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Disappointing OU sports moments — The Oklahoma Daily sports desk takes a look at some of the disappointing moments from the past year of Oklahoma athletics. (Monday-Friday)

Rufus Fears’ classes will not be continued

“Grown Ups 2” review — Our reviewer takes a first look at “Grown Ups 2.” The film will come out in theaters this Friday. (Friday)

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Staff Bonus — A look into President David Boren’s decision to give staff making under a certain amount a $500 bonus to help cut the costs of their commute. (Friday)

On the cover: The Casey Donahew Band plays at Lone Star Park April 20, 2012.

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Coming into his position as the G.T. and Libby Blakenship chair of History of Liberty, Wilfred McClay has big plans for the job that once belonged to the late Rufus Fears.

McClay, who currently is at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, was chosen for the position after an eightmonth long search. In addition to his chairman position, he also will be a professor in the classics and letters department, Vice Provost Kyle Harper said.

Fears, one of the most respected figures in the university’s recent history, was a one-of-a-kind educator and civic leader, so the search committee was mindful of this as it made its decision to find his replacement, Harper said.

“The university wanted someone who would be a special occupant of a special chair... someone who will bring their own energy and vision into the role,” he said.

McClay seemed to be incredibly smart and public-spirited, he said.

“His application stood out to us immediately. From there, we were able to bring him to campus, and he shined during his interview,” Harper said.

T h e G .T. a n d L i b b y Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty is a dual educator to not just the

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Wilfred McClay, the professor coming to OU, will fill Rufus Fears’ former position.

student body, but also the Council to promote publocal community and also lic humanities education. is the director for the Center He also would like to set up for the History of Liberty. programs that foster good When Fears held the po- citizenship in an age when sition, he led reading groups most continuing education for senior citis centered on izens, gave “What I envision technology, public lectures he said. doing is starting on the histo“One of the ry of Western in the classical things someliberty in one in this poOklahoma and world — with how sition should in other states freedom emerged d o i s b e a n and taught e m i ssa r y t o f o r t h e O U — and then going t h e l a r g e r from there.” branch of the community,” Osher Lifelong McClay said.

WILFRED MCCLAY, Learning The popuG.T. AND LIBBY BLAKENSHIP Institute for HISTORY OF LIBERTY CHAIR lar classes that older adults, Fears taught, said Samuel F re e d o m i n Huskey, chairG re e c e a n d man of the classics and let- Freedom in Rome, will not ters department. be continued but McClay McClay’s plans to es- has course plans of his own, tablish a connection with he said. the Oklahoma Humanities “A big part of the job will

be to compliment Dr. Fears, not emulate him,” he said.

A history Ph.D. and a specialist in American intellectual and cultural history, McClay’s tentative course plans include a class titled The Idea of Liberty, he said.

“What I envision doing is starting in the classical world — with how freedom emerged — and then going from there,” he said.

While the classics and letters department has not decided whether McClay will take over the letters major capstone course that Fears previously taught, McClay would welcome the opportunity, he said.

McClay will begin teaching courses in Spring 2014.

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Fagin publishes book about day’s events RYAN BLACKBURN Campus Reporter

As a Dallas native, John F. Kennedy’s assassination really resonated with OU alumnus, Stephen Fagin, enough so that he’s devoted his life to learning more about the event and its implications.

Fagin recently has written a book about the assassination, published through OU Press, titled “Assassination and Commemoration: JFK, Dallas, and the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey P l a z a ,” a c cording to a press release.

From a young age, the assassination was a STEPHEN hot topic of FAGIN discussion in his family and with other Dallas denizens who still talk about it as if it was breaking news, Fagin said.

“Living here in Dallas, the death of President Kennedy has always felt like a current event,” he said. “Rarely does

a week or two pass without some media story related to one of the assassination-related sites in the city, or someone who was involved in some aspect of that weekend or its aftermath.”

The fascination for the event consumed and surrounded his entire life, and he even wrote his thesis at OU on the history of the Sixth Floor Museum in Dealey Plaza, where most believe Lee Harvey Oswald shot the gun that killed Kennedy, he said.

It also was during Fagin’s time at OU studying museum studies that he got the idea to write his book.

In fact, it was the thesis he wrote about five years ago that laid the foundation for it, he said.

As Fagin wrote his thesis, he worked closely with Byron Price, director of the University of Oklahoma Press, who was the chairman for Fagin’s thesis.

“It was the depth of research in his thesis that made it stand out and provided the blueprint for his book,” Price said.

When Fagin came to OU, he was actually already an employee of the Sixth Floor Museum but needed

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another degree to move forward in his career, Price said. “[Fagin] needed the additional higher education to further his career, but he also knew what he was doing,” Price said.

Fagin’s book details the history of the museum, the story of the community’s efforts to save the building

impact of a violent act is remembered as a significant turning point and part of a process of national renewal in the face of tragedy.”

While Fagin has no plans to write another book, he does think there are more stor ies surrounding Kennedy and the assassination that could be explored, he said.

Which is exactly what Fagin is doing in his position as the associate curator for the Sixth Floor Museum, his dream job.

In the position, he manages the museum’s ongoing Oral History Project, which is an audio-visual collection of interviews on the life, death and legacy of Kennedy and the history and culture of the ‘60s, he said. and how Dallas has pulled “We believe everyone itself out from the shadow has a story worth sharing,” cast by the assassination, Fagin said.

Fagin said.

Right now, the museum “Like Ford’s Theatre, has close to 1,100 oral hiswhere Abraham Lincoln tories in its collection, and was shot or Pearl Harbor Fagin adds about 100 new or the site of the Murrah interviews each year, he b u i l d i n g i n O k l a h o m a said.

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More American military personnel can pursue a degree from OU while deployed overseas thanks to a $31 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense.

The department awarded OU a $31 million grant to be distributed over 10 years to continue and expand its Advanced Program department, which serves military members overseas.

Through OU’s Advanced Programs department, soldiers deployed internationally, as well as their families and other base personnel, will be able to take classes for a number of graduate degrees on site, according to a press release.

“We’re very excited about this new contract and our extended opportunity to offer OU degrees internationally for those who are unable to attend OU directly,” OU Outreach spokesman Jerry Jerman said.

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Q&A

Texas country band to play at OU LUKE REYNOLDS

to keep your hands to yourself — unless she came with you.

LIFE & ARTS REPORTER

Q: When did you start playing shows?

A: I didn’t really start playing shows until I got back to Fort Worth right after college. Then I just started playing in bars

OU’s Campus Activities Council, Union Programming Board, Interfraternity Council and the OU IT Store will host Casey Donahew band for OU’s “Must Stay Weekend” this Friday.

The Daily had the opportunity to sit down and talk to Casey Donahew to get to know a little more about the band, its aspirations and how it deals with drunk people.

The free concert will be 8 p.m. Friday on Oklahoma Memorial Union’s East Lawn.

Q: Are you a Texas fan?

Agot: I’m a Texas guy so I’ve to be a Texas fan and I

and stuff.

pretty busy all the time.

QTexas : Do you all prefer Texas to Tennessee or Tennessee to and why?

A: My wife is our manager so she spends a lot more time in Tennessee than I do, but I go there about once a month.

When I get a free day I like to do what I like, not spend it traveling. So, I definitely prefer Texas to Tennessee.

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The Casey Donahew Band, a Texas country group, will play a free concert at 8 p.m. on Oklahoma Memorial Union’s East Lawn as part of OU’s “Must Stay Weekend” this Friday.

went to A&M for a part of my college career so I’m kind of all over the place but I’m a huge Dallas Cowboys fan becoming too rowdy? and Texas Rangers fan, but Oklahoma is definitely second. : Man, I stop shows all the time because of fights. Some : What is the hardest part of being on the road? people play through, and we’ll definitely stop until security stops it. I mean, you can’t just sit there and play music : The hardest part for me is the time we spend away from while someone is getting the crap beaten out of them. our families. A lot of us have wives and kids and homes and that’s apart of the sacrifice. We have a pretty good group of : So your single is called “Whiskey Baby,” and I know guys that we travel with on the road, and we try and do a lot that the song is not about whiskey, but is that your favorite of activities that get us away from the venue and out to exdrink? perience to town we’re in. I mean, you get 10 or 11 guys in a 400-foot space for a couple of weeks straight and things get : Man, I’m really a beer guy than a liquor guy these days. a little tense.

You know I’m really more of a vodka guy, I think. I like the vodka lime. : What is the most awkward/weird moment you’ve had while you’re on the road? : Were you in a fraternity?

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Q Q Aprising : Hmmm. Let me think of one I can talk about. It’s surA: Yeah, I was a Phi Delt at A&M. the things you’ll see from the stage; there’s some crazy activity that goes on in the crowd every once and QAre: Theyoucrowd on Friday will presumably be a little rowdy. awhile. We’re pretty calm guys we don’t get in much trouall used to that? ble so we try and take it pretty easy up there. : Yeah man. That’s what we do. We do rowdy college Q: Have you ever had to stop a show because of a crowd Acrowds.

We’re all about people having a good time; just got

MUSIC FESTIVAL

16th annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival celebrates singer Fans to gather and enjoy music, fun

Q: What are your hopes/plans/goals for the future?

A: You know I’ve got the same plan I started out with ten years ago: just keep writing better songs and keep taking music to new places. Haven’t wavered.

Qbreak : Would you say that most of your songs are about heartor ... ?

A: I’m not sure there’s a main theme or directive. I like to find lines that really mean something to mean and build off of that. I think like every song has one or two home run lines and I try to find that line and build that line around that. I try to write the funny songs and the party songs and it seems like a lot of the songs I’ve written over the years have been about heartbreak with a little bit of vengeance thrown in.

Qa double : Did you all legitimately shoot “Double-Wide Dream” in wide or a studio?

A: No, that’s the real deal. It’s actually my father-in-law’s double-wide.

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Folk music lovers young and old will gather to celebrate the 16th annua l Wo o d y G u t h r i e Fo l k Fe s t i v a l . F r o m Ju l y 1 0 through July 14, festivalgoers can celebrate Guthrie’s folk spirit of Oklahoma in his hometown of Okemah, Okla.

To k i c k o f f t h i s year’s festival, Jimmy LaFave will be performing Wednesday at the Crystal Theater.

LaFave’s show will include his “Walking Wo o d y ’s R o a d ” musical and spoken-word tribute to Guthrie. This show is the only ticketed performance of the free four-day festival. Tickets can be purchased at Brown Paper Tickets, and a l l p ro c e e d s w i l l benefit the Woody Guthrie Coalition, according to a press release.

Deana McCloud, President of the Woody Guthrie Coalition and Executive Director of the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, has helped organize this show since the very first WoodyFest in 1998.

McCloud handles booking and producing the concerts, as well as rounding up the artists to play.

Celebrate legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie at the 16th annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival. The festival runs from July 10 through July 14. See the accompanying story on this page for more details.

Browse through Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s newest gallery, the “Hopituy” exhibition. Assistant curator Heather Ahtone will lead a walking tour to discuss the collection in a Gallery Talk titled “Traditional Protocal vs. Artistic License. The tour starts at 12:30 p.m.

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Enjoy a free event on campus with The Casey Donahew Band’s concert.

OU’s Campus Activities Council, Union Programming Board, Interfraternity Council and the OU IT Store will host the show at 8 p.m. on Oklahoma Memorial Union’s East Lawn.

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Crowds gather for the annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival in Okemah, Okla. Aside from a special performance, the festival is a free event.

As the summer heats up and hot new artists take the stage at WoodyFest, indoor activities also will be in full swing for younger Guthrie fans. Kids can enjoy storyWhen: July 10-14 telling on Friday, and get creative with arts and crafts Where: Crystal Theater on Saturday.

Okemah, Okla.

Supported by a grant from Price: Free except for the Oklahoma Arts Council, Jimmy LaFave show sponsors work alongside McCloud to plan and preInfo: See pare for a festival full of great woodyguthrie.com for music and Oklahoma spirit, full festival details McCloud said.

“Woody Fest. is a great festival that really gives off a activities for Guthrie’s die- unique vibe,” McCloud said. hard fans, and their chil- “You can’t explain it. You dren, too. This four-day fes- have to experience it.” tival also includes poetry, film screenings and storytelling, according to a press Kelly Rogers kelly.n.rogers-1@ou.edu release.

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“It’s like a huge family reunion,” McCloud said.

Artists who have played for Woody Fest. before never seem to hesitate to return, and she’s always finding new artists to join the folk festival family, she said.

Some returning Woody Fest. performers include John Fullbright, The Red Dirt Rangers, Jimmy LaFave and Annie Guthrie.

But music isn’t the only Woody Fest staple, with

Support your local economy by visiting the Norman Farmers Market to discover fresh fruits, vegetables, flowers and more. The market is open 8 a.m. to noon at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds.

Have a sophisticated day at the opera with Gilbert & Sullivan’s Ruddigore, presented by the Nancy O’Brian Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets may be purchased at www. cimarronopera.org or by calling 364-8962.

Enjoy your summer day with a picnic lunch in Lions Park. Don’t forget to stop next door at the Norman Firehouse Art Center.

The gallery’s Faculty Art Show currently is showcasing a variety of artistic styles. The art center will be open 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

If you haven’t seen “Stirring the Fire: A Global Movement to Empower Women & Girls” at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, then you’re missing out. Visit the striking photography exhibition during normal museum hours.

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Julia Nelson julia.nelson33@gmail.com

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ll the pieces were in place for the Oklahoma football team to make another national title run last season.

Defensive coordinator Mike Stoops had come to save the defense, quarterback Landry Jones was returning for his senior year and the Sooners had the marquee games lined up to make for an impressive season.

Not so fast.

Those marquee games against Kansas State and Notre Dame didn’t quite pan out. The losses stung plenty on their own, but losing them both at home put the icing on the cake.

In what ended up being a theme for the Sooners throughout the season, their own mistakes did them in.

Against Kansas State, Jones’ fumble near Oklahoma’s goal line was returned in for a touchdown, and then-sophomore quarterback Blake Bell fumbled a snap he could have taken into the end zone to tie the game.

The Sooners ended up losing that game, 24-19. A team that once looked indestructible on their home field was beginning to look very vulnerable.

But not all was lost.

Oklahoma no longer controlled its own destiny, but

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The Sooners lost three games during the 2012 season, two of which coming at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, a place OU has not lost two games at since 1998. Both of those losses came on national television against marquee opponents.

with a win against Notre Dame, its season could get back on track.

If only things were that simple.

Notre Dame rolled into Oklahoma in one of the most hyped college football games of the season, and Oklahoma seemingly crumbled under the pressure.

Despite throwing for 356 yards, Jones was without a touchdown the entire game.

The Sooners’ lone touchdown came in the fourth quarter from the Belldozer.

The Sooners rallied in the fourth, but Notre Dame standout linebacker Manti Te’o had different plans. He picked off a pass that was tipped by junior receiver Jalen Saunders to effectively end the game.

The Irish ended up defeating the Sooners, 30-13.

Losing hurts. Losing at home hurts even more, especially for a team like Oklahoma.

In 2011, Texas Tech snapped OU’s home

AT A GLANCE Home Losses vs. KSU & ND vs. Kansas State

vs. Notre Dame

Date: Sept. 22, 2012 Score: 24-19, KSU Key Play: Landry Jones’ fumble returned for a touchdown Impact: OU fell to 2-1

Date: Oct. 27, 2012 Score: 30-13, ND Key Play: Manti Te’o’s late interception Impact: OU fell to 5-2

winning streak that started in 2005, but nobody in Sooner Nation saw this coming.

Last season was supposed to be it. It was supposed to be the end of the national championship drought. It was time. It was supposed to be Oklahoma’s year.

the defense, at least not yet.

Jones underperformed his in his senior year. The Sooners ended up losing both of their marquee games.

Losing to Kansas State was a reality check. Nobody really liked it, but people could deal with it.

Losing to Notre Dame was a slap in the face. It added insult to injury; it rubbed dirt in the wound. There was no coming back from that loss.

Stoops didn’t end up saving

Source: soonersports.com

The pieces were there for Oklahoma to make the national title run; the team just couldn’t quite fit them all together.

Julia Nelson is a journalism senior.

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SOFTBALL

Three Sooners set to play in World Cup of Softball starting Thursday After winning the program’s first national title since 2000, three members of the 2013 Oklahoma softball team start competition with Team USA on Thursday in the World Cup of Softball at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.

Former OU pitcher Keilani Ricketts, KEILANI junior Lauren Chamberlain and senior RICKETTS Destinee Martinez made the team June 14 and have been training for the World Cup as well as other Team USA events in the future.

The World Cup of Softball starts at noon Thursday with Border Battle V between Team USA and Team Canada.

Team USA then will go on to face Team Canada again at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Team USA continues the tournament at 7 p.m. Friday against Australia before facing Japan at 8 p.m. Saturday and Puerto Rico at noon Saturday.

After the round-robin play, Team USA will play Sunday as whichever seed it earns based off its round-robin record.

Staff Reports

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Coale-lead Team USA opens the World University Games on right foot Led by Oklahoma women’s basketball coach Sherri Coale, Team USA crushed Mali, 120-32, Monday and the Czech Republic, 101-61, Tuesday in the opening round of pool play in the World University Games in Kazan, Russia.

The pool play wins were Coale’s first and second victories as Team USA’s SHERRI head coach.

COALE In the two wins, OU senior Aaryn Ellenberg scored 23 points on 7-of-16 shooting and recorded seven rebounds and three steal in her 38 minutes of play.

“It was a relief,” Coale said in a news release, “and I think they were relieved to have success with one another. They really seemed to enjoy making one another look good, which was fun to see, and it’s going to have to be our M.O. throughout this tournament.”

With the wins, Team USA improves to 2-0 in pool play before facing Brazil at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday. Team USA is the only team in its group without a loss.

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• July 10-16, 2013

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Hughes makes great call with coaching staff SPORTS EDITOR

Jono Greco jonogreco13@gmail.com

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n Monday, Oklahoma baseball coach Pete Hughes named Mike Anderson, Jack Giese and Ryan Gaines to his coaching staff.

This is Hughes’ first major decision since being named the team’s head coach June 27, and the decision was a good one. In fact, it was one of the better first decisions he could have made as OU’s new coach.

Sooner fans may remember Anderson from his days with Nebraska. Or, more precisely, Sooner fans probably remember Anderson’s success against OU while he was Nebraska’s head coach.

Anderson, who was a coach at Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colo., this past year, was the Corn

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Oklahoma baseball coach Pete Hughes was named to the position June 27. At the time, he said he was in search for a coaching staff, and OU’s current staff was one that had a resume that spoke for itself. Hughes decided to keep on two major components from last year’s Sooner coaching staff.

Huskers’ skipper from 20032011, compiling a 337-196-2 record. During those nine seasons, Anderson led Nebraska to five NCAA tournament appearances and one College World Series appearance in 2005 when Nebraska went 57-15.

Anderson had a winning record against the Sooners, too, totaling a 14-12-1 recording against both former

OU coaches Larry Cochell and Sunny Golloway’s clubs.

“Mike is one of the most accomplished head coaches in the profession,” Hughes said in a news release. “He has recruited players to teams that have gone on to Omaha.”

Anderson should be the Sooners’ hitting coach, according to sources. He will be trying to help improve

upon OU’s .282 batting average from this past season.

Although that is a respectable team average, the bats went cold at the end of the season and was bailed out by a solid pitching staff multiple times throughout the year.

The Sooners will enter the 2014 season without their top two hitters in Matt Oberste and Max White,

who are leaving the program because of the MLB Draft and graduation, respectively.

But Anderson has a young team full of potential quality hitters. Leading the lineup will be outfielder Craig Aikin, second baseman Hector Lorenzana and catcher Anthony Hermelyn, all of whom hit better than .275 in 2012.

Although one of the newest members to the OU family has his work cut out for him, he has talent with which to work.

But the best move Hughes could have made in his search to fill out his coaching staff was keeping Giese.

Originally, Giese — as well as Gaines — was thought to be part of Golloway’s coaching staff at Auburn.

Giese has been on staff since November 2011, and he has been a major impact on what’s been successful at L. Dale Mitchell Park since.

Yes, Giese has had a lot of talent to work with considering he had two early-round draft pick pitchers at his disposal in former OU pitchers

Jonathan Gray and Dillon Overton — who will be undergoing Tommy John surgery — MIKE but Giese ANDERSON helped develop those two pitchers, especially Gray, in his two full years on staff.

Although the Sooners’ two main pitchers are gone, Hughes and Giese have a lot of options looking forward to 2014. Pitchers like Jacob Evans, Ralph Garza Jr., Adam Choplick, Kyle Hayes, Cory Copping as well as others can only grow and help maintain a solid numbers on the mound that OU pitchers have been known for each of the last two seasons.

Although Hughes’ coaching staff decision won’t be fully appreciated or hated until after next February, he has made immediate steps in the right direction.

Jono Greco is a journalism graduate student.

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TRACK & FIELD, CROSS COUNTRY

Former Oklahoma baseball pitcher Jonathan Gray is slated to make his professional debut Wednesday with the Grand Junction Rockies, the Colorado Rockies’ Rookie League affiliate in the Pioneer League, against the Billing Mustangs at Suplizio Field in Grand Junction, Colo.

Gray, who was the third overall pick in June’s MLB Draft, signed a $4.8 million contract. He went 10-3 with a 1.64 ERA with 147 strikeouts in 2013.

JONATHAN Gray’s debut, which is scheduled for 8:05 p.m., will be his first since pitching for the Sooners on June 7.

GRAY Staff Reports

The Oklahoma Track and Field and Cross Country programs have a new head coach, Jim VanHootegem, as announced Monday.

As a coach, VanHootegem has won 12 NCAA Division I team championships and 27 conference championships. Before joining OU, he coached at multiple universities, including Texas A&M, Miami (Fla.), San Diego State, Mississippi State and Arkansas as an assistant coach.

“Jim has worked for and been mentored by some of the finest coaches in the history of intercollegiate track and field and has built his own distin- JIM VANguished pedigree as a coach,” OU Athletic Director Joe Castiglione said in HOOTEGEM a news release.

Staff Reports

Jonathan Gray to make professional debut Wednesday

Sooners name new Track & Field, Cross Country coach