Albuquerque Journal newspaper stories
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ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: No More Golden Parachutes?
... Rehm, R-Albuquerque, said that, like his constituents, he gets upset when he hears of someone like former University of New Mexico football coach Rocky Long voluntarily resigning and walking away with a huge chunk of money. "I don't know about you, but every time I resigned and walked out the door ...
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ABQJOURNAL SPORTS: UNM Appeals Case Groundbreaking
... scholarship offers. The school last year admitted to three counts of academic fraud involving two assistant football coaches on former coach Rocky Long's staff. Long was cleared of any wrongdoing in the infractions, which took place from 2004-05. Krebs said the NCAA recently has decided ...
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ABQJOURNAL SPORTS: Locksley Stamps Program
... time has made this possible.” The new staff also delivered a message that differed, at least in the translation, from former coach Rocky Long's approach. “It's been my philosophy - and I've told every one of these kids that they have to come in with the mind ...
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ABQJOURNAL SPORTS: Locksley Mines Familiar Sources
... that we didn't know enough about and that we didn't have any background on." Locksley's process could help UNM avoid the problems former coach Rocky Long had in his first year, when only seven of the 23 players in his initial recruiting class completed their eligibility. "When I was at Illinois ...
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ABQJOURNAL SPORTS: National Media Has Wrong Focus
... that is Lobo football, he conveniently omitted that UNM was the only Mountain West school to be bowl-eligible from 2001-07 and had a 49-38 under Rocky Long during that span. Franchione took over a program in shambles. Locksley isn't. All that's left is for Locksley and Walker to ...
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ABQJOURNAL SPORTS: It's Funny How Good Staff Looks
... the fall, will UNM have the depth and quality at D-line to make that work? Locksley chose not to retain any assistants from the departed Rocky Long's staff. At every position, player-coach relationships are starting from scratch. Even so, it's hard not to be impressed. ...
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ABQJOURNAL SPORTS: Locksley Finally Introduces Football Staff
... staff. Locksley added he wanted familiarity with his coaching staff in explaining why he chose not to keep any assistants under former coach Rocky Long. "One of the things I've learned watching first-time head coaches come in is there's got to be a comfortability factor in who ...
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ABQJOURNAL SPORTS: No PT for J.R. in Beantown
... Bowl Subdivision teams pegged UNM 75th and NMSU 112th. Here's what they had to say: 75. NEW MEXICO (4-8) The buzz: Coach Rocky Long's departure was a surprise, given his success at the school. The new coach is Mike Locksley, an ace recruiter who had been offensive coordinator ...
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ABQJOURNAL SPORTS: D-Lineman Commits to UNM
... ; that is, traditional except at a school such as New Mexico. The Lobos have not played such a scheme since 1978 when Bill Mondt was coach and Rocky Long was a first-year Lobo assistant coach - on offense. With the new scheme, the Lobos require more interior defensive linemen, of which ...
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ABQJOURNAL SPORTS: Maryland Linebacker May Become a Lobo
... -imposed sanctions in response to an NCAA investigation uncovering assistant coaches' involvement in academic fraud in 2004-05 under former coach Rocky Long. Locksley may sign only 20 - the NCAA's penalty that has been appealed. That could hurt Cardwell's chances. UNM has ...
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