Now why would this guy want to leave Arkansas for Florida after all these years? And, why wouldn't Arkansas try to keep him? He's not becoming the head coach. It just doesn't make sense.
Oliver Barry CRS,GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks Realty 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 Phone: 615-826-4040 Fax: 615-822-2027 Mobile: 615-972-4239 UF track hires renowned jumps coach . Renowned jumps coach Dick Booth, who has spent the past 27 years helping to build Arkansas into a national power, has been named assistant track and field coach at Florida, head coach Mike Holloway announced Tuesday. <http://www.gainesville.com/article/20090714/ARTICLES/907149952/1136/SPORTS? Title=UF-track-hires-renowned-jumps-coach> <http://www.gainesville.com/article/20090714/ARTICLES/907149952/1136/SPORTS? Title=UF-track-hires-renowned-jumps-coach> <http://www.gainesville.com/article/20090714/ARTICLES/907149952/1136/SPORTS? Title=UF-track-hires-renowned-jumps-coach> Click to enlarge Dick Booth Buy photo <http://reprints.gainesville.com/cgi-bin/fotobroker.cgi?c=latest.htm&a=&op_b y_line=contains&by_line=of&b=photo_db&s=&t=&show=3-4> University of Arkansas . The jumpers he's worked with could compile a Who's Who list of collegiate track. They've included Mike Conley, Erick Walder, Robert Howard, Edrick Floreal, Brian Wellman, Jerome Romain, Ray Doakes, Matt Hemingway, Melvin Lister and Kenny Evans. Booth has also coached pole vaulter Mark Klee and shot put-discus standouts Marty Kobza and Scott Lofquist, among others. At ULL, he had standouts Hollis Conway and Neil Guidry. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---