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Buffalo University Football Coach Turner Gill is Winning His Way Into History

The University Of Buffalo is the only division 1-A school that has an African American football coach (Turner Gill), basketball coach, (Reggie Witherspoon), and athletic director (Warde Manuel). Coach Gill's Buffalo Bulls won a 43-33 victory over Toledo on Saturday October 13, 2007. Turner Gill is winning despite a schedule some say is tougher than need be for a rebuilding team under a new coach. His team's next game is against Syracuse whose head coach, Greg Robinson is rumored to be on the hot seat.

Athletic Director Manuel says he is optimistic about the future of sports at University of Buffalo. Besides the success of Coach Gill the basketball team is showing improvement. Coach Witherspoon led the the basketball team to their first post season berth as a division 1-A team when they were invited to the N.I.T. in 2005.

In addition to hiring Turner Gill as Head Football Coach. Athletic Director Manuel also hired Buffalo University's Senior Athletic Director For Marketing / Senior Women's Administrator, Anucha Browne Saunders, who successfully sued the New York Knicks in a recent well publicized sexual harassment trial.

2007-10-20 Sat 14:23:39 cdt

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