Frederick's Career Path From Coach to Athletic Director
The piece traces Fred Frederick's rise from aspiring high school coach and algebra teacher to Kansas athletic director. It highlights his father Charles, a National Retail Farm Equipment Assn executive, and his early coaching at Lawrence High, Rich Central High, Kirkwood High, Coffeyville CC, plus his summers working to advance. Frederick cites mentors Ray mond Brewster and Denver Miller as key influences shaping his shift toward administration.
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Bob Frederick
Charles
National Retail Farm Equipment Assn
Frederick
Kansas
Lawrence
Raymond Brewster
Denver Miller
Miller
St. Louis
Kirkwood High
Rich Central High
Chicago
Russell
Coffeyville Community College
Frederick's path from KU player to athletic director
Frederick sought a coaching path at his alma mater after mentoring under Ted Owens at a summer camp. He advised hard work to catch Owens' eye, then moved through colleges, including Brigham Young Stanford and Kansas, earning a PhD in 1984. He returned to Lawrence, coaching, teaching, and leading KU athletics, later becoming ISU and KU athletic director.
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Ted Owens
Frederick
Sam Miranda
Owens
Sam
Ted
Brigham Young
Margey Wallett
Provo
Margey
Kansas
Bob Frederick
al Correll
Frederick File career of a Kansas basketball figure
A summary of a basketball career spanning 1962 to present, listing roles from graduate assistant at Kansas to assistant posts at Rich Central High Brigham Young and Stanford, head coach at Russell Coffayville Lawrence, and executive roles with Williams Fund before becoming athletic director at Illinois State and finally at Kansas.
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Kansas
Rich Central High
Chicago
Russell High
Coffayville Community College
Brigham Young
Stanford
Lawrence High
Williams Fund
Illinois State
U S Open opens with seeds in full gear in New York
In a busy start to the U S Open at the National Tennis Center Stefan Edberg seeded No 3 began against Olivier Delaitre. Top seed Jim Courier No 1, No 7 Michael Chang, No 16 Andre Agassi and No 2 Pete Sampras plus No 6 Mary Joe Fernandez debuted. Graf and Navratilova won early matches as Seles led a news conference. Ferreira upset Korda, Volkov beat Stark after a long fifth set.
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New York
Stefan Edberg
Stadium Court
Olivier Delaitre
Jim Courier
Michael Chang
Andre Agassi
National Tennis Center
Pete Sampras
Mary Joe Fernandez
Steffi Graf
Martina Navratilova
Monica Seles
U.S
Seles
Graf
Robin White
Navratilova
Italy
Gloria Pizzichini
Petr Korda
Czech Republic
South Africa
Wayne Ferreira
Alexander Volkov
Russia
Jonathan Stark
NFL Teams begin rebuilding after final cuts
After reducing rosters from 60 to 47 players, NFL teams began adding players at noon. Veterans like Bills safety Bill Bates took a 24 hour pass to golf. Washington cut seven veterans including punter Kelly Goodburn, with plans to re sign six soon. Giants coach Dan Reeves dumped veterans and waived Pepper Johnson amid reshuffled rosters.
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NFL
Bill Bates
Dallas
Buffalo
Marv Levy
Bates
Washington Redskins
Kelly Goodburn
Charley Casserly
Dan Reeves
New York Giants
Casserly
Pepper Johnson
Johnson
Morrison Defends WBO Crown Amid boos after controversial win
Mor rison stops Tomashek in the fourth, earning a first defense of his WBO title. Ringside physician Poppo questions Tomashek's readiness and calls the bout unfair. Morrison, 24, improves to 38-1 as he prepares for a planned March clash with Lennox Lewis.
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Morrison
Tomashek
Mike Poppo
Poppo
Lennox Lewis
Frederick's road to KU and beyond shaped by Smith
A long-remembered tale of Bob Frederick who nearly joined Air Force pilots but faced eye and height checks before gaining a military academy appointment. After passing, a late eye revision and shifting rules redirected him to Kansas via Dean Smith’s push and the Kirkwood Pipeline, with Scout connections from Missouri and North Carolina.
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Frederick
Paul Henley
Missouri
Sparky Starcup
Dean Smith
North Carolina
Air Force
Smith
U.S
Kansas
Mount Oread
Harp
Kirkwood
Bob Frederick
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U.S. Open
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Larry Billings
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Knight Enterprises
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al Button
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