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THE RICE THRESHER NEWS ERIDAY, JANUARY 26,2007
COACH
From page 1
euphoria of a bowl game."
Prior to coaching at Texas
State, Bailiff spent three sea-
sons at Texas Christian Univer-
sity — the last two as defensive
coordinator. In one of those
years, 2002, TCU led the nation
in total defense.
Del Conte said the selection
committee included current
players, community members and
members of the Board ofTrustees.
The committee interviewed
severalcandidates.butBailiffstood
out because of his experience and
Texas roots.
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Head football coach David Bailiff
"Rice University as a whole
is a global university, but Rice
football is Texas," Del Conte
said. "You look, and over 95
percent of our student-athletes
in the football program are from
Texas, so we wanted to make
sure he has recruiting ties, loy-
alty to the state, understands the
culture of Rice and appreciates
what we're all about."
Bailiff was born in the Dal-
las area and played high school
football in San Antonio before
playing collegiate football at
Texas State.
Following the success of the
2006 season, Del Conte said
the committee was looking for
a coach who could be held to
an expectation of continued
improvement.
"Expectations are great, and
that's the beautiful thing about
Todd [Graham]," Del Conte
said. "He taught us to expect to
win, and that's the expectation
now that you've won."
Although Bailiffcomesinwith
a longer and more impressive
resume than (iraham, his arrival
in some ways is much quieter.
But quarterback Chase Clem-
ent said the players are already
beginning to trust Bailiff.
'There's really been a lot of
speculation about whether or
not we can trust another coach
again, after what happened,"
Clement, a Jones College red-
shirt sophomore, said. "But
[Bailiff] came in here, and I
really think they got a guy that
we can trust and has a lot of fire
behind him."
While a few coaches from
Graham's staff decided to stay
at Rice, Bailiff has brought in
new coaches to fill most of the
positions. In his introductory
press conference, Bailiff said
he is bringing in Tom Herman,
Blake Miller and Craig Naivar
from Texas State. Herman will
be offensive coordinator and
quarterbacks coach — duties
similar to those he held at Texas
State. Herman, a 1997graduate of
California Lutheran University,
will continue the trend of young
offensive coordinators set by
Major Applewhite. Herman's
Texas State offense led the
Southland Conference in total
offense for the past two seasons,
and he employed a spread
passing system similar to the
one employed by Applewhite.
Miller will coach the
offensive line, and Naivar will
be co-defensive coordinator and
safeties coach.
The Athletic Department
announced several more hirings
Wednesday. Chuck Driesbach
was named assistant head coach
and co-defensive coordinator,
Darin Eliot was named defensive
line coach and Jason Washing-
ton will coach cornerbacks.
The most notable of these
coaches is Driesbach, who
comes to Rice after spending the
past two seasons as the second-
ary coach at Michigan State Uni-
versity. Driesbach lias coached
for 28 years at the collegiate level
and lias been a defensive coordi-
nator in 5 different conferences
for 15 seasons.
Returning from last year's
staff are wide receivers coach
David Beattyand running backs
coach Michael Smith.
Del Conte also announced
Wednesday that director of
strength and conditioning
Yancy Mi Knight —who initially
left Rice tor Tulsa with former
head coach Todd Graham — will
return next season.
Varsity athletes from all
sports, not just football, wanted
Del Conte to try to bring McK-
ni^ht back, Del Conte said.
"The idea is not necessarily
where he's coming back from,"
Del Conte said. "The idea is that
our kids, no matter what sport,
wanted to see him here."
POLICE BLOTTER
The following items were reported to the Rice University Police
Department for the period Jan. 17-21.
Residential Colleges
Lovett College
Jones College
Academic Buildings
Dell Butcher Hall
Abercrombie Laboratory
Dell Butcher Hall
Abercrombie Laboratory
Other Areas
Autry Court
Jan. 20
Jan. 21
Jan. 18
Jan. 19
Jan. 18
Jan. 19
Jan. 17
Laboratory Road
Laboratory Road
Jan. 18
Jan. 21
Student referred to Student
Judicial Programs for minor
in consumption.
Laptop and iPod stolen.
Theft.
Building burglarized.
Theft.
Building burglarized.
Subject pushed fan in chest
at basketball game. Subject
issued municipal citation for
simple assault.
Failure to stop and
give information.
Subject arrested for driving while
intoxicated and remanded to
Harris County Jail.
DELIRIOUS
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another artist of the movement,
submitted a urinal to an art exhibi-
tion after entitling it "Fountain."
The theme "Delirious"
was inspired by the book
Delirious New York, written
by the famous Dutch architect
Rem Koolhaas.
Last year, 400 people attended
the masquerade-themed party.
This year, organizers are expect-
ing at least the same number
of people.
Archi-Arts usually costs about
$3,000, but this year's venue has
raised the price tag to about $4,000.
The party is one of the many fund-
raisers architecture students have
each year to support their annual
trip to Paris in the spring.
"The Archi-Arts Party is usu-
ally one of the more fun parties
at Rice," Sid Richardson College
senior Mike Vick said. "They
always have a mixture of people
dressed up really nice and people
who are dressed in ridiculously
creative costumes."
Snacks and beverages will be
provided at the event. Ticket will
cost $10 in advance and $12 at
the door. The tickets will be sold
Feb. 2-9 at each college commons.
T-shirts, designed by architecture
students, will cost $10 each.
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Brown, David. The Rice Thresher, Vol. 94, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 2007, newspaper, January 26, 2007; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth443012/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.