Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, April 13, 1990 TAG: 9004130105
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: DOUG DOUGHTY SPORTSWRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
It is believed that Loyola Marymount coach Paul Westhead and Minnesota's Clem Haskins are on the new list, which also is said to include Mike Jarvis of Boston University.
When UVa assistants Jeff Jones and Craig Littlepage were interviewed earlier in the week, there was no indication Copeland would talk with any more prospects.
"I don't need to comment on that," said Copeland in a brief, tense telephone interview Thursday morning. "If people have written that, they haven't gotten it from me."
Copeland, who has been in the market for a coach since Terry Holland stepped down June 23, would not say whether he is closer to announcing a coach.
"I don't know if I am or not," Copeland said.
Four coaches have withdrawn their names from consideration, including Providence coach Rick Barnes, who told Copeland he would take the job, then changed his mind.
Copeland subsequently was rebuffed in a second effort to bring Xavier coach Pete Gillen to Charlottesville for a tour of the campus.
Mike Montgomery of Stanford and Penn State's Bruce Parkhill issued statements in which they declared they were no longer candidates for the Virginia position.
Copeland's list is said to include four or more new or recycled names. Of the new prospects, Westhead and Haskins each coached teams that reached the final eight in the NCAA Tournament this year.
A reliable source said Copeland had called some of the prospects and that others may have been contacted by a third party. All were said to have at least some interest in UVa.
Minnesota officials were attending a Big Ten Conference meeting and could not be reached for comment.
Barry Zepel, the sports information director at Loyola Marymount, said he did not know of any contact with Virginia.
"I had lunch today with Brian Quinn, our athletic director, who would have told me if he had heard from Virginia," Zepel said. "There were some inquiries during the NCAAs that he chose not to pursue and there are no indications things are any different.
"If they wanted to contact Paul without contacting us, I don't know how they would find him. He was in Michigan visiting prospects the other day and I think he was in the Bay Area today."
Jarvis also was recruiting Thursday, although, in a recent phone conversation, he would not deny that he had heard from Virginia. Jarvis indicated, however, that any contact had been minimal.
Boston University has reached the NCAA Tournament each of the past two years under Jarvis, who first came to prominence as Patrick Ewing's coach at Cambridge (Mass.) Rindge and Latin High School.
by CNB