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In Mike Belloth s first two years ms Oregon s offensive coordinator,
the Ducks played in consecutive botvl gomes lor the first time in
school history.
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Bellotti, Schuler bring success
Oregon’s defense,
offense improve
under coaches
By Jake 8erq
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\\ i• r, V'iin n« : 1. ! Den
tiV" Srhulof i arm- to Oregon's
iootball pr- gr.1111, so did sue
<) f1 r n s i \ c c O pfiti h a t o r
fit ilotti and deferisss e coordi
tor fk.hutor arc the techni
cians ha hind coach Kith
ftruoV. - i(prr.iimi) Beiiuttl, nuts
iti his third year a! Orison, and
Si outer, now in tiis sixth sea
■ an with Jho I)u( ks, are two big
reasons for Oregon's rise to the
upper is tieluli of the Pacific 1(1
< (inference the last two sea
sons
'Obvious!\, they \ e done
great jobs, lirooks said "The
last two years is the first turn
we've beet) strong on faith sides
of the liail
it's also thi! first time in
school history that Oregon
teams have made conser utlve
postseason appearances, play
mg in both the Indepen
dence Howl and the 1‘i‘M) Free
dom Howl
Two bowls In two years with
Hellolti at the head of the of
[ense fias the couch batting
1 uou so far He was the new
man in Fugene in tUHU after his
best friend. Oregon outside
imebai kers i oai li Nil k Alliotti,
had told tnm about tfie jot)
Hellotti tiad, at that time,
what he culled a "lifetime job"
us the head coach at Chico
State, but it did not take him
long to del ide on a move up to
(began
It took about a d.iv smiled
Hellotti who also loaches the
quurtofbui ks a! (iregon
Schuler, on the other hand,
came to Oregon originally as a
wide rei river I he ( ou< I), a nu
tm id Snohomish, Wash start
ed on tin iuo' Mt Duck -.quads
and w ill go down in the books
for having caught t he first
touchdown pass ever at Aut/en
Stadium
"I like to tell my players I
caught 1 1 passes that day."
Schuler said " Ten during the
warmups, and the 11th one
counted
Schuler, who also couches
Oregon defensive hut ks. tins
not done loo shabby of a job,
considering his offensive fuck
ground In fact, il may have
e ven helped, and certain Iv
hasn't hurt, Schuler's abilities
as a defensive i oordmalur
Hhoto t>y J*ti
Oregon defensive coordinator Denny Schuler revitalized a base
ment-dwelling Duck defense, taking it as high as second overall in
the Pac-10 in 1969
"A good football coach is a
good football conch," Brooks
said of Schu lor
The suino kind ho said of
Bollotli Hi* look thit Oregon of
fense from ninth in the I’m -10\
total offense calegory to second
in 1989, Ins first season
Schuler's hand worked the
same kind of miracles with tilt!
Oregon defense soon after his
arrival He titok a unit that was
10th in the conference before
he arrived and moved it up to
fourth in 1<*H7, third in 19H8,
second in 1989 and third last
season
Altotti, who now works un
tier Schuler hut used to he of
fensive coordinator under
Itellotti at Chico State, is not
surprised at the success of the
two
"(Bollotti) understands that
it's a game, hut that it is still
important." Allottl said "He
w as super to work for
"Denny is a student of the
game His hobby is football He
really studies the game of foot
ball
Schuler has had plenty of op
portunities to study football as
he has couched with several
teams Idaho State. Washing
ton. Weber State, Utafi State.
California and the D>s Angelos
Kurils have all been a byway of
Schuler's at one tune or anoth
er
Bollotti. too, lias seen his
share of the circuit Coaching
stints have landed him at Ins
.) 1 m.i muter Culifornia-Davis,
Cal State Hayward and Chico
State
Hut both art1 happy whore
they are at right now despite
the freak rash of injuries that
has both sides ol the Oregon
football team weaker than they
were the last two seasons Both
pass it off as being just part ot
the game, but the frustration
shows
"I've never boon in this situa
tion in my 20 years of coach
ing,” Bellotti said
"I've never experienced any
thing quite like it." Schuler
said
The resulting losses and Ore
gon's 3-4 overall mark have
made Brooks a target of many
people's criticism tills season,
but Bellotti, too. feels that heat
"1 don't feel shielded,"
Bellotti said "If there is criti
cism pointed at the program, 1
feel it."
Schuler felt it while he was
the defensive coordinator un
der head couch Joe Kapp at
California Schuler said person
ality conflicts and Kapp's ‘'un
orthodox" style of coaching
created tension between he and
Schuler, and Schuler was fired,
a fear that every coach must
live with
"It happens all the time
it's part of the game," Schuler
said
And fortunately for the
Ducks, Si huler and Bellotti are
part of Oregon football.
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