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Show Head Coach Jack Gardner, in his 14th year at Utah, is one of the most respected mentors in the nation. Trainer Walt DeLand (top left), Freshman Coach George Fisher (top right), Assistant Coach Morris Buckwalter (bottom left), and Assistant Coach Jerry Pimm (bottom right). Hapless Utes finish third in WAC tussle losing 8 conference games by a four point or less margin, Wait 'til next year That was the slogan of the 1966-67 Utah Runnin' Redskins who will lose only one man - guard Scott Etnyre - for next year's cage wars. This year's junior-dominated team had a commendable 15-11 win-loss record, so it's easy to see that the Utes have "WAC championship" on their minds for 1967-68. The star of the show this year was Merv Jackson, a 6'-2" human catapult, who averaged 19.3 points per game and made everybody's first team all-Western Athletic Conference. But not far behind Jackson's potential all-American class was Center DeWitt Menyard, a junior college transfer who made his Ute debute by averaging 15.3 points and 11.5 rebounds per game. Others who had their moments were the veterans Lyndon MacKay and Jeff Ockel, two holdovers here from the 1965-66 4th place NCAA team,- transfer Walt Simon, who finished strong after a lackadaisical start; and freshman Joe English. Etnyre, guards Terry Taylor and Louis Strike, forward Don Denson, and Center Ron Cunningham made up a fine bench which, of course, will be even better in the future since just about everybody will be back. Of the Utes' 1 1 losses, eight went by four points or less. Two heart-breakers were to arch-rival BYU, 64-62 in Provo and 61-60 in SLC. Ron Cunningham Center George Theodore Forward Louis Strike Guard Steve Cotterell Forward Ray Parry Forward Reed Steenblik Forward 165 |