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Runge
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In a highly publicized legal bat
tle, Runge fought for what she and
her program deserved, which was
more than either were getting. And
— big surprise, right? — she won,
eventually signing a four-year con
tract for $80,000 per year in 1995.
Last April, she became the third
highest-paid coach in the confer
ence, earning, with incentives,
more than $200,000 a year.
Two summers ago, she hired for
mer guard Kirsten McKnight as an
assistant. Last summer, she added
to the "family” Dan Muscatell,
who had no college or women’s
basketball coaching experience,
but, nonetheless, gets rave reviews
from players.
Throughit all, she’s won. Pac-10
titles. Coach of the year awards.
Her overall record heading into
Oregon’s first-round match up
with UAB at Mac Court: 143-60.
Moos said it: “Her record speaks
for itself.”
There it is. There’s the story you
already knew.
Truly, it is amazing.
But there’s more to it. It’s about
more than success, more than
money, more than winning.
It’s about an extraordinary per
son who’s dealing with the intense
pressure of being a head coach, a
role model, a winner. And who’s
dealt with by compiling an ex
traordinary staff.
That’s why 9,087 delirious, ap
preciative, adoring fans chanted
her name as hard as they could last
Friday: “Jo-dy! Jo-dy! Jo-dy!,” as
the 37-year-old head coach scaled
a ladder, snipped the remaining
strands of a net, and then yanked
that sucker free in celebration of
her first all-out Pac-10 title.
And you sat on press row, won
dering, how does that feel?
Promising yourself that, this
time, you’ve gotta ask.
(from left to right) Kirsten McKnight, Jody Runge, Fred Litzenbeger and Dan Muscatell
collaberate effecitvely. “I don’t know if you could fill four roles much better,” Litz said.
So downstairs, during Runge’s
postgame interview, you jump at
the opportunity, start — and hear
another reporter take the words
out of your mouth.
“You’ve put a lot of work into
this program, and here you are,
you’ve won the Pac-10 champi
onship and the crowd is prompt
ing you to go and cut down the net.
How does that feel?”
Runge sits back and looks away
from the questioner, at no one in
particular.
“It feels awesome.”
Awesome, huh?
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