Ducks leading Ducks
Oregon s head-coaching
ranks feature five Duck
alumni who returned
to coach at their alma mater
Mindi Rice
Sports Reporter
Coaching at their alma mater is a
goal for many coaches.
Five former Ducks are lucky
enough to have reached that goal.
“It’s really special,” men’s head bas
ketball coach Ernie Kent told the
Emerald last year, regarding both
head basketball coaches being Oregon
alumni. “There may not be another
program in the country that can say
that. I think that speaks volumes
about the University of Oregon.”
. Kent and women’s basketball
head coach Bev Smith are two of
Oregon’s coaches who have re
turned to the place they once called
home as a student.
Chuck Kearney, the wrestling
head coach, is another Duck alum
nus, as well as golf head coaches
Steve Nosier and Shannon Rouillard.
Rouillard is the most recent ath
lete-turned-coach, golfing for the
Ducks from 1990-1995. She started
as a walk-on in 1990 and finished
her senior season with a No. 29 fin
ish at the NCAA Championships.
She played for two coaches during
her time as a Duck and took over
coaching duties from her first coach
who had returned to the helm.
At the other end of the spectrum,
Nosier is the coach most removed
from his playing days at Oregon. He
joined the golf team during his fresh
man year in 1955.
After seven and a half years in the
Army, Nosier returned to his home
of Eugene to begin working in the
Oregon golf community. He began
his head coaching duties in 1993,
earning the Pacific-10 Conference
Coach of the Year award in 1997.
Kearney is the next most-recent
graduate after Rouillard. The 2002
03 wrestling season marked Kear
ney’s fifth season leading the Ducks.
After two seasons as a wrestler at
Oklahoma State, Kearney trans
ferred to Oregon and won 60 match
es in his junior and senior seasons.
When Kearney took the position
at Oregon, he replaced long-time
coach Ron Finley. Kearney worked
as an assistant coach under Finley,
as well as wrestling for a Finley-led
squad for two years.
"It means a lot to me
to have people come
up to me on the street
and tell me this is the
best basketball team
they've ever seen
at Oregon."
Ernie Kent
men's head
basketball coach
On the basketball court, Kent and
Smith missed each other by one sea
son. On the sideline, however,
they’ve spent two seasons leading
the Oregon squads simultaneously.
“It means a lot to me to have peo
ple come up to me on the street and
tell me this is the best basketball
team they’ve ever seen at Oregon,”
said Kent, a former Kamikaze Kid
who played from 1973-1977. “That
tells me we’re doing something spe
cial, and I’ve always wanted to make
this program the best it’s ever been.”
After college, Kent was the fresh
man coach at Oregon before moving
to Saudi Arabia for seven years.
While there, he coached a club team
and worked for an oil company.
Prior to getting the nod to lead
the Duck squad and return to Eu
gene in 1997, Kent had six years of
head coaching experience at St.
Mary’s in California.
Kent has made the team a family
affair. Both Marcus and Jordan Kent,
Ernie Kent’s two sons, are involved
with the Ducks’ team.
“It allows you to handle pressure,
coaching at your alma mater,” Kent
said. “You have such a personal rela
tionship with the job and your com
munity. No. 1,1 don’t want to let my
family down, but I also don't want to
let this community down.”
Smith, a two-time All-American in
her time as a Duck, came from
Canada to play for Oregon in 1978.
She then returned from Canada to
coach for Oregon in 2001.
“I don’t have a lot of memories of
wins and losses; I just remember
that our team, playing at home at
Mac Court, was ready and willing to
do anything to defend Mac Court
and win,” Smith said about her days
as a player.
She played for the Canadian Na
tional Team and in the Italian
league after graduating from Ore
gon in 1982.
“As a player, you don’t realize the
teaching and the learning process
that you have to provide for your
athletes,” Smith said.
Five Oregon coaches had to learn
the process, but, luckily for their
squads, they didn’t have to relearn
the system they once played.
Contact the sports reporter
at mindirice@dailyemerald.com.
Adam Amato Emerald
Ernie Kent was a member of the Kamikaze Kids, and now leads his former team.
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