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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1995)
Ramsdell, Brown complete Brooks’ staff Trevor Kearney Oragsr* Omti C/rmruia Only a day after the Oregon football team filled its empty offensive coordinator posi tion, it lost another coach to the NR when the los Angeles Rams announced John Ranis dell will bo the team's offensive assistant for quality < ontrol The Rams also announcod on Thursday that former Oregon cornerfwick Steve Brown, who also played with the Houston Oilers from 1983 to would i>e the team's defensive assistant for quality control. The two hirings made head coach Rich Brooks' staff c omplete Ramsdell. who has been the Ducks' receivers coach for the last 12 years, bee arne the third dragon 1 oach to be hired by the Rams after Brooks resigned as Oregon head coac h to take the job with the Rams Former Duck defensive coordinator Nick Aliotti was hired ns the Rams safeties coach and Steve Great wood, the Ducks' former offensive line coac h, was named the tight ends and offen sive line coach for the Ni l team two weeks ago "It is an exciting situation," said Ramsdell, who will start his now job on Monday. "! think this is going to be a great experience It I* a chance !o learn on (he run. I'm anxious to gel going "John Rairadetl has tremendous expert ent* ns n receivers com h." H rooks said "He'll add knowledge and expertise IO whnl I feel is a l—m RAKSOELl very strong offensive staff M Rnmsdell gradu ated from Springfield College in Massmhu setts in 1975 and then started his coaching nt San From Uco State in 1979, where lie coached the team s receivers for two years A one year stint at tarns Beach State preceded four years of all-around < mu htng at the university ol the Pacific. where Ramsdnll worked with the sn< nndarv kit king game, tight ends and receivers With that much experience under his !*>lt said Kamsdell. the NM. is the next logi< al step in his i .wi'i “It's the highest level of football, so I'm really excited being part of that," he said "It's kind of like going on your doctorate " Hut golnjj to the NFL. ho added, doesn't overshadow (ho sun ess ho has had at Ore gon "I've boon very fortunate to have both experiences," Ramsdell said "Being hero for so long, it's tough to leave It's a tough deal." But going to the Kants, where Ramsdell knows not only the former Oregon i ouches but tlso ret eivers t:oat:h Mike Mart/, whom he i o n bed with at l’o«:ifit and for mer Long Beat h State counterpart and i ur rent Rains defensive t oordinatur Willie Shaw . makes the transition a little hit easier 'it makes it a little more comfortable." Ramsdell said 'When I got down there 1 will stst a lot of familiar faces " Brown recorded 7H returns for l.RtiW yards and lt’>8 tat kies in his four years with the Ihu ks. earning honorable mention all- Amer it a honors in his senior tear, when he had 70 tackles, three intun options and five fum ble recoveries In the NFL, Brown recorded 4 1 t.ti kies. 1H in tori options. H7 passes defensed and three fumble ret ovaries Steve Brown brings with hint a vast I vat k ground of playing experience in the NI L." Brooks said "1 believe that lie will be a bright, young i oat h in this league " Barry leads Beavers to stunning upset over 20th-ranked Stanford CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Brent Barry scored n career-high 33 points Thursday night as Oregon State snapped a six-game losing streak by stunning 2()th ranked Stanford 90-71 The Beavers (a 11 I’m 10, 6-18 overall) led by as many as 20 points in the first half and were up 48-32 at halftime. Stanford (8-7, 17-7) never got closer than 11 in the second half Mustapha Hoff added 15 points for Oregon State, which handed Stanford its most one-sided loss of the season. Vladimir Heredia and Rob Williams added 10 points apiece for the Beavers Brovin Knight was the only Stanford player who was a consistent threat on offense against Oregon State's zone defense, finishing with 28 points Tim Young added 13 points Dion Cross scored just seven for the Cardinal on 2-for 12 shooting from the field. He's averaging 18 points per game. Barry, son of former NBA great Rii k Barry, had 19 points by halftime of his next-to-last home game, including throe spectacular stuffs in a 3 minuto. 9-second stretch. Oregon State put the game away with a 12-0 run that made it 82-59 with 4 50 to plav. Stanford had 21 turnovers in the contest The Beavers shot 81 percent in the first half. ■ CLUB NOTES Joel Hood f-'ot the Qrayor fW'v f merwtef Fhe Oregon rugby team will play its first spring league game of the year at home on Saturday versus the Univer sity of Portland As with the team's first few games of the season, injuries will play a key role as captain Ward Svarvari fractured his ankle in practice on Thursday and team coordinator Dave Dyer tore a rotator cuff a week ago "Injuries arti hurting us." team pres ident Uhris Lam pc said "We're still pumped up for this game though Mup»s fully the replacements can step it up n notch I'm very optimistu '' Kick-off is scheduled for 1 p rn. at Southlwmk Field The Oregon hockey team will take its ono game winning streak up against the hugene Blues on Friday and Saturday night. It's a prime-time slate v heduled for fi tr> on both nights at Lane Conn ty Ice The Ducks won their third game of the season two weeks ago, U r>, against the Portland Jr Bucks at home. They have had a week off to prepare for this weekend's I'hey are the hint Kami's s< heduled for the team this year "Wu've improved too percent from the beginning of thu siuison," team i ap tain Seth Prouser salt! 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