Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, September 29, 1994 TAG: 9409290045
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Doug Doughty
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
``I knew it was coming,'' said Green, previously the head basketball coach and athletic director at Roanoke College. ``I've had some phone calls from the NCAA of a fact-finding nature, but never to try and implicate me .
``A couple of the violations occurred unknowingly while I was there, but I was not involved.''
Green, now an assistant principal at Kenner-Dale High School in York, Pa., was at Coastal Carolina from August 1989 until July 1993. He resigned as athletic director in March 1992 and was a special assistant to the chancellor until the end of his tenure.
``One of the reasons I went there was the strong basketball program that had been built by Russ Bergmann,'' Green said, ``but as soon as I started checking on a few things, our relationship became strained. There was never a closeness there. I think he wanted to run his own operation.''
An investigation already was under way when Bergmann resigned after last season. The NCAA announced Tuesday that Coastal Carolina had been found guilty of 11 rules violations and could not participate in postseason play or appear on television during the 1994-95 season.
``There was no mention of the previous athletic director, nor should there have been,'' Dr. Robert Squatriglia, vice president for student affairs, said Wednesday. ``He [Green] was here during a difficult time and really had the interests of the student-athletes at heart.''
Green feels a program was in place that would have uncovered any wrongdoing had he stayed.
``There's no question,'' said Green, who resigned as athletic director when he saw the position would be restructured as a cost-cutting move. ``If we were to be a Division I school, we were going to be accountable. The compliance would be done properly and the paperwork would be done properly.''
Green said he had been at Coastal for only a short time before he realized he had made a mistake. Hurricane Hugo hit the South Carolina coast a month after his arrival, and a drop in enrollment made it difficult to meet budget requirements.
``I knew the situation wasn't right for me,'' said Green, who felt he was undermined by elements resentful that he had gotten the athletic director's job. ``I regret leaving Roanoke and moving down there. I missed Roanoke from the word go.''
YOUTH MOVEMENT: Freshman quarterback Brian Kuklick, inserted in the second half of Wake Forest's 31-7 loss to Maryland on Sept.24, became the 12th ``true'' freshman to play for the Deacons this season. Coach Jim Caldwell said little would be served by redshirting Kuklick, a New York Mets draftee who will be eligible for the major-league baseball draft again after his third year at Wake.
IN THE ACC: Terry Harvey, starting quarterback for 22nd-ranked North Carolina State, will return to the lineup Saturday against Georgia Tech, but he isn't wild about wearing a shield to protect a cracked cheekbone.
An open date in the Wolfpack's schedule gave Harvey time to nurse a bruised shoulder suffered Sept.10 against Clemson, but he wasn't aware of the facial injury until he experienced soreness while eating. A CAT scan revealed a crack in the bone beneath his left eye and he did not play in the Wolfpack's game with Western Carolina on Saturday.
Duke, a preseason choice to finish ninth in the conference, could be 7-0 when it visits Florida State on Oct.29. The Blue Devils (4-0) visit Navy and Wake Forest and entertain struggling Clemson before going to Tallahassee, Fla.
HISTORICAL FOOTNOTE: Curtis Hicks, a fifth-year linebacker from Alleghany County, is the only player who has been in uniform for both of UVa's football victories over Clemson, including a 9-6 decision Sept.17. Hicks dressed but did not play in 1990, when Virginia defeated the Tigers for the first time, 20-7.
RECRUITING: Perhaps the state's best offensive line prospect, 6-foot-61/2, 297-pound Spotsylvania tackle Evan Hunt, has agreed to take official visits to Penn State, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida. Hunt's father says Duke heads a group of schools seeking the fifth paid visit allowed under NCAA rules.
North Carolina has received commitments from preseason All-American Chris Mintz, a 6-foot-4, 245-pound tight end from Polk County, N.C., and Allen Mogridge, a defensive end and tight end from Sevierville, Tenn., who had attracted the interest of Tennessee, Nebraska and Penn State.
IN BASKETBALL: Wake Forest has received a commitment from 6-5 Joseph Amonett, who averaged 22 points and nine rebounds last season for Pickett County High School in Byrdstown, Tenn. The signing of Amonett is consistent with Wake's commitment to improve its outside shooting.
PANTHER HONORED: Ferrum College pitcher Jimmy Hamilton was the only Division III representative among 72 players invited to the 1994 USA Baseball National Fall Trials from Nov.2-6 in Homestead, Fla.
Hamilton, a left-hander, was 9-2 and had a 3.34 ERA last season. ``This is a very exciting time for Jimmy and the Ferrum College baseball program,'' coach Abe Naff said.
NON-REVENUE: Washington and Lee defeated Division I women's cross-country teams from Virginia Tech, Radford and Liberty in finishing second at the VMI Invitational during the weekend. The Generals, ranked 17th in the latest NCAA Division III poll, are led by junior Josephine Schaeffer, who has won 19 of 22 races in her college career.
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