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Tuesday, July 29, 1997
Kite mulled UT coaching job
AUSTIN (AP) - Tom Kite, this year's U.S. Ryder Cup team captain,
says he briefly considered applying to become golf coach at the
University of Texas.
Texas athletics director DeLoss Dodds could hire someone this
week to replace Jimmy Clayton, who is retiring.
Dodds has sought advice from several former Longhorn players,
including Kite, Ben Crenshaw, Justin Leonard and Bob Estes.
"When it came open I thought about it, but not for long,"
Kite, 47, told the Austin American-Statesman.
"I would enjoy doing it, but I'm not ready now. Maybe
in 10 or 15 years, but by then I'll be too old. I still want to
play, and with any job you have to devote yourself full time.
Otherwise, it's a hobby."
Texas dominated college golf in the early 1970s with a team
that included Kite and Crenshaw. The two played together during
the 1970-71 and 1971-72 seasons.
In those years, the Longhorns won 13 tournaments, including
back-to-back NCAA championships. Kite won nine college titles
for the Longhorns in four seasons; Crenshaw captured 18 before
turning pro before his senior year. Crenshaw won NCAA medalist
honors outright in 1971 and 1973, and he and Kite shared the title
in 1972.
Kite said he did not recommend any prospective coaches to Dodds.
But he did suggest criteria.
"Obviously, recruiting is No. 1," Kite said. "Good
rapport with players is important. Knowledge of the swing is important.
And you need to promote the program," he said.
"I think recruiting is an area in which we've been lacking
in recent years. We've been getting very good players because
Texas has very good players. But wee haven't gone out of state
much. I think the program has lot a little prominence." Send
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