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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Source: UD hires director of operations
Bill Comar, a former assistant coach at Loyola University, has been hired by coach Archie Miller to be the director of basketball operations at the University of Dayton, a source told the Dayton Daily News tonight.
Comar worked on Oliver Purnell’s staff at UD from 1997-2001, two years as an assistant and two as director of operations. He’s a 1993 Kenyon College graduate who earned a Master’s degree at Miami.
He replaces Matt Farrell, who held the job for five years under previous coach Brian Gregory.
A native of Wilmette, Ill., Comar was director of operations for seven years at Xavier under Thad Matta and Sean Miller, Archie’s older brother.
He worked one season in 2008-09 at Loyola before becoming the director of strategic development for Pro Camps Worldwide, which trains athletes.
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The Dayton football team will have a new quarterback after two prosperous seasons with Steve Valentino under center.
Four candidates are vying for that spot: Third-year sophomore Zach Splain of Brookeville, Md.; redshirt freshman Will Bardo of Ft. Thomas, Ky.; fourth-year junior Jared Phillips of Aplena, Mich.; and redshirt freshman Jake Voigt of Solon, Ohio.
Coach Rick Chamberlin said the competition is close but the edge right now goes to Bardo and Splain. The Flyers will have their annual spring game at 1 p.m. Sunday at Welcome Stadium.
Bardo “is a bigger quarterback, more athletic, and does great things with the football both throwing and running,” Chamberlin said. “But the first night (of spring practice), I was talking to his dad, and he said, ‘I think Will found out it’s a little faster in college than in high school.”
Of Splain, Chamberlin said: “He’s a leader. He knows the system. He was third string last year. He prepped every week and did a nice job when he was in. That edge of being in the offense already helps.”
One of the biggest surprises of the spring has been third-year sophomore receiver Nik Gillum. He appeared in six games last season without making a catch, but Chamberlin expects big production this season out of the Vandalia-Butler grad.
“He’s one of those receivers who have been stuck behind those great guys we’ve had and plugged along. … It’s happened every year. A receiver comes in during spring and stands out. We’ve been very, very pleased with what he’s done,” Chamberlin said.
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