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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 28 Aug 1996, p. 24

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the Wilind Laurier University Athletic Director who helped Knight build a strong Golden Hawk program as his assistant for 15 years. Newbrough became Laurier head coach when Knight departed in 1984 to become Director of Player Personnel for the CFLs Toronto Argonauts. Everyone who has been around Knight agrees. The keys to his success are diligence, simplicity and attention to detail. *He didn‘t have mnchwl!nhc\nsm\fihmin;w something he takes care of it The most consistent thing about Tuffy is his consistency." ‘Hes the Godfather of CIAU coaching right now," says Waterâ€" loo assistant coach Chns Triantafilou. "Everybody respects him and treats him with respect." Inantafilou, who coached under Knight since the head coach came to Waterloo in 1989, feels Knight‘s consistency, toughness and attention to detail are the result of a lean upbringing. What Knight has accomplished in the last three decades cannot be reflected in record books. He has been a driving force in the development of CIAU football and a consistent proponent of uniâ€" versity athieucs in Canada. HOST TEAM SPONSOR and say ‘wow‘ As is typical of Knight, he is humble when explaining how he amassed 137 victories. ‘Its taken a lot of hard work, dedication and cooperation from many people." career wins. The latest group of Warriors is strong, and they have a good chance of getting win number 138 for their legendary coach when they host the Lancers. ‘Records are made to be broken," said Knight, who fears that the surrounding hype may distract his players. "It‘s just another win. Maybe 10 years from ow I‘ll look back Umiversity of Waterioo Warrior football coach Dave ‘Tully Knight is hoping to cap an iflustrious coaching career by breaking the allâ€"time CIAU football win mark when his team hits the field Sept. 7 in their season opener against Windsor Lancers at Waterâ€" loos University Stadium. Heading into the 1996 season, the 60â€"yearâ€"old Knight is tied with Bruce Coulter, former coach of the Bishop Gaiters, at 137 *He doesn‘t Iavcmy\hmglocl-!a,'fluw TIM HORTON‘S CHAMPIONSHIP, UW‘s Knight seek$ CIAU win record .. UNK â€" 894â€"2000 EXT. 3028 INFORMATION upDAtEs â€" &A a 6 $ 24 acrtion LINE 310â€"CKCO EXT 7 COLLECTORPLAYERCARDS: _( . ~*~~. o s The first 100 fans each day receive three complimentary player s cards of the "STARS OF CRNADIAN FASTPMCH® . collen all 2 LAAa®â€" 2. R. Hyde Highpoint Ave. _ Mark & Matthew Hayes C. Landry â€" _ Hemlock St. Michael & Ryan Ivankovic The following 6 Waterloo Chronicle subscribers have won a $50.00 merchandise certificate from Cafe Bon Choix in the future, Ana would like to be a nurse. For all her hard work as a Waterloo Chronicle carrier, Ana will receive a gift certificate from Domino‘s Pizza. Thirteenâ€"yearâ€"old Ana Avalos is this week‘s Waterioo Chronicle 'mdmonw.&w-hqnm“ Ana is in grade eight this and her favorite school subject is gym. frnmmmwmmammmm Her favorite trip was to El Saivador and her favorite movie is nyoumwharouuorm.nyunmhmwé JULY 1996 DRAW WINNMERS â€" Allen St. W. WATERLOO INN J. Hunt Winder Heights . . Steven & Michael Greer MEDIA SPO 137 / 139 UNIVERSITY AVE. Hawks finished at 6â€"8 last year the postâ€"season for the first tin Modesty moves O‘Brien to « for this success but many obs wise. His fellow coaches vot West Coach of the Year and he WLU Coach of the Year honor FULLâ€"TIME JOB:; Officially, ous work as an assistant, the U\ a partâ€"time position, but O‘F treated coaching differently. "I look at it as a fullâ€"time job, that he usually spends four or and a large part of most Sund matters. This is on top of teac David catholic school, where h Despite such a heavy wor lhcreismdymyntfiu wile and two teenage sons us But patience is one of O‘B relocated his family to the Wat and worked with the Laurier an assistant for three years b when the oneâ€"year contract ca And as he books show, he m O‘Brien took a team that had 0â€"14 and 1â€"13 in the two pr turned it around in one seas Indeed, is a position O‘Bri would reach until his recent a so many years as an assistant the University of Toronto t Ontario titles and a national a and in a political climate th coaches for female teams, O‘B mistic. "It didn‘t look like any up." chance to attain," ketball MQH%‘ inglhcmw "This position is a pinnac nity I‘ve been mkflj most respected coaches in C he is "possessed" by basketbs While O‘Brien got his first CIAUpmp-nhl'tflu: Wilfrid Laurier University oneâ€"year interim m*fii experience was At Now at Waterloo, he knows to run for the foreseeable futu He‘s been at it for a long t After 10 years as an assista versity level and nearly three

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