain
ment for recruits and a club
coach of recruits including
providing tickets to L.A.
Lakers games and several free
meals to players and recruits,
purchasing a championship
ring for the club coach
and other individuals and pro
viding false and misleading
information to investigators.
Harrick
was the
head coach
at the
University
of Rhode
Island from
1997 to
1999. A
sexual
harass
ment law
suit filed by
former ath
letic department employee
Christine King naming the
school, Harrick and Athletics
Director Ron Petro was set
tled in February for $45,000.
The school admitted to no
guilt.
During the trial, King said
she witnessed several NCAA
violations by Harrick and his
staff.
The school currently is
conducting an independent
investigation, said URI
Assistant Athletics Director
Mike Ballweg.
Ballweg did not comment
on the specifics of the ongoing
investigation but did say
the school was looking into
three areas of violations.
Two of those areas have
been resolved due to lack of
evidence, he said.
Ballweg said he knew
Charlie Tapalian, the URI
booster The Atlanta Journal-
Constitution reported as
having provided the $300
former player Tony Cole
claims assistant coach Jim
Harrick Jr. sent him for a
phone bill.
“A lot goes on I’m not going
to hear about,” Ballweg said.
“Really, I had no idea he even
went to the games.”
HARRICK
Students unite in one-day war protest
Univ. gains 72 acres
near East Campus
By ABIGAIL SMITH
asmith@randb.com
The University will gain 72 acres
of land adjacent to East Campus
thanks to a private foundation.
Tuesday’s purchase cost the
University Real Estate Foundation
$4.28 million, said Foundation
President Jo Ann Chitty.
“The UGA Real Estate
Foundation is a separate, private
organization founded to support
the University of Georgia,” she said.
“None of our money comes out of
(the) state budget. It is earned and
raised by the foundation.”
The foundation was formed
about three-and-a-half years ago
“specifically for the purpose of
acquiring real estate for the
University of Georgia,” she said.
The land will be used in the
future for student housing, instruc
tional buildings and recreational
facilities, though no dates have
been set for when development
might begin, said Pat Allen, director
of community relations for the
University.
“There is not a date for building
anything on it,” he said. “But the
land became available, and this fits
perfectly into the long-term strate
gic plan.”
A recent concern among the
Athens and University communities
has been depletion of taxable
real estate due to University land
purchases.
County commissioners made
suggestions in the fall to charge the
University a fee for government
services they use to replace the rev
enue missing from property taxes.
Land purchased by the Real
Estate Foundation, however, still is
subject to property taxes, so no
county revenue is lost, at least not
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until a building is erected there,
Allen said.
“They will continue to pay taxes
(on the property) until the
University puts a building there,”
he said.
The tax issue gained prominence
last October when the University
announced plans to buy 456 acres of
land along Doubles Bridge Road. Of
that, 235 acres lie in Clarke County.
“We are still planning on pur
chasing that (property),” Allen said.
But the parcel has been reduced to
238 acres — 35 of which are in
Clarke County.
The first projects undertaken by
the Real Estate Foundation —
the East Village residence halls,
parking deck and dining hall — are
beginning to come to fruition,
Chitty said.
“The deck is complete. The
housing and dining facilities are
well underway,” she said.
They are scheduled to open in
fall 2004.
By LONA PANTER
me@randb.com
Some University students
didn’t miss class Wednesday
because of a post-Fat Tuesday hang
over — they missed it to protest war.
More than 360 U.S. high schools
and colleges participated in a
one-day student strike against the
possible war with Iraq. At the
University, students met at the
Arch to protest U.S. military action
against the Middle East country.
The protest, called “Books Not
Bombs,” was organized by the
anti-war organization National
Youth and Student Peace Coalition
(NYSPC).
“It just goes to show there’s some
real solid opposition to this war,”
said Amanda Crater, a junior from
the University of Califomia-Berkeley
and spokeswoman for NYSPC.
“Students coming out
(Wednesday) reflected a much
greater movement ... they wanted
to show they were in solidarity
with each other,” she said.
And according to one University
student who attended the protest,
there was a sense of unity here on
campus.
“I think solidarity continues to
grow among the peace movement
on this campus,” said Kristy
Maddux, a graduate student
from Seattle and a member of the
organization Doubts About War.
“I think it’s really important to
protest to show that Americans are
not all of the same opinion on the
war,” Maddux said. “I think it’s the
only chance we have of stopping it.”
The number of schools partici
pating in the strike surprised those
involved with its planning.
“Today was inspiring because so
many campuses were involved in so
many states,” Crater said.
She said she hopes the day’s
events encouraged everyone to
discuss war, regardless of whether
they oppose the war on Iraq.
According to NYSPC’s Web site,
(www.nyspc.net), the organization
“opposes all existing and developing
U.S. military activity in Iraq which
will only serve to increase the misery
and suffering of the Iraqi people.”
Reed: Bush helps
Ga. Republicans
By KATIE REETZ
kreetz@randb.com
The Republican Party dominates Georgia politics and
shows no signs of weakness, party chairman Ralph Reed
said Wednesday night.
In a speech to the College Republicans, Reed said
he thinks Georgia is moving toward a permanent
Republican majority for numerous reasons — the most
prominent of which is the caliber of Republican candi
dates, including Gov. Sonny Perdue.
Citing the governor’s consistency on controversial
issues such as a state flag referendum, Reed said
the Republican majority began when Perdue switched
parties in 1998.
Reed also attributed the success of the Georgia
Republicans to the leadership of President Bush.
“He’s not only done a lot for the country, he’s done a
lot for the party,” he said.
Reed said he thinks Bush made extensive efforts to
recruit women and minorities to the national Republican
party and said he plans on doing the same at the state
level.
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▲ Natasha Splaine, a senior from Conyers,
receives an ash cross from Father John
McDowell, the director of the Catholic
Student Center, located on Lumpkin Street.
Wednesday was the first day of Lent, which
lasts 40 days until Easter.
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