UNH Calls On An Old Friend

From the Feb. 9 blog: "It will be interesting to see if New Hampshire makes a run at former Dartmouth offensive coordinator John Perry should UNH assistant Chip Kelly go to Oregon."

Got that one right ;-). New Hampshire yesterday named Perry Associate Head Coach and Quarterback Coach as reported in the Manchester Union Leader. ... The UNH release is here. John Perry was the innovative offensive coordinator at Dartmouth from 2000 to 2004.

The Union Leader also has a story about Dartmouth assistant Jarrail Jackson signing on to play with the Manchester Wolves of Arena Football League 2. That's the same team that signed former Dartmouth fullback Charles Ganske.

Today's Boston Globe has a nice piece on the Dartmouth ski team and the class it showed after winning the NCAA championship. Tony Chamberlain deserves a pat on the back for the story and a lash or two for referring to Dartmouth in the lede of his story as Dartmouth University. Maybe it was a copy editor. Hopefully it was a copy editor. Tony's been around too long and covered too many Dartmouth events (including a few football games) to make that mistake. From the story:

What a healthy contrast to the hysteria that surrounds so many sports in this country. Here are athletes, every bit as accomplished as the college basketball players in Gainesville, Fla., the football players in Columbus, Ohio, catching a quick bite with their parents before heading back to campus to ice their knees and dig into the books.

A subscriber points us to the front page of the Austin American Statesman, which had a photo and story about The Band of Heathens, featuring former linebacker Gordy Quist '02, on yesterday's front page. The lede to the story:

Originally conceived as a loosely-knit collective showcasing four of Austins best up-and-coming artists, The Band Of Heathens is quickly becoming one of the most exciting new acts in American Music.

The Heathens' web site is here. Gordy's home page with samples of his music can be found here.