Transcript WVU: Local Economy to “ Beast of the East”

WVU: Local Economy to “ Beast
of the East”
Dana Brooks, Ronald Althouse,
Damien Clement, West Virginia
University
Web Pages of Interest
http://sportsintegration.wvu.edu
http://www.wvu.edu/~physed/brooks/
Purpose of Paper
• Describe the social, economic, and political
factors leading to the integration of sports at
West Virginia University
Research Questions
• What factors encouraged WVU coaches and
administrators to recruit African America athletes?
• Who were the first African America athletes (male
and female) play varsity sports at WVU?
• What was the community’s and local media’s
reaction to sport integration on campus?
• What were the daily experiences of the first
African American athletes on and off campus?
• How do we measure the progress made by African
American athletes?
Research Methods
• Oral History: In-depth interviews
• Photographs as Image-based Research
Approach
Founding of West Virginia
University (1867)
Martin Hall
WOODBURN
Life on Campus: The Early Years
• West Virginia Constitution
• First African American faculty and students
on campus: Jack Hodge, Annette ChandlerBrown, Victoria Monroe
• First Master’s Degree awarded to African
America: 1942
First Grads: BA
• Rev. Harry Coleman
• BA: Sociology with
minor in History and
Education, 1957
• Masters of Divinity,
Boston University
School of Theology,
1960
First Graduate Students: MS
• Horace Belmear: MS
Physical Education(1951)
• Former Dunbar High
School
• Former Assistant Dean,
Student Affairs (WVU)
• WVU School of Physical
Education Hall of Fame
One of the First Ed.D. : Dr. Taylor
Perry
• Ed.D. : Counseling
Education ( 1975)
• M.A.: Counseling and
Guidance (1969)
Extension Agents: 1951 Conference
Frank Cleckly
Tribute to Pioneer African
American Faculty
• Ancella and Nelson Bickley
Morgantown During the 1950’s and
60’s
WVU Men’s Athletics
A Look At Revenue and NonRevenue Programs: From the
Beginning
WVU Football: The first Team
(1891)
Integration of Sport at WVU
• Football:1891- students took up collection,
ordered a football, rule book and a set of
uniforms
• Game played on the :baseball grounds in
South Morgantown (site of the B&O freight
depot- S. University Ave.)
• WVU lost to Washington & Jefferson(72-0)
• No team was organized in 1892
Football (Cont.)
• 1893: WVU won its first game (defeated
Mt. Pleasant Institute 12-0)
• 1895: Team won 5-6 games (victories over
Mt. Pleasant, Pit, Latrobe, Marietta, and
Washington and Lee. Note, Pitt. Was called
the University of Western Pennsylvania)
• 1901: First night game- WVU beat
Marietta. Harry Stansbury was hired as AD.
Football( Cont.)
• From 1891- 1963, all football players at
WVU were white
• 1963: Roger Alford (offensive guard 1963-65), Dick Leftridge ( Fullback)
• Team QB- Eddie Pastilong (current AD)
• 1964-65 season: Garrett Ford and John
Mallory
WVU Football : Coach Gene
Corum
Head Coach: 1960-1965
Record: 29-30-2
1964 Freshman Team
WVU Football: Garrett Ford and
John Mallory (1964)
Garrett Ford’s Record
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Rushing yardage for three years, 2166
Rushing plays for a career, 453
Rushing plays for one season, 236 (1966)
Rushing yardage in one quarter, 133 (Pitt.1965)
• Became WVU’s first football player to rush
for 1,000 yards in a season
• Drafted in 1968 by the Denver Broncos
Carl Crennel
• Middle Linebacker/
Middle Guard from
Lynchburg, Va.
• Soph. named All
American by AP.
Jim Braxton
• One of WVU’s most
versatile football players
(end, running back,
Kicked field goals, and
point after touch downs).
• WVU ’s first African
American first- team AllAmerican.
• Drafted by Buffalo Bills
WVU Basketball: The first team
(1903-1904)
1965: Varsity Team
Ron Williams Record
• From Weirton, WVA.: Led high school
team to three class AAA championships.
• Freshman year at WVU: Led team with
over 31 points per game.
• Three year scoring : 1,687
• Played NBA: San Francisco (1969-71);
Golden State (1972-73); Milwaukee (197475); Los Angeles (1976).
1966: Varsity Team
STANSBURY HALL
1966
Jim Lewis-33
Carl Head-22
Norman
Holmes-12
1967
Carry Baily52
Jim
Lewis-33
Non- Revenue Sports
• 1976: Bruce Clinton- baseball
• 1980: Cathy Parsons- highest career
points(2,218) and most field goal attempts
in one game (28)
• 1987: Yvette Clark- Gymnastics
• 1988: Richmond Brown; Swim team
• 1981: Shirley Robinson: women’s tennis
• 1962: Phil Edwards: track- triple jump
WVU: Fencing ( Club): Wes
Morrow
1896 Baseball Team
1965:Track Team (First Team-1905)
Henry
Armstrong
Maurice
Moon
Wayne
Kiger
1961 Phil Edwards
Leonard Bloom and Phil
Edwards
Soccer Team, 1965 ( First Team1961-1962)
George
Woods
Soccer: 1967
Mohamed
Lugenja
Jacob
Ilkiuyoni
Mohamed
KawishiMoshi
Wrestling Team, 1921
Jim Stevens: 1966-1967 ( 120 to 137
lbs.)
Morgantown,
WVA.
WVU Women’s Athletic Program
Prior to And Following Title IX:
Race and Gender Issues
WVU Women’s Gymnastics:
Yvette Clark (1987)
Became second
female in WVU
history recognized
for Atlantic awards
in all five events
Atlantic 10 Senior
of the Year Award
WVU Women’s Basketball:
Cathy Parsons (1980)
All-American
Three-Time team MVP
All-time leading scorer
First player to score 2,000
points
Head Coach WNBA: Mystics
(1998)
Previous coach: Howard
University
Georgeanna Wells(6’-7”) : Dec. 21,
1984
First Female to dunk a
basketball in a game
Inducted into Phi
Slama Jama-Dunking
fraternity
Basketball placed in
Basketball Hall of
Fame.
Swimming
• Vanessa Patterson:19931997( Sprints and Back
Stroke).
• Soph.: Finished 3rd
Atlantic 10 champions
Valerie Patterson: 19931997 ( Distance Free)
Team MVP- 1994-95
School records: 500,
200, 1000 free
WVU Women’s Tennis: Shirley
Robinson (1981)
First and Only
African
American
Female to play
tennis at WVU
Assistant and Head Coaches
Wrestling Assistant Coach
• Nate Carr:1986- 1988
• Three Time nation
champion at Iowa State
(1981-83)
• Bronze madal-1988
Olympics
• Three time member of
World Cup Team(1983,
1986, 1989)
Track Assistant Coaches
• Tracy Pittman
(jumps): 1992
• Responsible for the
men’s and women’s
jumpers and hurdlers.
• Former member of the
Texas Longhorn track
team.
Track Assistant Coaches
• Tonya McKelvey-White
(Jumps/hurdles):1997
• All-American ClemsonLong jump-1993-94
• Audrey Dempsey
(Jumps/hurdles):1998
• Former Asst. Morehouse
from 1993-94 and 199798.
• Holds ACC records in 100
meters and 4x100
Basketball Assistant Coaches
• Ron Brown: 1985-1993
• Assistant coach at Pratt
Institute- New York City
• Tutor for NBA players
• Recruiting for WVU
• Dereck Whittenburg: 19931994
• Former Assistant coach at
Colorado, North Carolina,
Long Beach State, George
Mason.
Football Assistant Coaches
• Garrett Ford Sr.: Junior
Varsity,1977; receivers,
1976, running back,197275;chief scout,1970
• Bob Simmons: Outside
Linebackers, 1980-87
• Coached at Toledo and
Bowling Green.
• Played football at Bowling
Green-All Conference.
Soccer Coach Marlon LeBlanc
• WVU’s First African
America Head Coach:
Soccer ( 2006)
Summary and Conclusions
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Recruiting Impact:
Member of Southern Conference
“Local” Recruiting Networks
Images of West Virginia
Title IX: Lack of Recruiting Budget Initially
WVU’s competition integrated teams prior
to 1963
Summary and Conclusions
• Some progress: Hiring of assistant coaches in
football, basketball and track and field.
• Little progress: Hiring of head athletic coaches
(men and women).
• Little progress with the integration of several
teams: tennis, swimming/diving, volleyball, rifle
One WVU