European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes Friday december 27, 1985 chargers extend Coryell s contract san Dikio a san Diego harpers  Don curved. Three Menefi with the loss of his Job earlier in the sear in a con Mcl Extension monday  runs through the dx7 National football league Castin. Club owner Alex Spanos said. I m real pleased Don s coming Back spanns Saul i said Early on All i had to have a sin in earn or Betler. Ind lout s what Dun gave  after losing seasons in 19k.1 and 1 he. The harpers finished at is this year miss ing Nul on a winning season when they dropped their last game to Kansas City 3tf 34. Sunday. Terms of the pad with the t year old c Oryll who had one year remaining on his contract before the Extension were not Dis closed. Or. Spanos has gotten together u group of really Fine Young players and i want to Sec him win and i want to help him  Coryell said. I m glad 1 have that oppor  the chargers also announced the promo Tion of receivers coach Al Saunders 41, to assistant head coach Saunders promotion the chargers said. Hill free  gym pcs to concentrate on his duties As offensive coordinator. Arne Csc 49, served As assistant head coach this season in addition to drawing up weekly game plans for the league s top rated offence. In no Way can this possibly be construed As a demotion for Ernie 7-ampesc." Coryell said. He will have the same  Saunders to 1, joined the chargers in wx3 after serving As offensive coordinator and quarterback coach a i Tennessee. He will have greater administrative and organi National responsibilities. Saunders also will serve As a Liaison be tween the coaching staff and Spanos who purchased the team shortly before the 1984 season. Coryell led the chargers to the playoffs four straight times from 1979 to 1982. He was told by Spanos at the beginning of Titis season that he would be fired if san Diego had a third straight losing season. Coryell admitted he Felt the pressure but coach Don Coryell. Won t be leaving after All did his Best to put it aside. I have a pretty Good Way of blackening out anything i Don t want to think about Coryell said. I Don t think about my future. I Don t think about anything but the game that s coming up. I be Learned this Over the years. I think it s the Only Way i  Campbell hired As defensive coach Henning retained by Falcons Atlanta a the Atlanta fal cons extended head coach Dan Hennine s contract tuesday and hired former Phila Delphia eagles head coach Marion Camp Bell As defensive coordinator. Although the Falcons 4-12 record was not what we desired we feel Dan has handled an Adverse situation As Well As pos  Falcons owner Rankin Smith or. Said in the Christmas eve announcement. The Leum played what May have been the most difficult schedule in the National football league and was beset by injuries but continued to strive hard throughout the  the Falcons did not disclose the terms of Henning s contract Extension but the at Lanta journal and the Atlanta Constitution reported in their combined Christmas Day editions that Henning was to be Given a one year Extension if Campbell no was fired by the eagles last week agreed to join his staff. The announcement on Henning s con tract and Campbell s hiring was made tuesday night. Campbell had met for two hours earlier in the Day with Smith and Henning. The announcement also followed a shake up of the Falcons front office personnel on monday including the firing of executive vice president Eddie Lebaron and an undefined change of responsibility for general manager Tom Braaz. The Falcons were 15-33 in three seasons under Henning including 4-12 records the past two seasons. Henning came to the fal cons in 1983 from the Washington redskins. Campbell a former Falcons head coach was fired by the eagles dec. 16 when Phil Adelphia was 6-9 with one game left in the season. He had two years remaining on his five year contract. Campbell was an assistant coach in at Lanta from 1969 until 1974, when he re placed Norm Van Brocklin As head coach. But the Falcons fired Campbell in 1976 after he compiled a 6-19 record. He joined the eagles As defensive coordinator the Fol lowing year. We feel very fortunate to be Able to hire a coach with the experience and ability of Marion Campbell said Henning in the announcement. He is a proven defensive coach and i have tried to provide him with the leverage to achieve the same Success with the Falcons that he has experienced with the eagles defense Over the  i m excited to be coming Back to Atlanta and excited to be joining Dan Henning in an Effort to make the Atlanta Falcons bet Ter said Campbell. Falcons spokesman Charlie Dayton said the status of the previous defensive coordinator John marshal or that of Henning s other assistant coaches has not been deter mined. Henning 43, was Given a three year con tract when he assumed his first nil head coaching position with the Falcons on feb. 1, 1983, shortly after helping Joe Gibbs steer the Washington redskins to the super bowl championship. His first Atlanta team had a 7-9 record before he went through two consecutive 4 12 campaigns winning his last two games against Minnesota 14-13 at Home and at new Orleans 16-10 on sunday. The 2 game winning Streak was the longest Hon Ning was Able to Muster in Atlanta also having won Back to Back decisions twice in the 1981 Campaign. Even with victories in the last two out Ings. Atlanta finished in the National con Ference West cellar for the third year in a Row and head into the 1986 season having won Only five times in its last 26 nil out Ings. Henning had the misfortune of injuries to key players in each of his last two seasons sidelining injuries to quarterback Sieve Bartkowski and wide receiver Billy Johnson in 1984 and depletion to his offensive line and defensive secondary in 1985. This year the Falcons released Bartkowski and turned the quarterbacking duties Over to the inexperienced David Archer. William Andrews the club s top running Back missed the entire 1984 and 198s sea sons after going Down with a severe knee injury in practice before the Start of the 1984 Campaign. Gerald Riggs filled in Well for Andrews Rushing 1,486 Yards last season and gaining a club record 1,718 Yards this year. Before assuming the Atlanta Job Hon Ning served two years As the assistant head coach to Gibbs at Washington. He had six years experience As a quarterback and receiver coach for the Houston oilers new York jets and Miami dolphins. His College coaching experience included four seasons As an assistant at Florida state and two years As the offensive coordinator at Virginia tech. Jets from Page 17 poses special problems. They move him around sometimes As a linebacker and sometimes As a Down line Man he said. New York ought to be working on protecting o Brien. He was sacked an nil record 62 limes this year o Brien was t sacked at All in the first game against new England but was nailed six times in the second contest. New York will have a somewhat healthy Freeman Mcneil which is More than they be had in the other games against the pats. The jets running Back carried the Ball Only five times in the first two meet Ings. Mcneil did not Start at All in the first game due to cracked ribs. In the second game Mcneil slowed by a sprained ankle ran for 9 Yards on five carries. Mcneil is suffering from a bruised left knee but is expected to play. The jets will face new England Quarter Back Tony Eason for an entire game for the first time. Grogan led the patriots to the first Victory in Foxboro but was lost for the season in the second game. Grogan left that game in the first Quarter after suffering a sprained left knee. Given a Choice. Jets defensive take Mcbarry Bennet would rather face Grogan you hate to get a Good pass Rush then see him 10 Yards up Field said Bennett of Eason s ability to scramble. Nil split on testing for drugs by inc associated press National football league teams Are split Over whether to include drug testing in Luicir routine  physicals. Those teams insisting on them arc meeting Strong resistance from their players postseason physicals Are a Way for the to to protect themselves against injury liability suits and to determine whether Pla ers need further medical attention. Sonic teams require them some do not. Hut urinalysis and other forms of drug testing a constant abrasive Between the owners and the nf1. Players association have never been a part of postseason tests. The Union says the collective bargaining agreement signed in 1982 prohibits them but the owners bargaining unit interpret the agreement differently. Last week even before their season was Over the St. Louis cardinals ordered drug tests As part of their physicals. When most players refused to submit to the drug test they were notified by the team thai they were being fined $1,000 apiece. In a copyright Story the St. Louis Post dispatch reported tuesday that Cardinal fullback Earl for Roll and a teammate were treated during inc season for drug dependency and quoted several players anonymously As saying that four or five player used cocaine during the 1984 and 1985 seasons. There s been j ring of drug users on the team this season one player was quoted As saying. The management was aware of some drug use on the team this season. The management was aware of some drug use during the 1184 season. The players were brought in individually and told to shape up. But the situation hat gotten out of hand this  the cardinals expected to be contend ers this year finished 5-11, and coach Jim Hanifan and his entire staff were fired. On sunday the Green Bay packers 8 8, made a drug test an optional part of the physical. Each Man must dig Down in his con science and decide what he wants to do coach Forrest Gregg said. Player representative James Lofton said he did t expect any players to submit to the drug test. The Buffalo Bills at 2-14 sharing the league s worst record with Tampa Bay also included voluntary urinalysis in their postseason physicals. On monday the new Orleans saints 5-11, made a drug test mandatory. Most of the saints refused to undergo it and the team said Iky would be subject to a $1,000 Fine. Doland Mac a defensive tackle for the saints a d the players refusal to take a drug test was strictly a collective bar gaining thing. It s not that we re trying to hide anything. We tried to get a 49-Man squad this year and management turned in Down limiting rosters to 45 player. They said no so we say no Moore said. Spokesmen for the Kansas City chief Atlanta Falcons Minnesota Vikings de troit Lions Indianapolis Colts and the playoff bound Dallas cowboys and lot Angeles rams said there were no plans to include drug testing As part of their Post season physicals. Spokesmen for the Cincinnati Bengali and the playoff bound  Angl cd raid ers said their teams generally do not give postseason physicals except to injured players and have no plans to test for drugs. A number of other teams Seattle Pilu Burgh and playoff bound Cleveland among them declined to discuss their postseason physicals. General manager Jerry Vainisi said the 1� playoff bound 15-1 Chicago bean Haven t made a final decision on drug testing this year. The league has t said word. It s up to the individual