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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Friday, July 6, 2018 NCAA prepares minority coordinators for head coaching jobs By STEPHEN WHYNO Associated Press AP Photo/John Raoux Austin Dillon prepares his helmet before a NASCAR practice at Daytona International Speedway, Thurs- day in Daytona Beach, Fla. NASCAR’s ‘Young Stars’ tired of blame for sport’s woes By DAN GELSTON Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It was the finish NASCAR banked on as the genesis of its ballyhooed youth movement. Austin Dillon and Dar- rell Wallace Jr. finished 1-2 in the Daytona 500, a prom- ising pair of 20-somethings behind the wheel of iconic car numbers that could excite old-school fans, yet a pair with enough social media savvy that might attract millennials to a sport in dire need of a spark. Wallace and good buddy Ryan Blaney, Chase Elliott, William Byron and Dan- iel Suarez were among the relative newcom- ers in NASCAR who had their images plastered on billboards and hailed as NASCAR’s version of The Next Big Thing. Yet, at NASCAR’s half- way point, the series returns this weekend to Daytona International Speedway with the so-called Young Guns in danger of becom- ing The Next Big Bust. They’re not winning races — or even fans inside their sport. International Speed- way Corp. President John Saunders pinned some of NASCAR’s woes on the failure of the new crop of drivers that have failed to replace retired stars Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards and even Danica Patrick in performance or popularity. “We still have an issue with star power, and hope- fully this stable of young drivers coming along will start to win and build their brands,” Saunders said Thursday. ISC owns tracks in Cal- ifornia, Kansas, Virginia, Arizona and Alabama and reported a 10 percent dip in attendance this season for the six races held on its properties from March through May. Weather and travel; ticket prices and event oversaturation, and long, boring races — all kinds of critical issues and mundane nuisances — have been blamed for NASCAR’s tumble. Now it’s Saunders’ turn to gripe about the dearth of stars, and the drivers have had enough of serving as NASCAR’s whipping boys. “Honestly, this whole ‘young guys need to win now’ thing is getting old,” the 24-year-old Blaney said. “We’re trying. We’re trying our hardest. It’s not like I go out there and I’m happy for fifth every single week..” Wallace threw the crit- icism back at Saunders, saying outdated tracks that fail to keep pace with mod- ern-day amenities are just as much at fault for driving away fans. “It kind of goes hand- in-hand from us behind the wheel to people that are hosting us,” Wallace said. Wallace, is a social media darling with more than 176,000 Twitter fol- lowers, posting behind-the- scenes videos and starring in a documentary series that aired on Facebook Watch. The 24-year-old Richard Petty Racing driver even takes on his critics and serves as his own public- ity machine for NASCAR fans. But it’s checkered flags and championships that will define drivers, not likes and retweets. “I might not post stupid videos every week or stuff like that to try and gain fans,” Kyle Larson said, taking a subtle shot at Wal- lace. “I try to gain fans on the race track.” Larson, 25, nearly broke his season-long win- less streak last week when he lost a last-lap dual with Kyle Busch at Chicago- land. Busch won his fifth race of the season and rubbed his hand in his eye to mimic a crying child for all the fans whining that the 2015 Cup champion won another race. NASCAR has a three- driver chase toward the championship through the first 18 races: —Busch, 33, five wins. —Kevin Harvick, 42, five wins. —Martin Truex Jr., 38, three wins. Dillon and 28-year-old Joey Logano, an 11-year veteran, are the only driv- ers in their 20s who have won this season. Just six drivers have won races, and NASCAR’s 16-driver play- off field could have more contenders making it on points than victories. “I think it would be healthy for the sport if we just see more varia- tion in winners,” Blaney said. “There have been six winners this year. Come on now. You can’t just put that on the young guys for not winning. That’s a lot of other people that aren’t winning, too.” Seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson is win- less. So is former Daytona 500 champion Denny Ham- lin and 2012 series champ Brad Keselowski. But those greats all have resumes that can stamp them as future Hall of Famers. Fair or not, NASCAR and its tracks threw their promotional weight this season behind up-and-com- ers instead of perennial con- tenders and have paid the price for the slight: FOX and FS1 averaged 2.54 mil- lion viewers for Cup Series races this season, down 23 percent from last year (3.31 million). The youth movement needs to start, well, moving. “I just want to know what we do about it, do you know what I mean,” Dillon asked. “How do you move forward with that? Because the guys that are in the sport are talented enough to win.” They’re talented and most have been handed the keys to cars for the premier organizations in NASCAR — Elliott has Jeff Gordon’s old ride and 25-year-old Alex Bowman has Earn- hardt’s No. 88 at Hendrick Motorsports. Wallace can’t blame fans for tuning out. “I am looking at myself from a fan’s point of view,” he said. “This guy is 22nd in the points, hasn’t won anything, finished second in the Daytona 500 and is getting promoted the hell out of — and hasn’t done anything.” He has plenty of company. OXON HILL, Md. — Camera lighting made beads of sweat emerge from Tony Elliott’s forehead as he fielded questions ranging from football philosophy to something he could share about his private life. The Clemson co-offen- sive coordinator paused, smiled and couldn’t hide his joy about riding an all-terrain vehicle through the woods. The walls broke down as Elliott made a human con- nection with mock inter- viewer Jon Oliver in the best possible preparation he can get for a head coaching job. Despite helping the Tigers win a national title, Elliott has never interviewed for a head-coaching job. “Two phone calls,” Elliott said. College football as a public entity can’t insti- tute a Rooney Rule like the NFL, which compels teams to interview minority can- didates for head coaching jobs. So instead of focusing all its efforts on the schools, the NCAA is putting some of its rising coaching can- didates through its Cham- pion Forum to better pre- pare them for the interview process. It is an effort to increase the diversity in the Power Five conferences and across the country. “You can’t shame people into hiring people,” said Oli- ver, a former University of Virginia athletics adminis- trator who now works with the Champion Forum. “You can’t tell (schools) what they need to be doing. But what we can do is make sure (the candidates) are ready.” Minorities make up only 19 percent of Division I head football coaches and less across the Power Five conferences: the ACC, SEC, Big Ten, Big 12 and Pac 12. In contrast, 61 percent of Division I players are AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File Penn State head coach James Franklin takes the field with his team prior to the Fiesta Bowl NCAA college football game against Washington, in Glendale, Ariz. Col- lege football as a public entity can’t institute a Rooney Rule like the NFL to compel programs to interview minority candidates for head coaching jobs. Minorities make up only 19 percent of Division I head football coaches and less across the Power Five conferences: the ACC, SEC, Big Ten, Big 12 and Pac 12. minorities. The Champion Forum has helped Penn State’s James Franklin, Vanderbilt’s Derek Mason, Stanford’s David Shaw, Arizona’s Kevin Sumlin and others get head jobs with the aim of pushing along the next generation. Elliott, Michigan assis- tant head coach Pep Hamil- ton, LSU defensive coordi- nator Dave Aranda, Florida State defensive coordinator Harlon Barnett, South Car- olina offensive coordina- tor Bryan McClendon and Navy offensive coordinator Ivin Jasper are all part of the latest class. Picked by their conferences and schools to go through the program, they’re all in phase two that includes one-on-one mock interviews, conversations with search firms and infor- mation about contracts and what to expect from being a head coach. “It’s just the knowledge of what goes into becom- ing a head coach, what (ath- letic directors) look for, what search firms look for,” said Jasper, who has been a candidate for jobs at Geor- gia Southern, Yale and Rice during his time at Navy. “Having those tools in our toolbox now and know what people look for, now we can address those issues and work on getting better at it.” Jasper and Elliott had their mock interviews back- to-back with their wives seated a few feet away. Oli- ver played the role of the interviewer for a job at a fictional Atlantic Univer- sity in Florida, firing ques- tions at each coach about a head job and asking for their questions. Afterward, Oliver cri- tiqued them on every- thing from how fast they were talking to what they shouldn’t have said. Oli- ver has seen coaches go from not being able to fin- ish answers to having a bet- ter idea of what to expect the next time the phone rings about an opening. “Had I not gone through this process, I wouldn’t know what I was get- ting into,” Elliott said. “I wouldn’t have been encour- aged to go prepare in the areas where I needed to pre- pare to ultimately be suc- cessful. Because at the end of the day, it’s not just becoming a head coach. It’s being a successful head coach and building a suc- cessful program.” The program includes two steps of interview train- ing, video clips to show strengths and weaknesses and an in-person follow-up by former Washington Redskins general man- ager Charley Casserly and other officials. This year, the NCAA invited the coordi- nators’ wives to sit in on the program and welcomed their input. SCOREBOARD Baseball MLB East Division Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto Baltimore Central Division Cleveland Minnesota Detroit Chicago Kansas City West Division W 59 56 43 40 24 L 29 28 43 46 62 Pct GB .670 — .667 1 .500 15 .465 18 .279 34 W 48 36 38 30 25 L 37 48 51 57 61 Pct GB .565 — .429 11½ .427 12 .345 19 .291 23½ W 58 56 48 44 39 L 31 32 39 44 49 Pct .652 .636 .552 .500 .443 GB — 1½ 9 13½ 18½ Houston Seattle Oakland Los Angeles Texas ——— Thursday’s Games Texas 7, Detroit 5 Houston 4, Chicago White Sox 3 Minnesota 5, Baltimore 2 Seattle 4, L.A. Angels 1 Friday’s Games N.Y. Yankees (Gray 5-6) at Toronto (Gaviglio 2-2), 4:07 p.m. Oakland (Blackburn 2-2) at Cleveland (Carrasco 8-5), 4:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Stanek 1-2) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 5-4), 4:10 p.m. Texas (Colon 5-5) at Detroit (Zimmermann 3-0), 4:10 p.m. Baltimore (Bundy 6-7) at Minnesota (Lynn 5-7), 5:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Lopez 4-5) at Houston (McCullers 9-3), 5:10 p.m. Boston (Sale 8-4) at Kansas City (Hammel 2-10), 5:15 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 5-5) at L.A. Angels (Pena 1-0), 7:07 p.m. Colorado (Marquez 6-8) at Seattle (Hernan- dez 8-6), 7:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 49 37 .570 — Philadelphia 47 37 .560 1 Washington 43 43 .500 6 New York 34 49 .410 13½ Miami 36 53 .404 14½ Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 52 35 .598 — Chicago 49 35 .583 1½ St. Louis 45 41 .523 6½ Pittsburgh 40 46 .465 11½ Cincinnati 38 49 .437 14 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 47 39 .547 — Arizona 48 40 .545 — Colorado 44 43 .506 3½ San Francisco 45 44 .506 3½ San Diego 38 51 .427 10½ ——— Thursday’s Games Washington 14, Miami 12 Milwaukee 7, Atlanta 2 San Diego 6, Arizona 3 St. Louis 11, San Francisco 2 Friday’s Games Cincinnati (Mahle 6-6) at Chicago Cubs (Montgomery 3-2), 11:20 a.m. Miami (Straily 3-4) at Washington (Gonza- lez 6-5), 4:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Pivetta 5-7) at Pittsburgh (Williams 6-6), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Stanek 1-2) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 5-4), 4:10 p.m. Atlanta (Foltynewicz 6-4) at Milwaukee (Peralta 3-1), 5:10 p.m. San Diego (Lucchesi 4-3) at Arizona (God- ley 9-6), 6:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 5-5) at L.A. Angels (Pena 1-0), 7:07 p.m. Colorado (Marquez 6-8) at Seattle (Hernan- dez 8-6), 7:10 p.m. St. Louis (Gant 2-3) at San Francisco (Rodriguez 3-1), 7:15 p.m. ALL-STAR FAN VOTE As of July 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE CATCHER 1. Wilson Ramos, Rays, 1,556,195 2. Gary Sanchez, Yankees, 1,116,568 3. Brian McCann, Astros, 961,325 4. Salvador Perez, Royals, 614,492 5. Yan Gomes, Indians, 522,139 FIRST BASE 1. Jose Abreu, White Sox, 1,312,221 2. Yuli Gurriel, Astros, 1,088,068 3. Mitch Moreland, Red Sox, 907,955 4. Albert Pujols, Angels, 688,594 5. Miguel Cabrera, Tigers, 499,603 SECOND BASE 1. Jose Altuve, Astros, 3,405,815 2. Gleyber Torres, Yankees, 997,724 3. Dee Gordon, Mariners, 528,270 4. Jason Kipnis, Indians, 372,885 5. Jed Lowrie, Athletics, 255,092 THIRD BASE 1. Jose Ramirez, Indians, 1,811,902 2. Alex Bregman, Astros, 1,050,370 3. Miguel Andujar, Yankees, 963,641 4. Adrian Beltre, Rangers, 590,283 5. Kyle Seager, Mariners, 447,940 SHORTSTOP 1. Manny Machado, Orioles, 1,272,233 2. Carlos Correa, Astros, 1,135,152 3. Francisco Lindor, Indians, 898,977 4. Didi Gregorius, Yankees, 824,710 5. Jean Segura, Mariners, 675,140 DESIGNATED HITTER 1. J.D. Martinez, Red Sox, 2,236,945 2. Giancarlo Stanton, Yankees, 977,274 3. Evan Gattis, Astros, 953,460 4. Nelson Cruz, Mariners, 601,794 5. Edwin Encarnacion, Indians, 559,915 OUTFIELD 1. Mookie Betts, Red Sox, 3,119,106 2. Mike Trout, Angels, 2,666,972 3. Aaron Judge, Yankees, 2,021,348 4. George Springer, Astros, 1,141,661 5. Michael Brantley, Indians, 1,093,376 6. Andrew Benintendi, Red Sox, 1,071,135 7. Marwin Gonzalez, Astros, 768,281 8. Josh Reddick, Astros, 706,145 9. Eddie Rosario, Twins, 666,108 10. Mitch Haniger, Mariners, 652,563 11. Brett Gardner, Yankees, 636,087 12. Jackie Bradley Jr., Red Sox, 506,993 13. Aaron Hicks, Yankees, 483,574 14. Nicholas Castellanos, Tigers, 469,578 15. Tyler Naquin, Indians, 344,639 NATIONAL LEAGUE CATCHER 1. Buster Posey, Giants, 1,384,631 2. Willson Contreras, Cubs, 1,240,132 3. Kurt Suzuki, Braves, 1,174,470 4. Yadier Molina, Cardinals, 913,149 5. J.T. Realmuto, Marlins, 818,925 FIRST BASE 1. Freddie Freeman, Braves, 2,905,301 2. Anthony Rizzo, Cubs, 1,178,915 3. Brandon Belt, Giants, 802,027 4. Cody Bellinger, Dodgers, 661,485 5. Joey Votto, Reds, 479,803 SECOND BASE 1. Ozzie Albies, Braves, 1,857,185 2. Scooter Gennett, Reds, 1,689,393 3. Javier Baez, Cubs, 1,586,888 4. Joe Panik, Giants, 493,573 5. Logan Forsythe, Dodgers, 379,325 THIRD BASE 1. Nolan Arenado, Rockies, 2,326,711 2. Kris Bryant, Cubs, 1,370,631 3. Johan Camargo, Braves, 868,860 4. Eugenio Suarez, Reds, 601,219 5. Justin Turner, Dodgers, 496,912 SHORTSTOP 1. Brandon Crawford, Giants, 2,303,516 2. Dansby Swanson, Braves, 1,162,263 3. Addison Russell, Cubs, 1,026,014 4. Trevor Story, Rockies, 820,484 5. Chris Taylor, Dodgers, 498,570 OUTFIELD 1. Nick Markakis, Braves, 2,457,648 2. Matt Kemp, Dodgers, 2,046,534 3. Bryce Harper, Nationals, 1,777,221 4. Charlie Blackmon, Rockies, 1,310,107 5. Ronald Acuna Jr., Braves, 1,204,321 6. Ender Inciarte, Braves, 1,101,511 7. Jason Heyward, Cubs, 1,018,320 8. Kyle Schwarber, Cubs, 939,907 9. Ben Zobrist, Cubs, 900,316 10. Christian Yelich, Brewers, 708,250 11. Odubel Herrera, Phillies, 664,335 12. Lorenzo Cain, Brewers, 613,205 13. Andrew McCutchen, Giants, 595,907 14. Corey Dickerson, Pirates, 540,093 15. Yasiel Puig, Dodgers, 509,936 MiLB Northwest League North Division W L Everett (Mariners) 12 8 Tri-City (Padres) 9 12 Vancouver (Blue Jays) 8 Spokane (Rangers) 8 13 South Division W L Pct. .600 .429 12 .381 GB — 3½ .400 4½ Pct. GB Hillsboro (Diamondbacks) 14 7 .667 — Salem-Keizer (Giants) 13 8 .619 1 Boise (Rockies) 12 9 .571 2 Eugene (Cubs) 7 14 .333 7 ——— Thursday’s Games Boise 8, Eugene 5 Spokane 3, Tri-City 1 Hillsboro 5, Salem-Keizer 4, 10 innings Vancouver 8, Everett 4 Friday’s Games Eugene at Boise, 6:15 p.m. Tri-City at Spokane, 6:30 p.m. Hillsboro at Salem-Keizer, 6:35 p.m. Vancouver at Everett, 7:05 p.m. Soccer FIFA WORLD CUP QUARTERFINAL Friday, July 6 At Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Uruguay vs. France, 7 a.m. At Kazan, Russia Brazil vs. Belgium, 11 a.m. Saturday, July 7 At Samara, Russia Sweden vs. England, 7 a.m. At Sochi, Russia Russia vs. Croatia, 11 a.m. MLS Thursday-Friday’s Games No games scheduled. Saturday’s Games Orlando City at Los Angeles FC, 1:30 p.m. Atlanta United FC at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Colorado at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Seattle at New England, 4:30 p.m. Toronto FC at Sporting Kansas City, 5:30 p.m. Minnesota United at Houston, 6 p.m. FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake, 7 p.m. Chicago at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m. Columbus at LA Galaxy, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at Portland, 8 p.m. Tennis 4 THE CHAMPIONSHIP, WIMBLEDON Men’s Singles Second Round Karen Khachanov, Russia, def. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (4), 7-5. Frances Tiafoe, United States, def. Julien Benneteau, France, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. Kyle Edmund (21), Britain, def. Bradley Klahn, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (0), 6-2. Novak Djokovic (12), Serbia, def. Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3. Nick Kyrgios (15), Australia, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. Kei Nishikori (24), Japan, def. Bernard Tomic, Australia, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7), 7-5. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, def. Damir Dzum- hur (27), Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3. Juan Martin del Potro (5), Argentina, def. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2. Benoit Paire, France, def. Denis Shapovalov (26), Canada, 0-6, 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (3). Gilles Simon, France, def. Matteo Berretti- ni, Italy, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Matthew Ebden, Australia, def. Stephane Robert, France, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-1. Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, def. Diego Schwartzman (14), Argentina, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3). Fabio Fognini (19), Italy, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1. Alex De Minaur, Australia, def. Pierre-Hu- gues Herbert, France, 6-2, 6-7 (8), 7-5, 6-3. Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. Women’s Singles Second Round Simona Halep (1), Romania, def. Saisai Zheng, China, 7-5, 6-0. Su-Wei Hsieh, Taiwan, def. Lara Arruabarre- na-Vecino, Spain, 6-3, 6-3. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, def. Johanna Konta (22), Britain, 6-3, 6-4. Elise Mertens (15), Belgium, def. Sachia Vickery, United States, 6-1, 6-3. Jelena Ostapenko (12), Latvia, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, 6-1, 6-3. Vitalia Diatchenko, Russia, def. Sofia Kenin, United States, 6-4, 6-1. Daria Gavrilova (26), Australia, def. Saman- tha Stosur, Australia, 6-4, 6-1. Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, def. Taylor Townsend, United States, 6-0, 6-4. Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgium, def. Garbine Muguruza (3), Spain, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1. Anett Kontaveit (28), Estonia, def. Jennifer Brady, United States, 6-2, 7-6 (4). Ashleigh Barty (17), Australia, def. Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, 6-4, 7-5. Daria Kasatkina (14), Russia, def. Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, 6-2, 6-3. Angelique Kerber (11), Germany, def. Claire Liu, United States, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4. Naomi Osaka (18), Japan, def. Katie Boulter, Britain, 6-3, 6-4. Carla Suarez-Navarro (27), Spain, def. Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spain, 6-4, 6-1. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, def. Alison Riske, United States, 1-6, 7-6 (10), 6-2. Barbora Strycova (23), Czech Republic, def. Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, 6-1, 6-4. Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, def. Ons Jabeur, Tunisia, 5-7, 6-4, 9-7. Basketball WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Washington 11 6 .647 Connecticut 10 8 .556 Atlanta 8 8 .500 Chicago 6 12 .333 New York 5 13 .278 Indiana 2 17 .105 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Phoenix 14 5 .737 Seattle 13 5 .722 Los Angeles 12 7 .632 Minnesota 11 7 .611 Dallas 9 8 .529 Las Vegas 7 12 .368 ——— Thursday’s Games Washington 86, New York 67 Minnesota 83, Los Angeles 72 Dallas 90, Indiana 63 Phoenix 84, Connecticut 77 Las Vegas 84, Chicago 80 Friday’s Games Seattle at Atlanta, 4 p.m. GB — 1½ 2½ 5½ 6½ 10 GB — ½ 2 2½ 4 7 Golf LPGA THORNBERRY CREEK LPGA CLASSIC Thursday At Thornberry Creek at Oneida Oneida, Wis. Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,624; Par: 72 (36-36) First Round Katherine Kirk 33-29—62 -10 Sei Young Kim 33-30—63 -9 Brittany Marchand 30-34—64 -8 Megan Khang 31-33—64 -8 Brooke M. 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