The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-21
Selection Is Subject 10
Ratification By Board
OF Trustees

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Carl Snavely accepted appoint
ment today as head football coach
at the University of North Caro-
lima, where a decade ago he pro-
duced two of the most successful
of Tar Heel Teams.
The contract calls f or a five
year tenure. The terms were not
disclosed, but unofficial estimates
were that he would receive around
So, 500 year.
The blond, taciturn mentor. re-
turning here from Cornell where
he has been head coach since 1888,
will inherit the remnants of an
eleven that won only one game IN
a rugged 1914 schedule.
Snavely's clubs lost only tW o
games in his first tour of duty
here in 1884 and 1885.
The announcement OF the selec-
ton of Snavely was made by DD
Robert B. House, dean of admin
istration at the university, W h o
said the selection was subject to
ratification by the Board OF Trus-
tees at its next meeting in Janu-
airy.
Snavely's return to Chapel Hill
where in his previous tenure his
teams won Is games, tied one and
lost only two, came as no sur
prise. He had been mentioned for
the job since shortly after he left
here for Cornell and his imminent
return had been predicted widely
since the board of trustees voted
few months ago to provide up
to $4,000 for the head coach at
the university and at N. c. State.
snavely came here yesterday to
talk with university officials, stop
ping off on his way to the North
South all-star game.
He will succeed Gene McEver,
who coached last season under a
one-year leave of absence from
Davidson college. The unseasoned
1914 Tar Heels won only one game
in nine starts.
snavely left Carolina at the end
of the second year of three-year
contract, after the southern con-
ference had projected 'the Gra-
ham PLAN for de-emphasis Of ath-
letics.
In announcing the Snavely ap-
pointment.. Dean House said: 1.-THE
Athletic Council of the University
of North Carolina, which includes
the faculty council on athletics,
alunni representative and stu
dent Representatives, had unani-
mously recommended to the uni.
versity administration Mr.. Snave-
lily as head footbaH coach.
1.-THE administration will take
this recommendation to the Board
of Trustees at their regular. meet
ing in January -.
When the recommendation of the
athletic council was received Pres
ident Frank P. Graham and Dean
House wired President Edmund E.
Day of Cornell University to APP
prise him of the fact before taxi
ing the recommendation to t h
BoarQ Oh trustees.
President Day Replied as fol-
lows,
II want you to know of my APP
probation of your recent wire.
You and President Graham are
most considerate in keeping me
informed of the stage of your pro-
ceedings, looking toward an offer
to Carl Snavely. He is as fine a
teacher of football as I have ever
seen in action, and l have no doubt
he will have outstanding success
wherever he is located. If you sue
coed in getting his services you
have my warm congratulations
Snavely, just before leaving
Chapel Hill today for Montgomery,
Ala, where he will coach the
northern team in h Blue-Grey
classic, made this statement: II
am happy to be associated with
the department of physical educa-
ton and athletics at the Univer-
sity of North Carolina, because Of
my conviction that the university.
long a pioneer in physical educa-
ton and universal athletic parti-
cipation, is destined to play a roll
of steadily increasing importance
in this field of postwar educ atom