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Spartan traDitiOn THE NICKNAME - SPARTANS In 1926, Michigan State’s first southern baseball training tour provided the setting for the birth of the “Spartan” nickname. It all came about when a Lansing sportswriter imposed the silent treatment on a contestwinning nickname and substituted his own choice, the name that has lasted through the years. In 1925, Michigan State College replaced the name Michigan Agricultural College. The college sponsored a contest to select a nickname to replace “Aggies” and picked “The Michigan Staters.” George S. Alderton, then sports editor of the Lansing State Journal, decided the name was too cumbersome for newspaper writing and vowed to find a better one. Alderton contacted Jim Hasselman of Information Services to see if entries still remained from the contest. When informed that they still existed, Alderton ran across the entry name of “Spartans” and then decided that was the choice. Unfortunately, Alderton forgot to write down who submitted that particular entry, so that part of the story remains a mystery. Rewriting game accounts supplied by Perry Fremont, a catcher on the squad, Alderton first used the name sparingly and then ventured into the headlines with it. (Incidentally, after two days of spelling the name incorrectly with an “o”, Mr. Alderton changed it to Spartan on a tip from a close friend.) Dale Stafford, a sports writer for the Lansing Capitol News, a rival of the State Journal, picked up the name for his paper after a couple of days. Alderton called Stafford and suggested that he might want to join the Spartan parade and he did. As Mr. Alderton explains: “No student, alumnus or college official had called up the editor to complain about our audacity in giving the old school a new name, so we ventured into headlines with it. Happily for the experiment, the name took. It began appearing in other newspapers and when the student publication used it, that clinched it.” SPARTY “The Spartan” statue, designed and produced by MSU assistant art professor Leonard D. Jungwirth, has a permanent home inside the atrium of the Spartan Stadium tower. The 9-foot-7 ceramic figure weighs approximately 6,600 pounds, including its base. In 2005, the sculpture was relocated to protect it from the elements. “The Spartan” was dedicated on June 9, 1945, at the intersection of Red Cedar Road, Kalamazoo Street and Chestnut Road. Popularly known as “Sparty,” the statue remains one of the favorite photo subjects of campus visitors. In 2005, an exact replica of the original terra cotta sculpture – now cast in bronze – took up residency on the plaza located at the north end of Demonstration Hall Field. The molds for the bronze statue were made from the original sculpture. The new statue was cast in bronze at the Artworks Foundry in Berkeley, Calif. As part of MSU’s sesquicentennial celebration, the bronze “Sparty” was dedicated on Oct. 8, 2005. Donors contributed approximately $500,000 to pay for all work related to the new sculpture, including the plaza. SPARTY MASCOT Michigan State’s beloved Sparty has won three national championships in the last seven years at the Universal Cheer Association’s mascot competition at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. In January 2004, Sparty became the first Big Ten mascot to claim the UCA national title, and in 2005, he defended his national championship, beating Goldy the Gopher and Bucky the Badger in the finals. After finishing third in the 2006 competition, Sparty reclaimed the national championship in 2007. In March 2008, Sparty was selected to appear on the cover of NCAA Football 09 for the Nintendo Wii. EA Sports conducted an on-line poll, asking college football fans to vote and determine which college mascot would have the honor of being depicted on the game’s cover. Fans went online and cast more than 700,000 votes and Sparty won the tight contest race, beating out mascots from Central Florida, Washington State, Auburn, LSU, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa State, Alabama and Penn State. Made of hi-tech materials, including a vinyl chest plate and fiberglass molds like the ones used for making Muppets, the seven-foot costume weighs a total of 40 pounds, allowing enough flexibility for playful gestures and animation. Sparty is a far cry from the many paper-mache heads that have popped up since the 1950’s, mostly from fraternity efforts. The first official paper-mache Sparty head apparently debuted in 1955 courtesy of Theta Xi. Other versions were introduced from time to time. In 1984, Sigma Phi Epsilon introduced the first “gruff” Sparty head-sporting the unshaven look that still adorns many sweatshirts and jackets. By contrast, the current Sparty costume is a state-of-the art, full-bodied uniform that costs $12,000. Today, Sparty aspirants must be between 5-10 and 6-2 in height. Candidates who fit the physical needs are chosen after a hands-on process that includes tryouts and interviews. The Sparty Mascot Program is run and funded by the Student Alumni Foundation (SAF). Those interested in having Sparty at their event can submit a request online at www. saf.msu.edu by clicking the Request Sparty link or contact the SAF office at 517-355- 4458. Those who wish to donate to the Sparty mascot fund can contact University Development at 517-355-8257. w w w . m s u s p a r t a n s . c o m 63
NCAA Coaching Positions The NCAA limits the number and type of coaches that can be employed, or volunteer, for each varsity athletic team. Functionality and areas of responsibility help differentiate coaching categories. Any athletics department staff member, who participates in the coaching of a team either in practices, games, or organized activities directly related to the sport, counts against the coaching limitations of that sport. There are few exceptions to this rule. CoaChing Categories Under NCAA legislation, there are five coaching categories: Head Coach, Assistant Coach, Volunteer Coach, Graduate Assistant Coach (football and rowing only), and Undergraduate Assistant Coach. Coaching designations are assigned by the athletic department and certified by the institution. Pursuant to NCAA definition, an individual who coaches and either is uncompensated or receives compensation or remuneration of any sort from an NCAA member institution, even if such compensation or remuneration is not designated for coaching, must be classified into one of the five coaching categories. Head and Assistant Coaches are hired by MSU and designated to perform specific coaching duties on a paid basis. A Volunteer Coach, permitted in all sports but football and basketball, cannot receive compensation or remuneration from the athletic department or any organization associated with the athletic department and is prohibited from recruiting activities. A volunteer coach can receive two complimentary tickets to home athletic events in the sport in which he or she coaches, as well as complimentary meals incidental to organized team activities, but not training table meals. A Graduate Assistant (GA) Coach, only allowed in the sports of football and rowing, is any coach who has received a baccalaureate degree and is actively enrolled as a graduate student as defined by the institution. A graduate assistant coach typically is enrolled in at least 50 percent of the institution’s minimum regular graduate student course load each academic semester. Compensation for a graduate assistant is limited to the value of a full grant-in-aid for a full-time graduate student, based on the residency status (in-state or out-of-state) of the individual. A GA may be awarded no more than four complimentary tickets to MSU football and/or basketball games. A GA Coach is not allowed to evaluate or contact prospective student-athletes off-campus and cannot serve as a recruiting coordinator. The only recruiting exception for GA Coaches applies to those who successfully pass the NCAA Certification Exam. For those coaches, telephone contact with prospective student-athletes is permitted. An Undergraduate Assistant Coach is any coach who is an undergraduate student-athlete who has exhausted his or her eligibility in the sport or has become injured to the point that he or she is unable to practice or compete ever again. An Undergraduate Assistant Coach can only serve at the institution at which they participated in intercollegiate athletics and receives no compensation, beyond financial aid. A student coach must be enrolled in a full time program of study and cannot evaluate or contact prospective student-athletes off- 66 w w w . m s u s p a r t a n s . c o m by Michael L. Kasavana, Ph.D., CHTP NAMA Professor in Hospitality Business Faculty Athletics Representative, Michigan State University campus nor serve as a recruiting coordinator. It is important to note that a high school or two year college coach cannot be employed or appointed to an institutional coaching position in the same sport he or she is currently coaching. Volunteer CoaChes In sports other than football and basketball, a volunteer coach is any coach who does not receive compensation or remuneration from the institution’s athletics department. Allowable sports are limited to one volunteer coach per academic year with the following exceptions: • Rowing: 4 volunteer coaches • Swimming and Diving: 2 volunteer coaches • Cross Country/Track & Field: cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field are considered three separate sports and may use one volunteer coach for each team. The volunteer coach may coach studentathletes in any of the three sports throughout the academic year. Note: there is a special provision for Pole Vaulting that allows the use of one volunteer coach to coach both men and women vaulters. An individual designated in a coaching category assumes that position for the duration of the academic year unless the coach was temporarily replaced due to extenuating circumstances or through normal attrition. DANTONIO reCruiting exam Since 1993, coaches at NCAA Division I institutions, in all sports, must complete and pass an annual certification exam to be eligible to recruit off-campus. Big Ten Conference policy mandates that the institution’s faculty athletic representative administer the exam. The exam focuses on recent legislative changes, commonly occurring violations, and technical matters of interpretation primarily related to recruiting. Why recruiting? Since a disproportionate number of NCAA rules violations occur in the recruitment of prospective student-athletes. Once an eligible coach passes the online certification exam, he or she is certified to contact or evaluate a prospective student-athlete off-campus. The NCAA examination is a standardized test consisting of 40 questions. The examination includes multiple-choice and true or false questions. There are four versions of the exam: football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, and coaches of all other sports. Since many recruiting restrictions vary by sport, sports specific versions of the exam focus on areas of differentiation by sport. In other words, a tennis or volleyball coach will receive a different set of questions than a football or basketball coach. The exam is an open-book exam and is constrained to 80 minutes. The minimum passing score is 80 percent; in other words, a coach must score at least 32 out of 40 to be certified to recruit off-campus. The exam specifically includes NCAA legislation in four areas: recruiting; freshman academic requirements; transfer regulations; and the terms and conditions of awarding athletically-related financial aid. The annual certification period is Aug. 1st through July 31st. Coaches who have medically or professionally diagnosed learning disabilities may apply to the Big Ten Conference office for an alternative test-administration option (e.g. extended time, oral exam, etc.). Once an examination is completed, scores are immediately reported to the test taker and automatically stored in the NCAA database linked to a password protected NCAA website. All scores are subsequently relayed to the Big Ten Conference office. This process enables a coaching staff member, certified at MSU for example, to re-locate to a second NCAA institution and remain certified for the duration of the annual certification cycle. There simply is no need for a coach who moves from one NCAA institution to another to be re-certified – the NCAA database maintains the test record. It is important to note that multisport coaches (e.g. cross country, indoor and outdoor track) are only required to pass one exam per annum. In a typical year, more than eighty MSU staff members take the NCAA Certification Exam. Nearly three-quarters of the MSU test takers score 90 percent or higher on the test with approximately 10 percent achieving a perfect score (40/40). During the current testing season no MSU coach failed the exam.
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