Brevard announces changes
by From staff and wire reports
published June 18, 2007 12:15 am
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BREVARD — Brevard softball coach Kelly Jones and track and cross country coach Thomas Cason both recently resigned to pursue other positions.
I heard the AD at Brevard loves cross country and was a sub 4 min miler in college.
what paper did this come from??
anyone know where cason went?
rumor around town is he applied to UNC-A
not a suprise there...you think he already got the job? i think he'd be a good pick
Weasel in the toilet wrote:
I heard the AD at Brevard loves cross country and was a sub 4 min miler in college.
The AD is Tom Collins. A very fast search (Google) did not come up with anything about him running sub4.
haven't heard anything official.
i agree he'd be a good pick
ashvillian wrote:
i agree he'd be a good pick
Why?
who has he coached who has run fast?
Maybe he has developed a lot of average runners into good runners. Maybe he has had many run fast. Maybe he makes the whole college experience worthwhile for those who want to run as fast and be as competitive as they can. Why do people think he would be a good choice at a DI university that has never really been on the radar and who doesn't seem to have a goal to make a national impact?
my thought on this is that he is because he is familiar with the area and decently known throughout the western nc running community and somewhat beyond. he may not have ever been on the radar but you've gotta start somewhere. i'm not saying he'll start battling for national titles anytime soon but he could probably recruit and improve some of the local talent. i don't know him personally outside of briefly talking to him a couple of times i raced against him but have never heard anything negative about him.
cason didnt apply at unca. know this for sure.
interesting and suprising from the outside looking in. any ideas on either unca or brevard positions? or where cason is going (if he's staying coaching?)
I can also confirm Cason didn't apply for UNCA job.
A week ago he was staying at Brevard because I talked to him about scheduling a cross country meet there.
He "resigned" because 60% of his athletes were on academic probation this past year and he had failed to raise enrollment by recruiting student athletes who wanted to pay 100 grand to come to a shitty four year school.
I think Thomas was smart to get away from this once proud program. What a train wreck that school has become.
If he continues to stay in coaching, I hope Thomas gets an opportunity to coach at a program where he can have the support that is needed to field a competitive program.
I would not be suprised to see him resurface in the upstate south carolina area.
Thomas is taking a year off from coaching to try and run competitively himself again, although the above poster is partially correct.
But, since the USC-Upstate assistant job hasn't been announced yet (or even selected?), maybe Jimmy Stephens will try and get him? Someone has to coach all those "Kenyans" he's apparently got coming. . .
Cason may not be a woman (as the position apparently requires) but he'd be a good pick.
Oh yea I heard the AD is stepping in as the Head Cross Country Coach for this season.
The job is posted on www.ncaa.org
chad newton is taking the brevard job.
it's just being advertised now so minorities and women don't bitch.
he retired from running after DNF'ing at Grandma's.