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by Jose Luis Cubria thresher editorial staff
Head coach Wayne Graham will still be around for his 10th year at the helm and assistant coach Jon Prather will enter his ninth year at Rice. But popular assistant coach Chris Feris will no longer be around. Feris - a true Rice "lifer" following four years as a standout Rice baseball player, one as a graduate assistant, two as an assistant in the Athletics Department and six as an assistant coach - resigned earlier this summer to enter private business in the Houston area. Mike Taylor, one of Graham's former players at San Jacinto College North, will replace Feris on the coaching staff after two seasons as an assistant at Galveston College. Taylor will be the Owls' first-base coach and will also work with the Rice hitters and infielders. Taylor spent six seasons as an assistant coach at Blinn College in Brenham after a five-year professional career. The Houston native and 1986 graduate of Waltrip High School was the starting shortstop for Graham's 1987 National Junior College Champions at San Jacinto College. "We hated to see Chris go," Graham said. "But Mike is a real warrior who will bring a lot of vitality to our program. He has a great approach to the game." Rusty Pendergrass has also joined the Rice baseball staff as the program's administrative assistant. Pendergrass, a former head coach at Houston Baptist University from 1993 to 1997, is in the new position of administrative assistant. Pendergrass, who most recently was a private instructor at Texas Baseball Academy, spent two years as an area scout for the Detroit Tigers. Pendergrass compiled a five-year record of 177-92 at HBU, and his teams were ranked as high as seventh nationally among NAIA schools. Pendergrass also served as a volunteer assistant under Graham at Rice from 1991-'92. "Rusty also has a tremendous baseball background," Graham said. "The addition of his position will help take an administrative load off the whole staff. These are two great additions to our staff."
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