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we're not in the upper level of coaching salaries or operational budget in our conference. We have to get there to enhance our chances of improving. It doesn't help Briggs chances of winning that the competition in the SoCon is so tough. Well, | think you have to look at the total picture, First off, we play a lot of guarantee games, In my career here, | know we've played five I-A schools for financial reasons. We play in the Southern Conference and | think 've counted up over the last four or five years about 12 ranked teams that we've lost to. You throw together those five 1-Agames and those ranked games and the competition is really stiff in this conference, said Briggs. The Cats have stil enjoyed some success underBriggs despite the stiff competition. "We've beaten a lot teams over the past four years that we hadn't beaten in a long time. We beat Appalachian, we beat Furman, and we beat Wofford when they wefe a ranked. 1 think we have shown improvement as a program even though our record has been mediocre, and | think over the next three years you'll see big improvements," said Briggs. While Briggs has had some success over the last four years, he knows that continuity in the program is the best chance for succeeding even more over the next three years. That is why the extension is a very exciting prospect for Coach Briggs and supporters of Western Carolina University I'm excited for the football program. The fact is that we can have continuity, and our players can have basically the same philosophy here, plus our coaches can build a stable environment for their families. Its really good for our program and for recruit It gives us the ability to. go out and recruit players and know we're going to be here for the next three years. | think that is really important in the decision making process of high schoo! athletes, stated Briggs. Continuity is also really important because if you look at the teams that win every year in the Souther Conference, they are built around continuity. If you look at Furman, their staff has been there for years and years. Appalachian has had Jerry Moore for 17 years, and all these factors kind of go into building a program. One of the biggest factors in winning is continuity of staff. Briggs is not only excited about the continuity that the extension gives the program, but also about the fact that he will have a shot at fulfiling his goals. Its always been his goal to be head coach at Westem and now that he is head coach, his goal is to build a program that will make alumni proud, Briggs calls being head coach at Western not a job but a love, and one reason for that is the relationships that he has been able to build in Cullowhee. The People. | think what makes Cullowhee and Western Carolina unique is the relationships people have here. It's not a city and that causes people to be near each other and to build a relationship and have a social fe and have fun, The guys that were in my wedding, the guys that were around when my kids were born, and the guys that are probably going to carry me off in a casket are all guys that | played ball with at Western Carolina. I've been at NC State and UConn, and those are great institutions, but I've never seen anything that even comes close to the relationships we have here, said Briggs. Those relationships really helped Briggs through some. tough times last year after he was diagnosed with cancer. Briggs kept coaching even though he had cancer, and while it was tough, he got through it using teamwork and a positive attitude. Luckily, his cancer finally went away afier treatments. it was a lot tougher than | thought going into it, To be honest, | had it set in my mind that | was going to coach, and once you start something you never want to back away from it. "phot by Mark Haskett newsmagazine [33] 0 by Mar! ske difficult, but | really want to thank the support that Western Carolina gave me, and more importantly | want to thank our players," said Briggs. They gave me the abilty to coach because | did have some limitations. My Voice wasn't as strong. | had a blood clot in my leg 0 | was limited in my mobility. The players really allowed me to coach because they stepped Up to the plate and did the things it took to win football games. Being the head.coach, Ill always be in debt to that'team last year, but | also had great suppor from family, administration, and the coaching staff. | cant Say it was easy, but hey thats part of fe. Alter surviving cancer, Briggs is as optimistic as ever and hopes to take the Catamounts to new heights over the next three seasons. The new extension should help with that. "Well our goal since | was a player, an assistant coach, and definitely as a head coach is to win the Southern Conference Championship. Thatis our goal, and i truly believe we'll make that in the next several years. | think we are very close, said Briggs. SLlYATOUWS LfIIM

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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.
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  - Date original: 2006-11-09
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  - Dimension: 12.5" x 11.25"
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  - Jackson County (N.C.)
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