JOHN MAYER, Correspondent
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
09-18-1993
SANDY GORDON FORMER RAMAPO H.S. THREE-SPORT ALL-BERGEN COUNTY PICK Sandy Gordon
has experienced the good side of college athletics. She earned a basketball
scholarship at Manhattan College and spent the past five years on the coaching
. . .
BY JOHN MAYER, Correspondent
Date: 09-18-1993, Saturday
Section: SPORTS
Edition: All Editions -- Two Star B, Two Star P, One Star
Column: WHERE'S WHAT'S-HER-NAME
SANDY GORDON
FORMER RAMAPO H.S. THREE-SPORT ALL-BERGEN COUNTY PICK
Sandy Gordon has experienced the good side of college athletics.
She earned a basketball scholarship at Manhattan College and spent the
past five years on the coaching staff at St. Bonaventure University.
Gordon, 27, a native of Franklin Lakes, recently experienced the
negative side of college athletics. She wasn't rehired for the 1993-94
season as an assistant women's basketball coach and was not considered
for the vacant head coaching job.
'We recently got a new athletic director and he wanted his own
people,' said Gordon, who has remained in Olean, N.Y., while
job-hunting. 'I was hired by the former coach and wasn't even given
consideration to stay on.'
Gordon first went to St. Bonaventure as a graduate assistant. She
spent two years in that capacity while she earned a master's degree in
education. She was made a full-time assistant in 1990 by Mary Jane
Telford, who, Gordon said, was forced to resign this spring after 17
years at the helm.
'It's disappointing because we definitely had things going in the
right direction,' said Gordon, a 1984 graduate of Ramapo High School.
'Two years ago, we had 16 wins, the most in the history of the
program.'
Telford has decided to stay in the upstate New York area even
without a job. Gordon said it is likely she will head back to her New
Jersey roots sometime next month while she continues to look for
employment.
'I'm pretty much leaving all my options open at this point, but I
would like to coach again on the college level,' Gordon said. 'I've had
several offers but none that I thought were advantageous.'
Gordon was a finalist for an assistant's job at Rutgers University.
'It's doubtful that I'll get something this late, and I'm not sure
if I want to wait till next March or April, when jobs start opening up
again,' Gordon said. 'Maybe I'll make use of my physical education
degree and teach.'
Gordon would certainly be a high school athletic director's dream.
She has a solid coaching background and was an outstanding all-around
athlete. As a high school senior, Gordon was a first-team All-Bergen
selection in soccer, basketball, and softball, only one of a handful to
achieve the three-sport feat.
'I always liked soccer, but basketball was my favorite and, at the
time, that is where my best opportunity for scholarship money was,'
Gordon said of selecting Manhattan College.
She wound up as the school's all-time assist leader with both the
single-season and career marks. In her junior year, the Jaspers captured
a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference title and an NCAA tournament bid.
Gordon said she still plays basketball occasionally and even
participated in the newly formed summer league in Maywood. She also used
the time off to take up golf and to get back into running, a passion
that inspired her to complete the New York City Marathon three years
ago.
Illustrations/Photos: PHOTO - Sandy Gordon, who was not rehired as assistant
women's basketball coach at St. Bonaventure, is looking for another college
job.
Keywords: BASKETBALL. COLLEGE. WOMAN. COACH
Copyright 1993 Bergen Record Corp. All rights reserved.
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
09-18-1993
SANDY GORDON FORMER RAMAPO H.S. THREE-SPORT ALL-BERGEN COUNTY PICK Sandy Gordon
has experienced the good side of college athletics. She earned a basketball
scholarship at Manhattan College and spent the past five years on the coaching
. . .
BY JOHN MAYER, Correspondent
Date: 09-18-1993, Saturday
Section: SPORTS
Edition: All Editions -- Two Star B, Two Star P, One Star
Column: WHERE'S WHAT'S-HER-NAME
SANDY GORDON
FORMER RAMAPO H.S. THREE-SPORT ALL-BERGEN COUNTY PICK
Sandy Gordon has experienced the good side of college athletics.
She earned a basketball scholarship at Manhattan College and spent the
past five years on the coaching staff at St. Bonaventure University.
Gordon, 27, a native of Franklin Lakes, recently experienced the
negative side of college athletics. She wasn't rehired for the 1993-94
season as an assistant women's basketball coach and was not considered
for the vacant head coaching job.
'We recently got a new athletic director and he wanted his own
people,' said Gordon, who has remained in Olean, N.Y., while
job-hunting. 'I was hired by the former coach and wasn't even given
consideration to stay on.'
Gordon first went to St. Bonaventure as a graduate assistant. She
spent two years in that capacity while she earned a master's degree in
education. She was made a full-time assistant in 1990 by Mary Jane
Telford, who, Gordon said, was forced to resign this spring after 17
years at the helm.
'It's disappointing because we definitely had things going in the
right direction,' said Gordon, a 1984 graduate of Ramapo High School.
'Two years ago, we had 16 wins, the most in the history of the
program.'
Telford has decided to stay in the upstate New York area even
without a job. Gordon said it is likely she will head back to her New
Jersey roots sometime next month while she continues to look for
employment.
'I'm pretty much leaving all my options open at this point, but I
would like to coach again on the college level,' Gordon said. 'I've had
several offers but none that I thought were advantageous.'
Gordon was a finalist for an assistant's job at Rutgers University.
'It's doubtful that I'll get something this late, and I'm not sure
if I want to wait till next March or April, when jobs start opening up
again,' Gordon said. 'Maybe I'll make use of my physical education
degree and teach.'
Gordon would certainly be a high school athletic director's dream.
She has a solid coaching background and was an outstanding all-around
athlete. As a high school senior, Gordon was a first-team All-Bergen
selection in soccer, basketball, and softball, only one of a handful to
achieve the three-sport feat.
'I always liked soccer, but basketball was my favorite and, at the
time, that is where my best opportunity for scholarship money was,'
Gordon said of selecting Manhattan College.
She wound up as the school's all-time assist leader with both the
single-season and career marks. In her junior year, the Jaspers captured
a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference title and an NCAA tournament bid.
Gordon said she still plays basketball occasionally and even
participated in the newly formed summer league in Maywood. She also used
the time off to take up golf and to get back into running, a passion
that inspired her to complete the New York City Marathon three years
ago.
Illustrations/Photos: PHOTO - Sandy Gordon, who was not rehired as assistant
women's basketball coach at St. Bonaventure, is looking for another college
job.
Keywords: BASKETBALL. COLLEGE. WOMAN. COACH
Copyright 1993 Bergen Record Corp. All rights reserved.
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