Nice Ken Goe column in the Oregonian on Rich Brooks, who built the Ducks program from scratch before leaving for the NFL, and then ending his coaching career by rebuilding UK.
An excerpt:
Tough, uncompromising, all sharp edges and hard corners, this is a man that didn’t give in or give up.
His UO teams didn’t always win, but they scrapped like nobody’s business. There is a reason Oregon named the playing surface in Autzen Stadium for him.
His stamp lingers on the program still. Defensive coordinator Nick Aliotti was a Brooks hire. So were assistants Gary Campbell, Steve Greatwood and Don Pellum, strength coach Jim Radcliffe and Bellotti, now athletic director.
Brooks told Goe he will divide his time between Eugene and Lexington, plans to see games next year in both places, and hopes to make it over to Penn State to watch his friend Joe Paterno coach next year.
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