 2007 Union-Tribune file photo
USD's Bill Grier reached the NCAA Tournament last season in his first year as a head coach.
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Grier reaping what value of work sowed
USD coach sprouted from farming family
Nov. 21 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Bill Grier's grandfather, Ted Riches, had a farm of somewhere between 1,200-1,500 acres in Silverton, Ore., a few miles east of Salem.
“Corn, green beans, strawberries, cattle, wheat,” Grier said. “I did everything from combining wheat to mend irrigation pipe and fix fence, to buck hay, drive the truck. I learned how to drive when I was about 9 years old to work on that farm.
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Nov. 21 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Grier and 'Animal House' share something special:Want to get a picture of Cottage Grove, Ore., the place where Bill Grier spent most of his formative years, graduated high school and started his coaching career?
Nov. 21 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD's Matthews on award watch list:
USD wide receiver John Matthews has been added to the Walter Payton Award watch list, which recognizes the most outstanding college football player at the FCS level.
Nov. 21 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
College basketball today :
Nov. 19 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Upbeat Jones stellar at both ends in USD victory: On the 30th anniversary of the dark chapter in his family history, Rob Jones continued on his mission to keep authoring bright ones.
Nov. 19 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Men's Summary – USD 65, Nevada 51:
SAN DIEGO, 9:11 p.m. Nov. 18 (AP)
Toreros pull away from Nevada, win home opener: Rob Jones scored 23 points and Gyno Pomare added 12 in his first game to lead the University of San Diego to a 65-51 win over Nevada on Tuesday night before a lively crowd at the Jenny Craig Pavilion.
Nov. 18 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD welcomes Pomare's '08 debut: Double debuts make tonight a notable one at the Jenny Craig Pavilion where the USD men's basketball team will host Nevada.
Nov. 18 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD women lose to UCLA on late goal:
The USD women's soccer team failed to advance from an NCAA Tournament regional at UCLA for the seventh time, and it is now 1-15-3 all-time against the Bruins.
Nov. 18 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Today's men's college basketball (Nevada at USD):
Nov. 17 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD, UCLA look for some breathing room for game: USD women's soccer coach Ada Greenwood didn't wait for NCAA tournament representatives to officially postpone yesterday afternoon's second-round game against No. 1 seed UCLA in Los Angeles due to poor air quality from wildfires burning across Southern California.
Nov. 16 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Matthews snatches two records in victory: One catch will go down as the ugliest of John Matthews' brilliant receiving career. Another, he could only see with one eye.
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 16 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Underdog USD gives UNLV bit of a scare: Underdogs, undermanned and under the kind of heat that more than 13,000 red-clad UNLV Rebels fans can generate in Thomas & Mack Center, USD's men's basketball team almost got over it all yesterday in its season opener.
Nov. 16 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD-UNLV basketball summary:
Nov. 15 (UNION-TRIBUNE)USD banks on receivers, but graduation will thin ranks: Eight days from today, the USD offense will require a transplant. Whether it's microsurgery or a simple hack job is up to coach Ron Caragher. Nov. 15 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD women advance to face UCLA: USD women's soccer coach Ada Greenwood saw his team's draw in the NCAA Tournament, saw it would have to go through mighty UCLA once again, and had this reaction:
Nov. 15 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Shorthanded USD visits UNLV: The “indefinite” came off suspensions to two USD men's basketball players and a third suspension was announced yesterday.
Nov. 14 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Toreros put 'The Shot' behind them: It's just short of eight months now. On March 21, USD sophomore guard De'Jon Jackson, on the floor with four freshmen, hit a step-back, 18-foot jumper with 1.2 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Toreros a 70-69 victory over Connecticut in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.
12:30 p.m. Nov. 14 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Grier outlines USD hoop suspensions; guard Johnson added to list: USD men's basketball coach Bill Grier has taken the “indefinite” out of suspensions to forwards Gyno Pomare and Clinton Houston and announced an additional suspension to guard Trumaine Johnson on the eve of the season-opening game at UNLV. Nov. 14 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD announces '09 basketball recruits: The USD men's basketball team has signed three players to national letters of intent and scholarship agreements and the women's team four, the school announced yesterday. Nov. 14 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Today's local college basketball:
Nov. 13 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Stronger senior eager to lift Toreros higher: Stepping off the court at Stanford's Maples Pavilion last spring, Amber Sprague was not happy.
Nov. 13 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
How she did it : USD senior Amber Sprague was determined to add size and strength to her slender 6-foot-5 frame in time for the upcoming basketball season. When she suits up for the Toreros' season opener tomorrow against UCSD, she will do so with 14 extra pounds of muscle.
Nov. 13 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD women's hoop roster, schedule:
Nov. 13 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD's Houston, Johnson unavailable to practice:The USD men's basketball team was two Texans short of a full roster for its practice yesterday.
Nov. 12 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
San Diego has makings of a hardwood hotbed: Conspiracy theorists of San Diego, here's one for you. Beth Burns, Cindy Fisher, Steve Fisher and Bill Grier are conspiring, with a host of enthusiastic youthful followers, to drag San Diego – screaming and kicking if necessary – into being a college basketball town.
Nov. 11 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Pomare, Houston remain suspended: Senior forward/center Gyno Pomare and sophomore forward Clinton Houston are practicing with the USD men's basketball team this week but their status of being on indefinite suspension remains unchanged, coach Bill Grier said yesterday.
Nov. 11 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD headed north to familiar UCLA: One of these years, the NCAA tournament selection committee for women's soccer will get an imagination and send USD somewhere other than UCLA.
DAVIDSON, N.C., Nov. 9 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Late-game comeback spurs USD in PFL win: The Toreros bounced back from two straight conference losses with a 28-24 comeback win over Davidson yesterday in a Pioneer Football League battle.
Nov. 9 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD-Davidson football summary:
Nov. 9 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD's Pomare, Houston suspended: While one newcomer shined in last night's closer-than-expected exhibition victory for the USD men's basketball team, two key returners are sitting out indefinitely.
Nov. 9 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD comes up just short of first WCC title: Can they hang a banner saying the USD women's soccer team was 17 minutes from a West Coast Conference championship?
Nov. 9 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD digs win vs. rival Dons in crucial conference match: The USD and USF women's volleyball teams both entered yesterday's West Coast Conference match nationally ranked and with identical league records.
Nov. 8 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD women advance at Fall Classic: Third-seeded Holly Bagshaw of San Diego State was victorious in her first-round match at the SDSU Fall Classic II yesterday at Aztec Tennis Center.
Nov. 8 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Local Division I men's exhibition tonight:
Nov. 8 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD serving up a feast of events: If you are a student at the University of San Diego and have a meal plan and want to eat dinner tonight, you can't go to the main dining room. It's closed.
Nov. 8 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Football: USD (6-2, 3-2) at Davidson (3-5, 2-4):
Nov. 7 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Grier looking for more consistency: It stands to reason that the USD men's basketball team would be ahead of where it found itself at a similar preseason point a year ago.
Nov. 3 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
SDSU early goal holds up in victory over No. 7 Cal:San Diego State junior Jamel Wallace (Oceanside High) scored 23 minutes into yesterday's men's soccer match against Cal, providing the difference in the Aztecs' 1-0 victory over the seventh-ranked Bears at the SDSU Sports Deck.
Nov. 2 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD's 28-game home winning streak halted: One of the friendliest confines in college football gave way and for the first time in more than four years, another team celebrated at midfield of Torero Stadium.
TIM SULLIVAN, Nov. 2 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Negrete: He's no ordinary freshman:
Kyle Negrete does not claim what he can not do. The University of San Diego's freshman punter is an athlete capable of personal hang time, but his dunking ability is clearly delineated. Volleyballs, yes. Basketballs, no. Negrete had leg enough to propel a punt 62 yards last night at Torero Stadium, but his leaping has its limits.
Nov. 2 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD-Dayton game summary:
Nov. 1 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Sprague leads USD to hoops win over PLNU in exhibition:
Senior Amber Sprague (Mission Bay) scored a game-high 23 points and had 13 rebounds and four steals as USD topped PLNU 65-56 in an exhibition game at Jenny Craig Pavilion.
Oct. 31 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Big rivalry elevates Toreros' intensity: Practice habits change for the USD football team during Dayton Week. Passes are a little crisper. Hits have a little more pop. Coaches scream a little louder and are less forgiving of mental errors.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 26 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD falls to Dolphins – painfully: J.T. Rogan is going to have a lot more company along the sidelines in USD's final four games of the season.
Oct. 25 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Derricks, USD aim to avoid trap game: Out on “the island,” Gabe Derricks' worst enemy is complacency, not the opposing team's best wide receiver.
Oct. 24 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD coach to celebrate victory over leukemia: Tonight at Qualcomm Stadium, USD men's tennis coach Tom Hagedorn will join nearly 2,000 others on a 2-mile walk. The Light The Night event, part of a nationwide Leukemia & Lymphoma Society program, celebrates and commemorates people who have been touched by cancer.
Oct. 25 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD at Jacksonville :
Oct. 23 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Matador Williamson to turn into a Torero:
From her seat in the stands at Jenny Craig Pavilion, Danesia Williamson watched USD guard Amanda Rego lead the Toreros from West Coast Conference underdog to NCAA Tournament team.
Oct. 22 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD soccer always reflects fiery McFadden: Seamus McFadden, the only men's soccer coach the University of San Diego has ever had, grew up in Ireland on a soccer field where cows kept the grass short. “Little Wembley” they called it.
Oct. 18 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Rogan rehabs, ponders future: It's an off week for the USD football team, but not for J.T. Rogan. He has big plans for the future and can't afford such luxuries.
Oct. 17 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Same faces, different physiques for USD: Everybody's back from the team that in March became the first Division I basketball affiliate from San Diego to win an NCAA Tournament game.
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 16 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD teams have raised expectations: You can't say the USD men's and women's basketball teams don't stick together.
Oct. 16 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
WCC preseason basketball polls :
Oct. 12 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD makes it 28 straight at home: The Toreros entered last night's game against Morehead State riding two impressive streaks – 27 straight wins at home and five consecutive games without allowing a quarterback sack.
Oct. 12 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Morehead St.-USD game summary: USD 41, Morehead State 17
Oct. 11 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD coach assesses season at midpoint: Ron Caragher is pleased, but clearly not satisfied with 5-0.
Oct. 7 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
A look at local college golf teams:
Oct. 5 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
It's better later for USD win over Valpo: Maybe it was the 2 p.m. kickoff? The overcast skies? Turbulence in the stock market? No one seems to know.
Oct. 4 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
For Toreros' Rish, football field is home: Mike Rish will be on the sidelines for his 29th USD homecoming football game today. But can it really be considered homecoming if he never left?
Oct. 4 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Toreros men's soccer team finally able to grab first win of year:USD's Eddie Ahman scored on a penalty kick just over five minutes into yesterday's game for the lone score as the Toreros beat host Saint Mary's yesterday 1-0 in the teams' West Coast Conference men's soccer season opener.
DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 28 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Drake left in blocks by USD's fast start: An announced crowd of 5,318 turned out yesterday for Drake's homecoming. Many left early.
Sep. 28 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD-Drake game summary:
Sept. 27 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Matthews' stature tall enough for Toreros record book: Covering John Matthews is as difficult for reporters as it is for defensive backs. He's not big on talking about himself, is humble with his accomplishments and quick to give credit to others.
Sep. 27 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Preseason lineup will test Toreros:
First-year head coach Bill Grier took an aggressive approach and put together a testing pre-conference schedule for his USD men's basketball team last season.
Sept. 26 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Toreros are set at setter: To appreciate the foundation of her all-out effort on the volleyball court, it helps to know that USD senior Jessica Nyrop spent her childhood doing chores on the family ranch in northern Idaho.
BUIES CREEK, N.C., 9:59 a.m. Sept. 21 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Toreros, Morelli grind up Campbell: USD head coach Ron Caragher said his Toreros didn't get to run the ball as much as they like to in yesterday's win at Campbell.
BUIES CREEK, N.C, 1:10 p.m. Sept. 20 (AP)
Toreros easily handle Campbell behind Trujillo, Morelli: Seb Trujillo threw for 264 yards and two touchdowns and Phil Morelli had three scores to lead San Diego to a 43-7 victory over Campbell on Saturday.
Sept. 20 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
A stalled running game: These are good days for USD's wide receivers. Through two games, USD's passing attack has been most impressive.
Sept. 14 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Coach's expertise a score for USD: You'd be hard pressed to find another college football assistant with a résumé to match George Darlington's.
Sept. 10 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD gains 2 players to replace ineligibles: With two recruits unsuccessful in meeting academic requirements for entry, USD men's basketball coach Bill Grier yesterday announced the signing of what amounts to their replacements.
July 12 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Toreros recruit follows ex-Grier aide to Huskers: The USD men's basketball team has lost a prized recruit and has two others whose academic status is uncertain.
July 7 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD-connected players rule at La Jolla tennis event: Of course, it isn't Wimbledon. No, but the La Jolla tennis tournament lasts longer than what takes place in London, 17 days, it has more divisions, 73, and more participants, in excess of 1,000. It also has been around for 92 years.
June 27 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD's Grier hires 'seasoned recruiter': Former Eastern Washington University men's head basketball coach Mike Burns has been hired as an assistant at USD, coach Bill Grier announced yesterday.
June 14 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Torero players earn baseball honors: University of San Diego freshman right-hander Kyle Blair has been named a Louisville Slugger All-American.
June 13 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Satisfied by a tiny taste of fame: Bill Grier tells this story. Not long after the incredible March run when he coached the USD men's basketball team to the West Coast Conference Tournament championship and an NCAA Tournament victory over Connecticut, Grier and his wife went out to dinner at a local restaurant with former UCLA coach-turned TV commentator Steve Lavin and his wife.
June 12 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
A storybook season: Ky Snyder can see the future. It's all right there in his office at USD – pictured in a set of architectural drawings by the international design firm Cannon Design.
June 6 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Toreros' Matusz goes 4th overall, to Baltimore: USD's Brian Matusz watched the major league draft yesterday in a Mission Valley restaurant, surrounded by teammates and coaches, with televisions tuned to the event.
June 5 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Matusz ready for his next big day: One of those desert monsoons that hits Phoenix with a fury was bearing down as Mike Matusz drove his son Brian to the 12-year-old's all-star game.
LONG BEACH, June 3 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Bulldogs take last bite, end USD's run: Fresno State and Brandon Burke. USD has seen more than enough of both the Bulldogs and their closer.
June 3 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Fresno State 5, USD 1:
LONG BEACH, 9:11 p.m. June 2 (AP)
Toreros fall to Fresno State 5-1: Gavin Hedstrom had three hits as Fresno State defeated the University of San Diego 5-1 to capture the NCAA Long Beach regional Monday.
LONG BEACH, June 2 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD reaches regional title game vs. FSU: The ballpark here is called Blair Field. It's not named after USD's Kyle Blair, but the freshman right-hander pitched as if he owned the place last night in a 15-1 win over Fresno State.
LONG BEACH, June 1 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD finds nemesis in loss to Fresno St.: Fresno is regarded as the raisin capital of the world. Where USD is concerned, it's been the source of grapes that if not sour are pretty bitter anyway.
May 31 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Holland's compensation topped USD president's, records show: Almost every year in USD's history, the school's top professors, deans and administrators have earned better pay than its top sports coaches, according to federal tax records.
LONG BEACH, May 31 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Matusz, Toreros squeeze past Cal: USD junior left-hander Brian Matusz took a deep breath as he took the mound for yesterday's NCAA Tournament game against Cal, exhaled and went to work.
LONG BEACH, 5:22 p.m. May 30 (AP)
USD's Matusz dominates Cal in regional opener, 5-0: Brian Matusz pitched a three-hitter and struck out 10 to give San Diego a 5-0 victory over California on Friday in the Long Beach regional NCAA tournament.
May 30 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Gone fishin'? Not this Sunday: Getting to Lake Ramona requires a dusty, two-mile hike along a flat path through the Blue Sky Ecological Reserve and then a climb along an earthen dam.
May 30 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
NCAA baseball – Long Beach Regional
May 29 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Grier aide exits USD for job at Nebraska: Walter Roese, an assistant coach who made solid contributions to USD's men's basketball success last season and recruiting for next season, has left for a similar position at Nebraska.
May 29 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
College football: 2008 USD schedule
May 27 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Familiar rivals and venue for Toreros: The USD baseball team received its postseason assignment yesterday, and it features several familiar faces.
May 27 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
The road to Omaha :
May 1 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Toreros land Cavers guard: When Patrick McCollom moved to San Diego from Washington state with his grandparents, he didn't know what to expect.
4:08 p.m. April 30 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
San Diego High's McCollom commits to USD basketball team: San Diego High's Patrick McCollom, an all-section guard for the Cavers' Division I championship basketball team, accepted a scholarship to the University of San Diego today.
April 30 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD's win streak ended by Fullerton: USD's school-record 16-game winning streak came to an abrupt end last night with a 12-3 loss at Cal State Fullerton.
TIM SULLIVAN, FULLERTON, April 30 (UNION-TRIBUNE)For Toreros, Hill's street has no blues: Rich Hill is out to repeal the law of averages. His brand of baseball is not so much a game of percentages and probabilities as a relentless pursuit of perfection.
April 28 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Aztecs QB O'Connell selected by Patriots in third round; USD QB taken by Bucs: It's like wielding a paint brush in the presence of Monet, like trying to teach music to Mozart.
April 28 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Toreros roll on to 16th straight: It seems as though it's been someone different stepping up each game for USD's baseball team during a school-record winning streak that reached 16 with yesterday's 11-3 West Coast Conference victory over Loyola Marymount.
April 27 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD win streak reaches 15 games: One of USD baseball coach Rich Hill's favorite phrases is: “Stay in the moment.”
April 25 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD's McCoy gets payoff for patience, perseverance: Here is what USD's Nick McCoy had to show in his first two seasons playing for the Toreros: 2 at-bats, 0 hits. That's because USD had an all-conference catcher behind the plate in Jordan Abruzzo. Although Abruzzo graduated, McCoy's prospects didn't look much brighter this season with backup Logan Gelbrich taking over.
April 26 (UNION-TRIBUNE)USD tops LMU for 14th straight win: USD's school-record roll continued Friday with an 11-4 West Coast Conference victory over Loyola Marymount at Cunningham Stadium.
April 23 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Pecina whiffs 11 as USD wins record 13th in row: USD left-hander Ricardo Pecina had an appropriate description for the run both he and the Toreros are enjoying.
April 21 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
USD pitching earns 12th straight win: USD right-hander Matt Couch was given a spot in the Toreros' weekend rotation three years ago when teammate Nate Boman suffered a season-ending arm injury.
April 21 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
WCC standings:
April 16 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Pecina has command as Toreros rip Irvine: A month ago, USD junior left-hander Ricardo Pecina couldn't find his command and failed to finish the first inning in a start against Cal State Fullerton. Everything is different now.
