Ex-player Gerlich to coach Tech women’s program
LUBBOCK — Texas Tech announced Tuesday that Krista Gerlich, a former Lady Raiders assistant coach and player who helped the program win its only national championship in 1993, will be the new women’s basketball coach.
Gerlich has been the head coach at UT-Arlington the past seven seasons, where her 121 victories are the most in program history. She replaces Marlene Stollings, who was fired earlier this month after a newspaper report detailed claims from players of a toxic culture rife with incidents of emotional abuse from Stollings and her staff over the past two years.
“I can’t put into words how excited I am to be entrusted with rebuilding the Lady Raider basketball program, which is near and dear to my heart,” said Gerlich, whose No. 21 jersey was retired l in 1993. “I can’t wait to get to work on taking this program back to where it’s supposed to be, where it has been and where everyone in the Texas Tech community expects it to be.“
Gerlich was an All-Southwest Conference player for the Red Raiders and was named to the Final Four all-tournament team after the 1993 championship. She still ranks third in school history in assists (553).
PRO FOOTBALL Cowboys release injured McCoy
The Dallas Cowboys released defensive tackle Gerald McCoy thanks to an injury waiver.
McCoy was set to miss the 2020 season after the six-time Pro Bowler ruptured his right quad tendon in practice Monday morning.
With the waiver, McCoy will still receive his $3 million signing bonus from Dallas, but with his release, his $2.5 million base salary and $750,000 roster bonus this season are off the books for the Cowboys. In his contract with Dallas, the veteran defensive tackle has what was deemed a “pre-existing condition” in his right quad tendon. The language in the contract protected the Cowboys. In other news:
• Arizona Cardinals cornerback Robert Alford, who missed all of the 2019 season because of a broken leg will likely miss a second straight season because of a reported torn perctoral muscle.
• New York Jets receiver Vyncint Smith had surgery to repair a core muscle injury and could miss up to two months.
• Cleveland Pro Bowl running back Nick Chubb has been placed in concussion protocol after he sustained a head injury while being tackled around the neck by linebacker Mack Wilson. Later in practice, Wilson had to be carted off the field with an apparent hyperextended left knee.
PRO BASKETBALL Celtics’ Hayward to miss 4 weeks
Boston forward Gordon Hayward suffered a Grade III right ankle sprain in Monday’s Game 1 win over Philadelphia and is expected to miss four weeks. In other news:
• Azura Stevens made a layup with 2.9 seconds left on Courtney Vandersloot’s 15th assist of the game and Chicago beat Las Vegas 84-82 to snap the
Aces’ seven-game win streak in a WNBA game at Bradenton, Fla. In other games, Wanna Bonner had 28 points as Connecticut beat Indiana 84-62, and Seattle routed New York 105-64 as Epiphanny Prince scored 16 points.
HOCKEY Hawerchuk dies of cancer at 57
Dale Hawerchuk ,a hockey phenom who became the face of the Winnipeg Jets en route to the Hall of Fame, died at age 57 after a battle with cancer. Hawerchuk had 518 goals in 1,188 regular-season games over a 16-year career.