Sadler will speak to a second candidate
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By STEVEN M. SIPPLE / Lincoln Journal Star
Nebraska men’s basketball coach Doc Sadler is set to discuss an opening on his coaching staff with a second top candidate for the position.
Walter Roese, an assistant at NCAA Tournament-qualifier San Diego, arrived in Lincoln on Thursday and will talk to Sadler about the job today.
Sadler’s interest in Roese probably stems from Roese’s large recruiting net, which extends to Europe and South America. In fact, Roese, a native of Receif, Brazil, has served as coach of the Brazilian Junior National Team.
Sadler has said tapping the overseas market might be a good way to “recruit a great player in an unconventional way.”
Roese played in college at Houston under Pat Foster, who is a close friend of Sadler. Roese went on to play professionally in Brazil and Italy.
He recently completed his first season as an assistant at San Diego following a two-year stint at Brigham Young. He’s fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
James Dickey, a former Texas Tech head coach and Oklahoma State assistant, was in Lincoln on Wednesday to discuss the NU job with Sadler. Sadler and Dickey coached together as assistants at Arkansas in the early 1980s. Dickey, when hired as head coach at Tech in 1991, made Sadler his first hire as an assistant.
Sadler said he was “extremely interested” in talking to Dickey about the job. Sadler also was thrilled to be able to pick the brain of a former Big 12 head coach.
Sadler is working to replace Tony Benford, who left for Marquette.
Reach Steven M. Sipple at 473-7440 or ssipple@journalstar.com.
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