Evening star., 1953-02-07
Bullet Bill and TebeII
ToConfer Next Week.;
Combination Sought

Combination Sought
The field is wide open for the
University Of Virginia coaching
job vacated by Art Guepe yes
terday. but Bill Dudley and Ned
Mcdonald have the inside track.
Guepe quit the Cavaliers after
seven years to become head
coach at Vanderbilt and the
announcement brought a flood
Of suggestions from Virginia
alumni for q successor.
The announcement of Coach
Bill Edwards resignation at
Vanderbilt did not come until
yesterday. but Guepe already
had accepted the post. Guepe
spent Wednesday night and
Thursday in Nashville conferring
with Vanderbilt officials. return
ing to Charlottesville yesterday
where he told Virginia he was
taking the new job.
Dudley, Virginia all-America
and a pro star for years, was
the No. ! choice Of those bonn
harding Gus Tebell, Virginia
athletic director. Next in favor
was Mcdonald, who was the
Cavaliers line coach since 1946
until accepting a similar job
with the University of Richmond
last week.
Confer Next Week.
However. Tebell said today he
didn't think Dudley was inter-
ested in coaching. He added
that if the Cavaliers could obtain
Dudley the selection would
please everybody and that he
and Bullet Bill would confer
next week.
II talked to Bill on the phone
at o'clock yesterday after
noon," Tebell said land he told
me he wasn't sure he wanted
to coach. He is doing well in
the insurance business in Lynch
burg Bill did say he'd come to
Charlottesville and talk things
over and I told him there was
no hurry. We plan to sit down
here some time in the middle Of
next week.
II would hate to see some of
the men who have been with us
for years bypassed," Tebell con-
tinued in talking of other possi-
bilities. Mcdonald and Fuller
(Bob Fuller, recently moved
from freshman coach to Virginia
line coach) are the men / mean.
What would really like to see is
a combination of Dudley, Nc
Donald and Fuller. If we could
get all three I couldn't say now
who would be in charge"
Neale. Snavely Doubtful.
Tebell did not seem to think
Greasy Neale and Carl Snavely.
two others named in speculation
for the new job. were good pos
sibilities. Neale coached at Vir-
ginia from 1923 through 1928
and gained fame in pro ranks
as the Philadelphia Eagles
coach. Snavely, for many years
at the University of North
Carolina, was replaced this year
with George Barclay.
Greasy is over 60 and I think
we will want a younger man."
Tebell said. I'm any case don't
think he'd be interested. We
might offer him the. job as a
gesture but I don't think he will
be serious candidate.
II guess Carl is available but
he comes pretty high, you know.
Carl hasn't gotten in touch with
me. Primarily, he is known as a
single-wing coach and we've been
using the split T, so that's an
other drawback in considering
him for the job"
Snavely coached the SINGLE
wing until last year when Bar
clay, then assistant coach, put in
the T.
'I'm sure we'll be able to
choose from a list of top fight
prospects when we are ready to
name the new coach" Tebell con-
cluded.
Came From Marquette.
Except for three years service
in the Navy and one year as
freshman coach at Marquette,
Guepe has coached Virginia ever
since he finished college.
A source close to the Univer-
sity of Virginia said today that
Guepe signed for over $4,000 at
Vanderbilt. The source said
Guepe wanted a five-year con-
tract at Virginia but athletic
officials thought they had
reached an agreement with him
for $1,000 with a 500 raise each
season for the five years of the
pact.
Guepe will have more football
scholarships at his disposal when
he shifts to Vanderbilt. Vir-
ginia has 48 scholarships-only
q of which were in use for var
sity players last year-while
Vanderbilt comes under the
Southeastern Conference rules
which limit football scholarships
to 80.
Made No Demands.
Guepe told The Star yesterday
that he had made no demands
of any kind on Virginia about
scholarships or any other mat
ters. He said he was going to
Vanderbilt because 1t offers "a
better opportunity in my profess
sion"
The new Vanderbilt coach says
he will visit Nashville next week
to become better acquainted with
the university. He expects to
take over about March / for
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