Bill Westphal, the Occidental basketball coach who...
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Bill Westphal, the Occidental basketball coach who was named last month to coach the Vancouver Nighthawks of the World Basketball League during his off-season, resigned his new position for “personal and legal” reasons. Westphal was to have opened training camp Wednesday.
“I’m depressed because I was all geared up and excited about coming to Vancouver,” Westphal said. “My bags were packed, and I was ready to go. Then the president (of Occidental College) laid a whole lot of circumstances on me (relating to NCAA restrictions on coaching pro and college teams at the same time).”
The WBL season starts in May.
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