From: "CougarFan.com" Subject: News Recap - Kafusi Hired, Vakapuna Commits Date: 11 Jan 2002 10:32:01 -0700 CougarFan Insider http://cougarfan.com News Recap - Kafusi Hired, Vakapuna Commits Selected articles included here. See all the latest news at: http://CougarFan.com If you aren't visiting CougarFan.com everyday... ...you are missing out on tons of news about football recruiting and the basketball teams great preseason. To see the most read articles in the last 5 days, to http://cougarfan.com/#popular . Here's news from today: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Steve Kaufusi Named Defensive Line Coach (Press Release) =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D See: http://www.byucougars.com/football/releases/20020111_ftb_rel.html Brigham Young University Head Football Coach Gary Crowton announced today the hiring of Steve Kaufusi to replace retiring Tom Ramage as defensive line coach. Kaufusi, who has been a member of Ron McBride=92s coaching staff at Utah since 1994, is returning to coach at his alma mater, where he lettered as a defensive lineman in 1986 and 1987. "Steve brings a wealth of credibility and experience to our coaching staff," said Coach Crowton. "He is an outstanding coach, motivator and recruiter. We are excited to have him as part of the BYU football program." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Find all BYU gifts and gear in the CougarFan Store http://CougarFan.com/store/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Top Utah Rusher Commits to BYU (PacWestFootball.com) =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D See: http://pacwestfootball.theinsiders.com/2/32264.html?noredir=3D1 "BYU is having its best recruiting class in years and it got better as Fui Vakapuna, the 6-0, 205 pound senior from Salt Lake East told PacWestFootball.com last night that he'll sign with BYU on Feb. 6." =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Young Gun: Prize QB Prospect Is BYU-Bound (Deseret News) =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D See: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,365006943,00.html? "Rick and Annie Olson didn't want their son, Ben, to play organized football at a young age. But Ben was determined. "He kept bugging us about it," Annie recalled. "We didn't think he'd like it." "At the time, there was no way the Olsons, or anyone else, could have imagined that Ben would grow up to become the top-rated prep quarterback in the country. That's exactly what most national recruiting gurus are calling the BYU-bound, Thousand Oaks High product now." =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Other Articles featured at CougarFan.com =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D See: http://CougarFan.com * BYU Needs to Impress Recruits (Provo Daily Herald) * Football Recruits Visiting This Weekend (Provo Daily Herald) * Staley #25 on List of Impact Players (ESPN.com) * Bigelow Fighting Off Fatigue (Provo Daily Herald) * Men's Basketball Takes On Aztecs Saturday (BYU NewsNet) * Mountain West Basketball Roundup (Sports Illustrated) * Women's BB Postgame: CSU 81, BYU 64 (BYUCougars.com) * Fox Sports Net to Televise MWC Women's Hoops (Mountain West Conf.) * Stanford in Town for Banner Event (Provo Daily Herald) * Men's Volleyball Set on Recapturing Title (BYU NewsNet) * Men's College Volleyball Top 10 (Provo Daily Herald) * Indoor Track Season Begins at Wildcat Invitational (Press Release) ==================================================================== Copyright 1999-2001, CougarFan.com *** Tell your friends to sign up! *** To subscribe to or unsubscribe from CougarFan Insider, go to http://www.CougarFan.com/insider or send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "subscribe byuinsider-text" OR "unsubscribe byuinsider-text" in the body of the message. ====================================================================