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11-12-2012, 11:33 PM
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Something she did wrong
Horns’ Kearney placed on leave; UT looks into ‘issues’ in track program
Texas women’s track and field coach Bev Kearney has been an inspiration to many and has created and hosted a Minority Mentorship Symposium held during the annual Texas Relays in Austin for the past several years. Ralph Barrera/2011 AMERICAN-STATESMAN
By Randy Riggs
American-Statesman Staff
Track and field coach Bev Kearney, the most successful coach in the University of Texas women’s athletic department, has been placed on paid administrative leave while the university reviews unspecified “issues” pertaining to the program, officials announced Monday.
The athletic department issued a two-sentence news release revealing the move, saying Kearney will remain on leave “until this process is completed.”
Kearney, hired by Texas in 1993, did not respond to a phone call from the American-Statesman seeking clarification. Texas women’s athletic director Chris Plonsky referred questions to athletic department spokesman Nick Voinis, who declined to comment.
Kearney has been a notable personality in Austin for her accomplishments on and off the track.
Hired away from the University of Florida, she has molded the Longhorns into a women’s national power in the sport. Texas has won three NCAA national team championships in both outdoor track (1998, 1999 and 2005) and indoor track (1998, 1999 and 2006).
Kearney, who also has guided Texas to 20 conference championships, has been named the conference coach of the year 16 times.
She’s been named the national coach of the year five times, and in 2007 she was inducted into the hall of fame of the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Kearney has led Texas to 48 individual national titles (32 individual, 16 relays), a total surpassed only by LSU over the same span. Seventy of her athletes have accounted for 358 All-America honors.
Away from athletics, Kearney also has played a significant role.
On Oct. 29, she shared the award for Employee of the Year by the Austin Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities, which presents awards annually to local employees with disabilities who serve as role models. Kearney suffered a severe spinal injury in an automobile accident in December 2002. She wasn’t expected to regain the ability to walk, but now she gets around with the help of a cane or motorized scooter.
Kearney, who earlier this year was recognized as one of CNN’s “Breakthrough Women” of the year, organized the annual Minority Mentorship Symposium in Austin six years ago. It is held in conjunction with the Texas Relays.
Something she did wrong
Horns’ Kearney placed on leave; UT looks into ‘issues’ in track program
Texas women’s track and field coach Bev Kearney has been an inspiration to many and has created and hosted a Minority Mentorship Symposium held during the annual Texas Relays in Austin for the past several years. Ralph Barrera/2011 AMERICAN-STATESMAN
By Randy Riggs
American-Statesman Staff
Track and field coach Bev Kearney, the most successful coach in the University of Texas women’s athletic department, has been placed on paid administrative leave while the university reviews unspecified “issues” pertaining to the program, officials announced Monday.
The athletic department issued a two-sentence news release revealing the move, saying Kearney will remain on leave “until this process is completed.”
Kearney, hired by Texas in 1993, did not respond to a phone call from the American-Statesman seeking clarification. Texas women’s athletic director Chris Plonsky referred questions to athletic department spokesman Nick Voinis, who declined to comment.
Kearney has been a notable personality in Austin for her accomplishments on and off the track.
Hired away from the University of Florida, she has molded the Longhorns into a women’s national power in the sport. Texas has won three NCAA national team championships in both outdoor track (1998, 1999 and 2005) and indoor track (1998, 1999 and 2006).
Kearney, who also has guided Texas to 20 conference championships, has been named the conference coach of the year 16 times.
She’s been named the national coach of the year five times, and in 2007 she was inducted into the hall of fame of the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Kearney has led Texas to 48 individual national titles (32 individual, 16 relays), a total surpassed only by LSU over the same span. Seventy of her athletes have accounted for 358 All-America honors.
Away from athletics, Kearney also has played a significant role.
On Oct. 29, she shared the award for Employee of the Year by the Austin Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities, which presents awards annually to local employees with disabilities who serve as role models. Kearney suffered a severe spinal injury in an automobile accident in December 2002. She wasn’t expected to regain the ability to walk, but now she gets around with the help of a cane or motorized scooter.
Kearney, who earlier this year was recognized as one of CNN’s “Breakthrough Women” of the year, organized the annual Minority Mentorship Symposium in Austin six years ago. It is held in conjunction with the Texas Relays.