CAMPUS BRIEFS: Monday, February 8, 1999

Report says CFL coach may come to Quakers Jeff Reinebold, a former coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, has apparently worked out a deal with Penn but has still not decided whether to accept the offer. Reinebold had his former director of player personnel, Kal Gibron, hammer out the contract details. "I've done all my leg work on it and I felt comfortable with it," Gibron told The Winnipeg Sun. Part of the reason Reinebold was so quickly approached by the Quakers is that he served as an assistant here from 1986 to 1988. But Reinebold is still not sure about returning. "If he does take it, it'll be very good for him," Gibron said. "From talking with the head coach there, Al Bagnoli, they really want him there. "He's going to have to make a determination if he wants to go [from the pros] back to college. That's something he's got to come to grips with." Easing the return to college would be what is apparently a sweet salary. Reinebold earned $87,000 a year as the Bombers' head coach, but the contract with Penn calls for a raise. "All I can say is, based on my experience and having seen the Canadian dollar as well as the tax situation up there, he would be making probably quite a bit more," Gibron said. During his controversial and ultimately unsuccessful tenure in Winnipeg, Reinebold was known for being rather unconventional. He is currently working for CTV Sportsnet, for which he covered the Super Bowl two weeks ago. If Reinebold agrees to the deal, he will replace defensive coordinator Mike Toop, who left on January 7 to take the same position at the University of Connecticut. He will inherit a defense that loses co-captain Joe Piela and Darren Macdonald. But the rest of the Ivy title-winning Quakers defense will return largely intact. It's not the Blue Bombers, but it may just be good enough for Reinebold. -- Daniel Tenenblatt