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Bob Foster File
■WHAT: Foster was hired as the Ducks’
new defensive coordinator by Mike Bellotti
last Friday
■AGE: 57
■ CONTRACT: The contract runs through
June, 30,1999, at an annual salary of
$90,000
■ BACKGROUND: Foster coached at UC
Davis for 19 seasons, four of those as a head
coach. He comes to Oregon directly from
Willamette University, where he served as the
Bearcats’ defensive consultant for three sea
sons. He helped the Bearcats to the NAIA
championship game and a 9-2 record last
season. As a head coach at UC Davis, Foster
led the Aggies to a 30-11 -1 mark.
Foster to lead Oregon’s defense
Former JJC Davis head coach
Bob Foster will take over the
defensive coordinator position
left vacant by Rich Stabler
By Rob Moseley
Sports Reporter
Oregon football coach Mike Bellotti in
troduced a new defensive coordinator on
Friday, and it was a familiar face to
many people around the program.
Former UC Davis head coach Bob Foster
will lead the Oregon defense next season,
replacing Rich Stubler, who resigned after
two seasons with the Ducks and will serve
as defensive coordinator for the Edmonton
Eskimos of the Canadian Football League
next season.
FOOTBALL
Foster coached for and
with Bellotti and Oregon
receivers coach Chris Pe
terson at UC Davis before
serving as a defensive con
sultant at Willamette the
last three seasons.
“I’ve known Bob for 27 years,” Bellotti
said,” during which time I’ve had the plea
sure of coaching with him and the displea
sure of coaching against him. He’s the most
difficult person I’ve ever had to try and de
sign an offense against.”
The only question Bellotti said he had
regarding Foster was whether he was ready
to coach again. Foster retired from foothall
after four seasons as UC Davis’ head coach
in 1992 and served in the athletic depart
ment’s development office the past five
years, including during his association
with Willamette.
“Bob is a guy I first interviewed three
years ago when I got this job,” Bellotti said.
"At that time my only question was
whether he really wanted to do this. When
he went back to work at Willamette, I knew
he was ready.”
Foster added: “Sometimes that’s what it
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The thrill of victory
CHAD PATTESON/Emerald
Oregon point guard Mick McShane celebrates with teammate Jonathan Nelson during the Ducks’ 71-62 win over Washington State. The win at McArthur Court Saturday
broke the Ducks ’five-game losing streak that dated back to their conference opening win over California. Story on page 11A. The Oregon women also defeated Washing
ton State Saturday. The Ducks used a 7-0 run over the final two minutes of the game to win in Pullman. Story on page 12A.
Cardinal not what it once was
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Alex
Pond
Stanford is showing
signs that it may not
dominate the Pac-10
like in years past
By Alex Pond
Sports Reporter
News flash: Stanford may not
win the Pacific-10 Conference
championship this season.
While it still has enough tal
ent to get the job done, the Cardi
nal seems to be more vulnerable
this season than in recent years.
The Cardinal (8-5 overall, 5
1 Pac-10) breezed through its
first three Pac-10 games, win
ning by an average of 24 points,
but struggled a bit last week,
losing at Arizona and coming
from behind to beat UCLA.
Granted, a one-point loss at the
buzzer on the road against the
then-No. 9 team in the nation
(Arizona) and a five-point win at
9-6 UCLA is no cause for alarm,
but there are some signs that Stan
ford won’t run away with this
thing like it has in winning the
past three Pac-10 titles, the last
two with perfect 18-0 records.
The first sign is that Stanford
actually lost a Pac-10 game. Prior
to last Monday, that hadn't hap
pened since a 78-73 loss at Oregon
State in 1995, a span of 48 games.
The loss, though, wasn’t the
biggest clue that perhaps the Car
dinal is coming back to the pack.
A one-point loss to one of the 10
best teams in the nation is no big
deal.
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Stanford front-runner of Pac-10
OSU’s Ron Grady
suffered bruised ribs
and a lacerated kidney
against Washington
By Rob Moseley
Sports Reporter
The Pacific-10 Conference
race began to work itself out this
weekend as Stanford defeated
UCLA convincingly at home,
93-80. The Cardinal led by 18 at
halftime and made 14 of 26
three-pointers for its second
consecutive home win over
UCLA. Stanford won by 48 at
Maples Pavilion last season.
The Cardinal remained unde
feated at 16-0, including 5-0 in
conference, and is now ranked No.
6 in the nation in the ESPN/USA
Today’s top 25. The 16-0 start is
the best in school history, and if
the Cardinal can weather two
games with Arizona, an undefeat
ed season is not unlikely.
The Cardinal puts its ranking
and record on the line this week
end in Washington. While Wash
ington State should pose no
threat, it should be noted that the
last time the Cougars faced an un
beaten team in January that team
entered February with a loss.
Washington State sent then-No.
17 Oregon back to Eugene with its
first loss of the season last year.
Also, Stanford will be severely
tested by the presence of Wash
ington center Todd MacCulloch.
MacCulloch is the reigning Pac
10 player of the week after post
ing 31 points and 15 points
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Moseley