Memo To The Sports Media

To The Media

The 1996 Football Media Guide has been prepared especially for the members of the press , radio and television who cover the Colonels . We sincerely hope that it will provide many of the answers concerning the Colonels and Eastern Kentucky University. If you desire additional information special features, pictures, etc , or have questions not an~ swered in this brochure, feel free to contact the Division of Sports Information located i n the Begley Building (Telephone: 606-622-1253 , FAX: 606-622-1230).

Information for Visiting News Media Personnel at Football Games

WORKING PRESS TICKETS-All requests for press tickets by working newspaper, radio, or telev ision personnel should be made BY NAME, as far in advance as possible. Press tickets cannot be mailed less than one week in advance of the game. In the event of a large press turnout, priority will go to our regular coverage and statewide media.

RADIO-All correspondence concern i ng Rad io Broadcasting Rights should be addressed to the Division of Sports Information, Eastern Kentucky University. Requests should be made BY NAME as early as possible. Lines are to be ordered by the requesting station direct from the South Central Bell Telephone Company with instructions to be made available if requested in advance. The "official station," as designated by the Director of Athletics of the visiting institution , will be assigned priority space Requests by other stations w ill be considered in relation to availability of space and date of request.

TELEVISION-Live television coverage is prohibited unless permission is granted by the Director of Athletics well in advance

SCOUTS-All requests by scouts should be made BY NAME as far in advance as possible Scouts representing a college or university are limited to one per school, while profess iona l scouts' requests are to be made from the team's ma i n office . No passes will be given to professional scouts for a playoff game.

PHOTOGRAPHERS-Advance requests BY NAME are required and, as a general policy, there should be no more than one photographer per school or medium Photographers may take pictures from the sidelines during the game provided they remain within a specified area-away from the immediate sidelines and in front of the bench and coaching areas (30 to 30 yd line) Motion picture crews may use the facilities provided in the television tower on the east side of the field , upon assignment of available space Television station cameramen may park underneath and behind the tower on the bleacher side of the field.

SEATING-In requesting working press tickets, please advise BY NAME as to the number in your party. It is desired that newspaper requests be limited to no more than two persons, radio requests, four persons.

PRESS TAGS-Press tags must be worn for identification by all writers, photographers and scouts seated in the press box or located on the field. Please note : All press passes are issued BY NAME to authorized working personnel and are non-transferable.

ACCOMMODATIONS AT EASTERN-The working newspaper, radio, and television personnel, as well as scouts and other officials , will be furn ished a copy of the play-by - play report and complete team and individual statistics at halftime and approximately 15 minutes after the game. Refreshments are served before and during the game.

AVAILABILITY OF COACH ROY KIDD-EKU head coach Roy Kidd is available for telephone interviews, Monday-Thursday from 10 :30 a m.-Noon and 2:00-2:30 p m. The only exception is Tuesday and Thursday when he teaches class from 10 :30-11 :30 Kidd's office telephone number is (606) 622-2146 and his home number is (606) 623-5533.

General Information

Location-Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, a growing city of about 24,000 .

Enrollment-15,727

Founded-1906

President-Dr Hanly Funde r burk

Vice President for Academ ic Affairs-Dr. Russell Enzie Athletic Conference-Oh io Valley, N.C.A.A.-Men and Women

Gymnasium-McBrayer Arena (capacity 6,500)

Stadium-Roy Kidd (capacity 20,000)

Nickname-Colonels

ATHLETICS COMMITTEE

Members : Dr. Janna Vice, Chairman; Dr. Dorothy Kirkpatrick; Dr. Anne Brooks ; Dr . Samuel Leung; Dr. Nancy Peel; Dr. Doug Whitlock; Mrs Jeannette Crockett; Dr. Jim Masterson ; Mr C E. Baldwin; Dr Jay H Riggs; and Dr. Robert Baugh, ex-officio

Director of Athletics-Dr. Robert Baugh

Assistant Director of Athletics for External Affairs-Mike Blaser

Head Football Coach-Roy Kidd (Eastern Kentucky, 1955) Line Coaches-Jim Tanara (UT-Chattanooga, 1965); Doug Carter (William Jewell, 1980).

Backfield Coaches-Jack Ison (Eastern Kentucky, 1961 ); Leon Hart (Maryville, 1973); Dean Hood (Ohio Wesleyan 1986). '

Head Coaches Other Sports-Baseball : Jim Ward ; Men's Basketball: Mike Calhoun ; Men's Golf: Lew Smither ; Men's Track and Cross Country : Rick Erdmann ; Men's and Women's Tennis: Tom Higgins; Women 's Golf: Sandy Martin ; Women 's Volleyball: Dr Geri Polvino; Women's Basketball: Larry Inman; Women's Track and Cross Country: Rick Erdmann ; Softball : Jane Worthington

Assistant Coaches Other Sports-Basketball : Marty Pollio, Byron Jones ; Women's Basketball : Sheila Simmons, Kent Miller ; Men's and Women's Track: Tim Moore; Women's Volleyball : Madeline Jackson

Trainer-Dr . Bobby Barton

Assistant Trainers-Eva Clifton, Randy McGuire

Sports Information Director-Karl Park

Athletics Business Manager-David Parke

Athletics Ticket Manager-Dan McBride

Board Of Regents

Chairman, James Gilbert , Richmond and Berea ; Vice Chairman , Barbara Ricke , Lexington ; Jane Boyer , Louisville; Gilbert Miller, Richmond ; Irving Rosenstein, Lexington ; Harold Campbell, Booneville; Dr. William DeVries , Lexington ; Alice Rhodes, Ashland; Dr Richard Freed , faculty representative; Ronnie Mink, staff representative ; Melody Mason, student representative

Karl Park Director

Division of Sports Information

Karl Park , a 1970 graduate of EKU, is now in his 27th year as Sports Information Director for Eastern ' s athletic teams He served as sports editor of the school newspaper, The Eastern Progress , for three years while a student of the University. The 47 year-old Richmond, Kentucky native is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (COSIDA), the United States Basketball Writers Association and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. He recently concluded a six-year stint as Mideast Director of the National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Association .

He received national recognition for the production of EKU's three seasonal media guides for 1978-79 and 197980 . The winter sports guide was voted Best in the NationDivision A for those two years.

Park was a member of the Ohio Valley Conference's 40th Anniversary Celebration Committee in 1987-88 and is currently serving on the OVC's 50th Anniversary Committee. He received his master's degree from Eastern in 1979 in sports administration

He is married to the former Shelley Steele of Owingsville and they have a daughter , Rachel , age 12 , and son , Drew , 6

He is currently serving on the GTE Academic All-America Committee as District IV Coordinatorforthe Universi ty Division Men's At-Large Teams .

Dr. Hanly Funderburk EKU President

Dr. Hanly Funderburk has begun his 12th academic year as the eighth president of Eastern Kentucky University. Throughout his more than 30years of service to education, Dr. Funderburk has held to his commitment to excellence in the classroom, in the research laboratory, and as a university administrator.

Dr Funderburk's background in many ways parallels that of many others of Eastern Kentucky University's founders-modest beginnings as a farmboy, earning his education, military service, a welcomer of responsibility, enthusiastic, impatient of mediocrity

A native of Carrollton, Alabama, President Funderburk earned the bachelorofscience degree in agricultural science from Auburn University in 1953, working on a family farm each summer between terms. Following three years in the U.S. Army, he returned to Auburn to earn a master of science degree in botany. Later, he completed study for the doctorate of philosophy degree in plant physiology from Louisiana State University.

Dr. Funderburk held progressively responsible positions in teaching, research and administration during his years at Auburn University where he served with distinction as president from 1980 to 1983 Prior to his post at Auburn, Dr. Funderburk served as chancellor of Auburn University at Montgomery, a regional university that serves south central Alabama. The 500-acre campus and its twenty million dollar physical plant was developed during his tenure there and today stands as a testimonial to his administrative and leadership ability.

On his philosophy concerning the role of intercollegiate athletics, Dr. Funderburk says, "I believe that a reasonable program of intercollegiate athletics, operated in an ethical, rational manner is an important part of an institution of higher education We must not lose sight of the fact that academics are our primary purpose, and we must remember that participants on our teams are student-athletes. It is also imperative that intercollegiate athletics be conducted on a very high level of integrity

"Within this framework, I believe that athletics has a real role to play in the educational experience. A sound, competitive program of athletics provides a rallying point for an institution's alumni and can be of benefit to the other, more fundamental, purposes of a university."

He and his wife Helen, have two children, Kenneth Cliff, and Debra Elaine Dahl. They also have a granddaughter, Ashley Dahl, and two grandsons, Hanly P. Funderburk and Wes Funderburk.