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I First-year head volleyball coach knows what it means to be successful
and is proving to the Ducks that there is light at the end of the tunnel
By Adam Jude
Oregon Daily Emerald
Carl Ferreira knows it’s just around
the corner.
His eyes widen as he passes a sign on
the side of the road — “Respectability:
Two miles.”
But there’s some bumps in the road,
then some curves and finally a con
struction delay.
To make it to Success, U.S.A., one
must put forth the effort, have the confi
dence and, most importantly, the desire
— all of which are displayed on the face
of the first-year Oregon volleyball
coach.
• Ferreira has been to “Success.” He al
most knows the road by heart, but that
doesn’t make traveling it any easier, es
pecially with a bus full of 15 young and
talented athletes.
“I’ve always considered myself an
overachiever,” said the 39-year-old Fer
reira. “But I don’t expect anyone to roll
out the red carpet for me. In this profes
sion, you’d better be successful on a
day-to-day basis or you’re going to get
your lunch handed to you.”
After an illustrious high school career
in Hawaii — in which he starred in vol
leyball, baseball, basketball and track —
Ferreira attended California’s Santa
Rosa Junior College in the early ’80s. It
was there where he found his true pas
sion.
Ferreira asked to assist the Santa
Rosa volleyball team’s coaching staff on
a volunteer basis, and he has never
looked back.
* Following a stint as an assistant
coach with Stanford in 1994, Ferreira
was hired as the head coach at No. 1
ranked Cal-State Bakersfield, a Division
II school. Ferreira led the team to the
national championship match in his
first season, and compiled an overall
record of 100-13 in three years at Bak
ersfield. From there, Ferreira moved to
Division I Idaho and the Big West Con
ference, where he led the Vandals to a
three-year record of 48-43.
“You’re always trying to put yourself
in successful situations,” said Ferreira,
who had his third child, Elise Malia,
just two weeks ago. “But to be success
ful you have to have the right opportu
nities along the way. You have to have
passion as a leader and create vision to
get motivated people to follow.”
And that vision is now in Eugene,
where volleyball and success have not
blended well in the memorable past.
In February, Ferreira was hired to
turn around a program that had not
seen a winning season in 10 years and
had an overall record of 14-130 in the
Pacific-10 Conference from 1992 to
1999.
“Oregon volleyball has had its strug
gles, but it’s not impossible to be suc
cessful,” Ferreira said. “I’m not rein
venting the wheel here. You make a
plan and stick with it. But you still have
to look in the mirror to figure out what’s
working and what’s not. You have to
stay hungry and passionate.”
Ferreira said that one of the main rea
sons he came to Eugene was because of
the University’s strong athletic depart
ment.
“It’s a great time to be here,” said Fer
reira, who i$ 7-8 overall this season and
will look to win his first Pac-10 match
in Washington this weekend. “Oregon
has one of the fastest growing athletic
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ii Oregon
volleyball has
had its strug
gles, but it’s
not impossible
to be
successful.
Carl Ferreira //
Oregon volleyball head coach
Kevin Calame Emerald
Carl Ferreria instantly gained the respect of his players.
Oregon s shaking off rust, preparing for Trojans
Emerald
Joey Harrington (3) has not lost confidence in senior place-kicker Josh Frankel, who missed three field goals against UW.
■The Ducks enjoyed their bye week, but now are
hungry to get back to work and keep their
undefeated Pac-10 record intact
By Jeff Smith
Oregon Daily Emerald
“Tweet!”
“Go!”
“Tweet!”
“Go!”
With the sounds of a whistle and the voice of a coach sig
naling when to sprint, the brief “vacation” officially came to
an end for the Oregon Duck football team.
Last week, the starters got the chance to rest for most of the
week. The bye came at a perfect time in the season and al
lowed them to heal up their bodies and let their minds relax
after back-to-back showdowns against Washington and
UCLA.
But now the Ducks (4-1, 2-0) are back at it in preparation
for Saturday’s road game against Southern California (3-2,0
2).
On Monday, head coach Mike Bellotti wasted no time in
getting his troops back into the game week mentality. The
Ducks practiced for almost three hours under the lights of
Autzen Stadium, and closed the session with some fast
paced sprints.
“Last week was great because we got a chance to shut it
dowm for a little bit," defensive end Jason Nikolao said. “But
this week, as you can see, on the first day out they put us in
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have to take
it one game
at a time.
Because if
you start
thinking too
far ahead,
you're going
to slip.
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Tucker
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receiver
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