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Harper Filling Yow's Big Shoes

Posted: Nov 6th 2009 8:10PM by Michelle Smith (author feed)
Filed under: NC State, Oregon, Tennessee, ACC, Pac-10, SEC, Women's Basketball

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Kay Yow is still very much a presence in the North Carolina State women's basketball program.

Her name is on the athletic department's Wall of Fame, and on the basketball court at Reynolds Coliseum. Her photo still hangs in the women's basketball locker room.

"She was North Carolina State basketball, and you don't and you can't wipe that away with a new staff," said new N.C. State head coach Kellie Jolly Harper.

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Gary Williams Gets Vote of Confidence From Maryland AD

Posted: Feb 2nd 2009 7:30PM by Will Brinson (author feed)
Filed under: Maryland, ACC, Coaches, Media Watch, Rumors

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Debbie Yow, Maryland's athletic director, has had a pretty tough few weeks. First, her sister, Kay Yow, passed. Meanwhile, the men's basketball program continued in a total freefall as Gary Williams started spewing public vitriol in the direction of her assistant.

So forgive Yow for not being incredibly visible about the whole thing. However, today, she convened the media to announce that Williams' job security is just fine.

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Vandals Deface Kay Yow Memorial

Posted: Feb 2nd 2009 4:00PM by Will Brinson (author feed)
Filed under: NC State, ACC, Coaches, Fans, Media Watch, Police Blotter

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Kay Yow's recent passing struck an emotional chord, not just in Raleigh and North Carolina, but across the sports world as a whole. The level of respect that Coach Yow received from fans, friends, family and colleagues cannot be understated.

Which makes it that much more difficult to comprehend why vandals would deface a memorial created to honor Coach Yow with a "blue mustache" and the phrase, "Cancer Rules."

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