After two years, Abilene Christian distance coach Sam Burroughs (pictured at right) is spurning a relatively strong D2 program for North Texas.
Burroughs was tasked with rebuilding an ACU program hit with NCAA sanctions, following an imbroglio over interntaional athletes. Abilene is well known for its top-notch Kenyans; Amos Sang won both long races at outdoors in Charlotte.
Sang's success was the high point for Burroughs, and I'm not sure what the immediate future holds for the proud ACU franchise.
North Texas figures to be a coaching challenge, though. The men's team had only two finishers at the D1 South Central regional meet, as the others were apparently out due to injuries. During outdoors, no male runner broke 15 minutes in the 5,000, and the team's top woman just ducked under 18.
Elsewhere: There's two other hot rumors out there, one regarding a very fast 1,500 transfer and another about a D2 coach going D1. Nothing definitive yet; we'll see.
Image from acu.sidearmsports.com.
Another DII coaching going DI..... hmmmm, who might that be?
ReplyDeleteYeah someone has to have the info/rumor. Who is it?
ReplyDelete"North Texas figures to be a coaching challenge, though. The men's team had only two finishers at the D1 South Central regional meet,"...
ReplyDeleteBased on Burroughs' results at ACU, it looks like he'll be able to keep the quality of NT's program exactly where it is......
So, come on, what's the rumor mill or is this other DII-coach-leaving mention just typical negative ASC recruiting.....
So you were right! Queens coach went DI!!!
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