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UO coaching rewards worth the risks.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 31-AUG-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: UO coaching rewards worth the risks.(Sports)(Oregon's two graduate assistants bring different strengths to their positions)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Rob Moseley The Register-Guard

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

The last two times Oregon went searching for a graduate assistant football coach, a healthy dose of risk was involved.

A year ago, it was the Ducks taking a gamble. This past offseason, it was the applicant.

Handling many of the scouting and practice preparation duties for the Ducks this season are Luke Butkus and Eddy Morrissey, the former a 26-year-old in his first coaching job and the latter a 35-year-old with nearly a decade of experience as a major college coach.

Butkus, a former all-conference center at Illinois and the nephew of NFL Hall of Famer Dick Butkus, was hired before the 2005 season despite concerns about his lack of a coaching resume. Morrissey, on the other hand, coached at the NCAA Division I-AA level for nine seasons before giving it all up to go back to school and work at Oregon.

"I'm a challenge guy," said Morrissey, who assists UO coach Michael Gray with the defensive line....

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