His kicker? Well, he introduces his selection this way:
Known for his mustache and single-bar helmet look, (he) was a points-scoring machine back in the 1980s.Have a guess?
The kicker in question would be Nick Lowery, Dartmouth Class of 1978 and the leading scorer in Kansas City Chief history.
Find the Fantasy 1980s team and the Lowery capsule here.
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Congratulations to old friend Mike Maker on his new position as men's basketball coach at Marist College. (LINK) "Makes" spent 11 years as an assistant at Dartmouth and has gone 147-32 over six years as head coach at Williams College -- with three trips to the Final Four and two appearances in the national championship game.Williams' loss is Marist's gain because for as good a coach as Mike Maker is, he's an even better person.
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Seven-time NCAA champion Abbey D'Agostino wasted no time turning professional upon completion of her Dartmouth running career, signing with Tennessee-based Total Sports Management US which uses the billing, The World's Top Track And Field Athletes on its home page.From a Running Competitor news release:
“Abbey to me is the greatest NCAA female athlete the Ivy League has ever produced,” (former Dartmouth coach Mark) Coogan said in an interview last week. “She is going down as one of the all-time great college athletes, period.”Also:
(Total Sports Management managing director Chris) Layne confirmed that he had already landed a commercial sponsor for D’Agostino and that an announcement would come soon. He also said that she would run in the upcoming USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Sacramento, Calif., wearing her new sponsor’s colors.
