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Doug Crossman has decided _ A not to return aslhead . ‘ football of University of Prince Edward Island

next season. \ _

a former Panther player, for only one season- cmpiling a 1-16 . regular sealsqlarsesord in- the Atlantic Intercollegiate Football Conference. He replaced Ed Hilton earlier this year. ’

"'Ihe major reason that I resigned was that, as a, part with the UPEI football program, I cannot imagine time to rebuildrthe program and at

could not say if Crossman would have been rehired. Although Crossman would not say that one of his primary reasons for stepping down was a lack of. support

"from the UPEI adndnistratim',

he did say that‘many of the services provided by other miversities had to cane out of the football budget at UPEI. -

"I was on my own to rebuild the team and seens to be ' coming in'the (football) budget," he "All the other teams have full— tine coaches and they spend ‘ agoodportionoftheyear' I would imagine that teans like St. Mary's UNB and Acadia are on the

road recruiting for next season already." on HURI'S

Crossman, a former All— Canadian, said the 1979 budget for the program

"wasn't enough" and a cut

7 would further hinder a

successful football program

- at the miversity .

"There are no provisions made for a full time person here and I explained to Ed Hiltcn that it's an imposs— ible task, I just can't do it."

The first year Panther skipper noted the future of UPEI football is "not optimistic at all."

"There has to be a major decisicn from the

administrative level . I've

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down here. There's nothing in the way of facilities for them. "

Crossman credited Hilton for doing his best but "his hands are tied."

"He's given me a lot of support but his hands have been tied for years. I've appreciated his help very much," noted Crossman, who played under Hilton at UPEI. ‘~

The former coach remarked that under the present football setup at UPEI, the Panthers "could not possibly conpete" with the other collegiate teams in the AUAA. “How canwe?"

Hilton said a decision on a successor for Crossman

the sane time give justice to nyduties at the Addicticn Foundation," said

heard, for the past 10 years, that facilities would

would not be nade immediate- rbe developed: but it's still ‘

1y .

Crossgan Tuesday. "I cannot personally afford the time to recruit in the off—season. Hanever, University of 5 Prince Edward Island athletic director Ed Hilton said it wasn't a case of Crossman resigning but rather his contract has expired for the seascn . q 1 « v. are candegt:

the same old thing. I'm embarrassed to bring an opposing team into the visiting dressing rooms here. I'm enbarrassed to take a group of men at UPEI into a hole in the gromd

' that's called a dressing

room and I'm embarrassed bringing high school students from well equipped highschools in mtario

A study on all facets of "the athletic programs at UPEI is in the final stages of conpletim and Hilton, who coached UPEI and St. Dunstan's University foot-.-

ball teans for almost two decades, said a decision on what level of participation Panther teams will have,

is expected shortly.

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