The Register, 1994-09-27

              thomas is single and in his free time enjoys playing tennis as well as racquetball _ by kenneth griffin before going to tyler junior college thomas was an assistant coach at division i baylor university for five years he was also the head coach of texas a&i for three years where he had a 31-39 record at tyler jun ior college one of the nation s top j un ior colleges he had a record of 218-96 liams williams hopes to bring the same successses that her team had years ago back to a&t our goal this season is to be number one in the meac and i think we have a good chance i'm really excited about our team said wil i love volleyball and i love a&t said williams who two years ago married volleyball player corey williams who plays for george mason university she originally came to a&t in 1982 on a track scholar ship but a year later she decided to play volleyball and earned a vol leyball scholarship although williams is a rookie at coaching her knowledge of the game goes much farther the first year head coach has played for the united slates volleyball association usva since she graduated run don't forget to attend the next home football game oct 15 vs morgan state homecoming golf tourney attracts many nearly 300 golfers are expected to niors defending champion bill lariicipale in the 16th annual ag hill of greensboro will face golf jie-homeeoniing golf tournament ersfrom 10 stales and the disirictof friday get 28 on bryan park's columbia wo courses prizes include two com i'roeeeds from the tour plimentary airline tickets from con lament will benefit a&t's athlet iinental airlines ics program especially the non rev persons interested in reg ime sports istering for the tournament should the tournament of indi call helen jones at 334 7686 by wdualmedalistplay willhaveflights oct 7 for men and women including se the aggies started their would you like incredible authority for your area while asking for gifts for my birthday this past saturday i left off a few presents that i know i couldn't get gift wrapped on time for example have you ever thought about the bill hayes show your of responsibility ? are you interested in quickly seeing the results of your work ? would you like lo work in a dynamic and challenging environment do you strive to be innovative and independent are you looking for own long-term professional & personal growth a chance to apply your intelligence and leadership skills then don't miss this opportunity business to find out about running your own business at dayton's hudson's and marshall field's according to dr willie burden a&t athletic director the aggies still have one game left on a four-year contract to play appalachian however burden does not know when the game will be played but the game will take place at aggie stadium burden did say he didn't think the game would be played next finding a host for the show would not be too difficult as long as it isn't appalachian state head coach lerry moore which brings me to my second birthday present i would love to have gift wrapped another meeting with appalachian state next year here at aggie stadium 1 really don't think they showed much class by throwing a 65-yard touchdown bomb with the score 38-0 in the latter part of the fourth quarter then to attempt an on-side kick just adds to an obvious disrespect of a&t's football team the only problem may be finding a sponsor willing to take a chance on a division 1-aa coaches show however one dose of the bill hayes charm should convince any sponsor that hayes would be a television success however coach hayes would have to remember a few things about television off the record doesn't have the same effect and that most likely the show would be a family show don't call me crazy yet picture a weekly talk show on sunday morning featuring bill hayes and aggie football high lights from the previous saturday game it may sound impossible now but don't be surprised if some day you wake up and turn to channel 8 and sitting there is coach bill hayes if anyone can sit through a 30-minute taping of mack brown or les robinson then certainly a tell-it-like-it-is-type-of guy like bill hayes should be given an opportunity with his personality and sometimes charming attitude he is a natural for television year we're part of dayton hudson corporation one of america's largest general merchandise retailers with 63 stores in minnesota michigan illinois indiana ohio texas wisconsin north dakota and south dakota dayton's hudson's on paper it looks like the aggies will be big underdogs southern comes in as the defending black college national cham pions and are ranked in the top 10 division 1-aa but as that old cliche goes football games aren't played on paper just an added thought i wonder if it had been the same situation with say a wake forest would appalachian state have attempted to run the score up just a thought my final birthday wish would be a victory over southern in the circle city classic this saturday a victory would say volumes for the a&t program and the job bill hayes and his coaching staff have done 44-27 sports editor brian holloway tells it like it is biweekly the register / sports 10 september 27,1994 by brian holloway sports editor williams was a marketing repre sentative before accepting the head coaching position at a&t when the new aggie vol leyball coach accepted the posi tion several weeks ago it was like coming back to familiar territory cathy williams a 1987 a&t graduate played volleyball for the aggies from 1983-86 vet roy thomas directs aggie basketball team thomas 44 will take over for jeff capel who resigned to take a head coaching position at old dominion university thomas has had strong recommendations from some of the top thomas said he views the job at a&t as a fantastic situation i am coming to a good program he said roy chester thomas former coach of the basketball program at tyler junior college in tyler texas has been selected as the new basketball coach at a&t thomas has a superb coaching record which includes an overall 14-year coaching record of 252-140 conference championships four of the past six years and his three time selection as coach of the year division i coaches including nolan richardson of arkansas and george raveling of southern california a&t puts old face in new position season in the labor day tourna tition like ecu west carolina ment held in moore gym we played against some good compe campbell and alabama state it was our biggest tournament this year said williams with our schedule we are play ing a lot of big "/ want them to do the best they can do in academics and athletics i think besides girls bas ketball volleyball is the most ex citing female sport 1 hope we can port we should be able to get more quality players to improve our pro gram it's like you almost have to have a lottery to get people to come to the games get more people to realize that and get more support from the fans this season williams said williams added i think the larger schools get more coverage therefore they can at tract more players with more sup name schools which should help us in the conference while williams wants her players to be the best volleyball players they can she also wants them to realize that there are other things besides volleyball i want them to do the best they can do in academics and athletics that is my goal as a coach said williams returning to help will iams achieve her goal are shelly spotswood and amy greenly other returning players are adriena jenkins ecolia smith and jeanene glenn coach thomas has high expectations for his first year he hopes to be competitive and continue the winning basketball tradition at a&t thomas stresses that players do their best on the court as well as in the classroom he hopes to improve the graduation rate of his athletes staffwriter