Friday, November 9, 2007

Detroit News Preview

An article in todays Detroit News profiles the four division one coaches in new positions - Kevin Borseth, Suzy Merchant(MUS), Sue Guevara (CMU) and AnnMarie Gilbert (EMU). On Coach Borseth:
Kevin Borseth, U-M

He's had a very busy summer and fall, one he'd love to discuss in detail if he could remember it all.

It's not that Borseth, 51, isn't a details person. But try house hunting and moving a young family of five children from Green Bay to Ann Arbor, hosting basketball camps, hitting the road to recruit and getting used to the politics of a new workplace.

And do it all in a few months.

"It's been intense, but everything I hoped it to be," said Borseth, who left Wisconsin-Green Bay to become Michigan's coach after Cheryl Burnett's retirement. "I'm not going to get bored."

Borseth understands the profile of Michigan basketball is down, thanks to a 35-83 record the past four years. He wants to establish a strong recruiting profile.

"I want to leave people with a different taste in the mouths about Michigan basketball," Borseth said. "I don't know what happened in the past, and frankly, I don't care. It's about us, now and into the future.

"There's enough talent in this state, and enough strong programs, that the top girls should stay here. That's my goal. We're going to keep our own here. I want to lock this state down."

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