Spring Break
Comings and goings
Issue date: 8/23/04 Section: Sports
Going
... from Cross Country is John McInerney. The eight year head coach of the track and field team decided to step down to become a full-time teacher in the physical education department. The coach also wanted to spend more time with his family, citing his two young boys as a major reason for trying to find some more time to stay home.
"Coach McInerney was the kind of guy that everybody loved having involved with the program here at Eastern," Director of Athletics Richard McDuffie said. "He worked up some great relationships between his co-workers and his athletes over his time here; it is hard to trade him in for anybody else."
Coming
... into Cross Country is Geoff Masanet. The former disciple of McInerney, Masanet's connection with the departing coach stretches all the way back to high school when McInerney coached Masanet. Masanet's previous coaching experience came from Missouri-Kansas City, where he had spent five years coaching in the Mid-Continent Conference.
"The first thing that stands out about (Masanet) is his passion for the university," McDuffie said. "The next thing about him is the past experience that he has accumulated at Missouri-Kansas City. He has a knack for hard work and getting the job done the right way."
Going
... from Women's Basketball is Linda Wunder. Wunder spent five years on the Eastern bench as the women's head coach, but in that time accumulated only 36 victories in 137 games. Eastern decided to go a different direction after the season ended and the team could only muster a ninth-place finish in the OVC, thus eliminating the team from competing in the OVC Tournament.
"Linda was a fine person but things just didn't materialize over the course of the five years she was here," McDuffie said. "I don't know about things falling apart between the team and her last year, it was just a matter of not getting the results all of us thought would come."
Coming
... from Cross Country is John McInerney. The eight year head coach of the track and field team decided to step down to become a full-time teacher in the physical education department. The coach also wanted to spend more time with his family, citing his two young boys as a major reason for trying to find some more time to stay home.
"Coach McInerney was the kind of guy that everybody loved having involved with the program here at Eastern," Director of Athletics Richard McDuffie said. "He worked up some great relationships between his co-workers and his athletes over his time here; it is hard to trade him in for anybody else."
Coming
... into Cross Country is Geoff Masanet. The former disciple of McInerney, Masanet's connection with the departing coach stretches all the way back to high school when McInerney coached Masanet. Masanet's previous coaching experience came from Missouri-Kansas City, where he had spent five years coaching in the Mid-Continent Conference.
"The first thing that stands out about (Masanet) is his passion for the university," McDuffie said. "The next thing about him is the past experience that he has accumulated at Missouri-Kansas City. He has a knack for hard work and getting the job done the right way."
Going
... from Women's Basketball is Linda Wunder. Wunder spent five years on the Eastern bench as the women's head coach, but in that time accumulated only 36 victories in 137 games. Eastern decided to go a different direction after the season ended and the team could only muster a ninth-place finish in the OVC, thus eliminating the team from competing in the OVC Tournament.
"Linda was a fine person but things just didn't materialize over the course of the five years she was here," McDuffie said. "I don't know about things falling apart between the team and her last year, it was just a matter of not getting the results all of us thought would come."
Coming
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