February 10, 1999

COLUMBIA, MO. -- Paul Pasqualoni, head football coach of the Big East champion Syracuse Orangemen, headlines the speakers at the University of Missouri's annual spring football coaching clinic, Feb. 19-20.

The annual gathering, which will be held at the Holiday Inn Select and MU's Daniel J. Devine Pavilion, also includes the Missouri High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame Banquet. Inductees this year include David Fairchild (Hamilton Penney High School), Burl Fowler (Monett High School), David Meek (Thayer High School), John Titus (Brentwood High School), Bruce Young (Raymore-Peculiar High School), and Larry Walls (Sumner High School). MU Head Football Coach Larry Smith will be the guest speaker at the Hall of Fame Banquet.

Pasqualoni, who has developed star quarterbacks at Syracuse like Don McPherson and Donovan McNabb, will speak Friday evening on "Fundamentals of the Quarterback Position."

High school coaches who will be speaking include Mark Thomas, formerly at Boonville and now at Kearney; Tom Stringer, Topeka (Kan.) Hayden; Darren Sunkett, Riverview Gardens; Ray Hentges, Jefferson City Helias; and Lance Johnston, North Platte. Scott Bostwick, assistant coach at Northwest Missouri State, is also on the schedule, as are all of Missouri's assistant coaches.

The registration fee for the clinic, which includes the Hall of Fame Banquet, is $35 in advance, or $40 at the door. Checks made payable to the University of Missouri may be mailed to: Football Clinic, 100 Tom Taylor Building, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211. For more information, call 573/882-0809.

A complete schedule follows

1999 CLINIC SCHEDULE
Friday, February 19 - Sessions at the Holiday Inn Select Executive Center
1-2 p.m.		Registration
2 p.m.			Welcome from Andy Hill, Clinic Director
2:10-3 p.m.		Mark Thomas, Kearney High School (formerly at Boonville)
			"Changing the Direction of a Program"
			Tom Stringer, Topeka (Kan.) Hayden High School
			"Split Back Attack"
3:10-4 p.m.		Scott Bostwick, Northwest Missouri State
			"The Bearcat Defensive Philosophy"
			Darren Sunkett, Riverview Gardens
			"The Riverview 3-Step Drop Passing Game"
4:10-5 p.m.		Ray Hentges, Jefferson City Helias
			"33-4: The Bone Offense Made a Believer Out of Me"
			Lance Johnston, North Platte
			"Trench Work - D-Line Play"
5:10-6 p.m.		Paul Pasqualoni, Syracuse University
			"Fundamentals of the Quarterback Position"
6:30 p.m.		Hall of Fame Banquet and Awards Presentation
8:30 p.m.		Coaches Social - Breakdown Sessions with MU Position Coaches

Saturday, February 20 - Sessions at MU's Daniel J. Devine Pavilion
8:15-9 a.m.		Registration and Continental Breakfast
9-9:45 a.m.		Donnie Sommer, Bob Jones, Pat Ivey, MU Strength Staff
			"Off-Season Conditioning"
9:50-10:35 a.m.	 Ricky Hunley, MU Associate Head Coach
			"Pressure Defense - Inside Linebacker Techniques"
			Andy Hill/Corby Smith, MU Assistant Coaches
			"Attacking a Blitzing Defense"
10:40-11:25 a.m.	Brian Stewart, MU Assistant Coach
			"Coverage Techniques"
			Andy Moeller, MU Assistant Coach
			"Offensive Line Play"
11:30 a.m.-		Jerry Berndt, MU Offensive Coordinator
12:15 p.m.		"QB - Leading the Team"
			Moe Ankney, MU Defensive Coordinator
			"OLB and DE Technique"
12:20-1:05 p.m.	 David Mitchell, MU Assistant Coach
			"Running Backs Technique"
			Dave Toub, MU Assistant Coach
			"Defensive Line Play"

CLINIC DIRECTOR:	ANDY HILL, 573/884-0884