I knew they won one game and assumed they played 11, anyway, here you go...
From the Lincoln Journal Star
Frazier resigns as Doane's coach
BY KEN HAMBLETON / Lincoln Journal Star
Tuesday, Nov 14, 2006 - 11:03:29 pm CST
Less than 20 months since Tommie Frazier was praised for his potential at Doane College, the school announced Tuesday he was leaving as head football coach.
Frazier, voted one of the top two Nebraska football players ever and the quarterback for two Husker national championships, ended his tenure with Doane by “mutual agreement,” both Frazier and Doane athletic director Greg Heier said.
Frazier, whose teams were 2-8 in 2005 and 1-9 this year, had whittled his squad to fewer than 40 players who were dressed for the final game of the season. “The numbers were a major part of the fact we didn’t see eye-to-eye,” Frazier said. “I wanted the program to go one way and they wanted another way. I have nothing but good things to say about Doane. I met a lot of good people there and I enjoyed working with the kids and the staff.”
Doane president Jonathan Brand declined comment other than to say he had met with Frazier since the end of the season and that he played a role in Frazier’s removal.
Heier, who has been athletic director at Doane since May, said he met with Frazier on Tuesday. Heier added, “It is an extremely difficult decision that is not taken lightly.” He said that Frazier and he agreed that a change was “best for the college football program. But I don’t want to comment beyond that.”
Doane’s two full-time assistant coaches, Nick Fulton and Troy Dumas, will remain on staff until a new coach is hired. They may apply to stay on at Doane, Heier said.
Fulton, who joined the staff last summer, was named the interim director of football operations until a new coach coach is named.
Neither Heier nor Brand said they had chosen a process to find a new head coach. Heier said he wanted to have a new coach in place by mid-December and also said the requirements for a new head coach would include a masters degree and someone who is “connected to the recruiting base in Nebraska and the recruiting that is supplemented with players from out of state. Someone who is connected with the alumni and the Doane constituency.””
Doane is allowed 24 full scholarships under the NAIA and Great Plains Athletic Conference rules. Heier said Doane was in the middle of the pack in terms of football scholarship money offered, that is reported to be about 12 to 14 full scholarships.
“There were a combination of things that led to this decision and it’s not really a surprise,” Frazier said. “You can see the tell-tale signs by how people approach you and talk to you.
“But Doane gave me an opportunity to be a head football coach and I can say I am at peace with the decision. There is no wondering why this? why that?”
Frazier denied reports he had run at least 50 players off the program that was run by Fran Schwenk for 21 years until he left for William Jewell College in the spring of 2005.
“We never asked anybody to quit, and we never ran anybody off,” Frazier said. “We told the players this was not going to be a country club atmosphere and if you were going to play you were going to have to work hard. It was no different than what Coach (Tom) Osborne asked of me and the other players he coached.”
Frazier said he had no immediate plans. He said he had business opportunities and would like to coach again.
