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Iowa coach says he made ‘poor decisions’ at party
DES'MOINES, IOWA (AP) -
Iowa State basketball coach Larry
Eustachy said drinking was a fac
tor in his behavior at a student
party in Missouri, where he was
photographed holding a beer can
and kissing female students on the
cheek.
“I am certainly aware of the
role drinking has played in my be
havior. I am addressing this mat
ter,” Eustachy said in a statement
issued Monday by Des Moines
lawyer Jerry Crawford.
Crawford would not comment
when asked if that meant
Eustachy would seek counseling.
Eustachy was photographed at
a party in a Columbia, Mo., apart
ment during the early morning
hours of Jan. 22, after the Cyclones
lost at Missouri.
The photos show Eustachy em
bracing and kissing women on the
cheek or being kissed on the
cheek. The Des Moines Register
ran the photos to accompany a sto
ry that appeared Monday.
The Register also quoted
Kansas State students describing
Eustachy’s actions at a fraternity
party in Manhattan, Kan., after
the Cyclones lost at Kansas State
in January 2002.
Iowa State administrators were
looking at possible disciplinary ac
tion against Eustachy, who met
with athletic director Bruce Van
De Velde and university President
Gregory Geoflroy after learning the
Register had copies of the photos.
Van De Velde refused to say
what kind of punishment was be
ing considered.
Eustachy said he regretted his
actions.
“I want the people of Iowa and
the fans of our program through
out the nation to know how sorry I
am to have disappointed them
with some poor decisions I have
made,” Eustachy said in his state
ment.
“But words are cheap at a time
like this and I hope to be measured
by my future conduct.”
Asked if dismissal was possible,
Van De Velde replied: “We’re still
reviewing the situation. I have to
visit with the president. We’ll make
that decision down the road.”
Married since 1987, Eustachy
and his wife, Stacy, have two sons
— Hayden, 10, and Evan, 8.
“I’m sure that he is very em
barrassed, as he should be,” Gov.
Tom Vilsack said. “I’m sure he
feels he has let a lot of people down
and he has. He’s going to have to
deal with that.”
Vilsack said children tend to
look up to people in public posi
tions such as Eustachy, who makes
$1 million a year and is Iowa’s
highest paid public employee.
The photos of Eustachy were
taken by Sean Devereaux, who is a
junior at Missouri and lives at the
apartment where the party took
place.
Devereaux told the Register
that Eustachy arrived between
1:30 and 2 a.m. with Missouri play
er Josh Kroenke. Van De Velde
said Eustachy is a friend of
Kroenke’s father, Stan.
The Register quoted Devereaux
as saying Eustachy drank beer,
became belligerent with a party
goer who objected to his presence,
made disparaging remarks about
his team and left the party be
tween 4:30 and 5:30 a.m. after resi
dents of the apartment called a cab
for him.
“He was here and acted very
uncoachlike,” Devereaux told the
newspaper. “I didn’t think per
sonally he could hang that long,
being an old man.”
Devereaux said he took the pho
tos because he wanted to show
that Eustachy had been at his par
ty. He mailed negatives to the
Register in mid-March, telling the
newspaper he made them public
because he was bothered by
Eustachy’s behavior.
“Visiting with Coach Eustachy,
I think he sincerely regrets his ac
tion and the harm he caused the
university,” Van De Velde said. “I
think he understands he has some
challenges and some deficiencies
that he needs to address.”
A Kansas State student, Nicole
Wenger, said Eustachy showed up
at the Kappa Sigma fraternity
house hours after the Cyclones
lost to Kansas State on Jan. 19,
2002.
Wenger was quoted as saying
Eustachy complimented her on
her looks and asked where she
was from. She replied she was
from Lawrence, Kan.
“He was like, ‘What are you do
ing here? Why aren’t you going to
KU? The girls down there are
much hotter. You belong there,”’
Wenger told the Register. £
Eustachy does not like to fly
and usually drives to games while
the team goes by chartered air
plane. The team returns home im
mediately after the game.
Eustachy often does not drive
back until the next day.
BRIEFLY
8 football players
sign as free agents
After the 2003 NFL draft, USC
had eight players signed by NFL
teams as rookie free agents..
Dennis Quinn and Watts
Sanderson were both signed by the
Arizona Cardinals, while Shaun
Smith and Jonathan Martin
signed contracts with the Dallas
Cowboys.
Shane Hall signed with Seattle,
Rashad Faison signed with the
Pittsburgh Steelers, James
Adkisson signed with the Bengals
and Ryan Brewer agreed to terms
with the Baltimore Ravens.
Seniors
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17
forts.
“They would go and fund
raise, make the money for me to
be able to go on the trips and be
able to compete at the level I
competed at. I think they put in
more time than we did,” Fittro
said.
Troesh said: “My parents
have been such influences on
me. I can’t believe the stuff that
my parents did for me. They’ll
go everywhere we go in the post
season. I wouldn’t be where I am
if it weren’t for them.”
While they come from differ
ent backgrounds, Quinones,
Troesh and Fittro can all agree
on some things, namely that
winning the SEC Tournament
championship in 2000 was one
of their greatest memories at
USC. They also wish they could
have brought to USC the nice
weather Southern California of
fers.
But even more so, they agree
they’ve met friends at USC and
plan to keep in touch with them
following graduation. It’s been
quite an experience for these
California natives, who may
well go down as some of the best
to wear a Carolina softball uni
form.
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Rothenberg
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17
his first victory as USC head
coach. Nothing could be finer
at Carolina that night.
2. JUNE 19 AND 21, 2002
USC beats
Clemson
twice at the
College World
Series.
Once is good,
but twice is
nice,
especially Bondurant
when it comes
against your archenemy. On
the brink of elimination, the
Gamecocks sent the Tigers
packing with great pitching
performances from Matt
Campbell and Steven
Bondurant. Carolina
advanced to its first title
game in 15 years.
1. JUNE 1, 2002-USC’s
first team national
championship. The women’s
track team scores Carolina’s
first national title at the
NCAA Championships in
Baton Rouge, La. Why is this
No. 1? Well, there can only be
one first, and you simply
don’t forget your first time.
HONORABLE MENTIONS: USC
beating Ohio State in the 2001
Outback Bowl. Travis Kraft’s
game-winning 3-pointer
against Florida in 2001. The
volleyball team goes 14-2 in
SEC play —its best
performance ever—in 2002.
McMillin and Megan
Matthews each no-hit Georgia
State in a 2000 doubleheader.
Men’s soccer upsets No. 3
Furman in 2001. The Left-Eye
Dominators beating the
Floagies in a Gamecock staff
softball game in 2002.
Rothenberg is a fourth-year
sport and entertainment
management student.
Softball
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17
to make a comeback in the seventh,
when Jodi Fittro singled with one
out and Troesh drew a walk to put
runners on first and second. But
the Rebels’ Day came in to get the^
last two outs of inning to record he •
first save of the season.
Henkes (16-4) took the loss, giv
ing up two runs on one hit in 21/3
innings.
Carolina will finish the regular
season with a doubleheader today
against Coastal Carolina in
Conway. The Lady Chanticleers
are 31-14 on the season and led by
Holly Lee, who has 44 hits, 11
home runs and 33 RBIs. After the
doubleheader, the Gamecocks will
head to Plant City, Fla., for the
SEC Tournament.
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