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I couldn't agree more. Great peice by Ken Suguira.
Some Highlights:
- On What Is Left for Sept. 2nd: "We're down to making sure we have enough (parking) spots," Levick said. "We told [school president Mark Becker] he has three spots. Let's make sure he has three spots."
- On what's next and the impact of football on other sports: Levick and her staff, notably senior associate AD's James Greenwell, Kosha Irby and Todd Reeser, form what she calls "the team behind the huddle." When she arrived, the most pressing issues were securing a temporary practice field and finding the space on campus for a locker room and weight room for the fall of 2009.
Hired in May 2009, Greenwell oversaw the conversion of a neglected aquatics building next door to the school's arena into a locker room, equipment storage area, training room and weight room in about six weeks.
The construction of the permanent practice field was completed before spring practice earlier this year. In time, the property will house the football team and the space in the aquatics building will be converted into a volleyball arena.
The volleyball court is part of the strategic plan Levick is developing for the department, a comprehensive vision that has helped assuage fears of coaches initially leery of football's arrival. Raising the budgets for the school's 18 teams – made possible by increases of student fees and enrollment – has helped, also. The budget for fiscal year 2011 is $19.5 million, about $4.6 million more than the previous year. Football accounts for $4.5 million of the budget.
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