Shawn Wilbourn, a member of the U.S. team in the 1997 World Championships in the decathlon, will be the new Blue Devils assistant coach in charge of multi-events, the pole vault, sprints and hurdles, Duke director of track and field Norm Ogilvie said Friday.

Wilbourn joins Duke after holding a similar position the past two years at Georgia.

Wilbourn led the Bulldogs to strong success in the SEC championships and NCAA regional level. He also coached world-ranked long and triple jumper Patty Sylvester, who is from Athens, Ga.

Prior to his stint at Georgia, Wilbourn spent four years at Cortland (N.Y.) State, the last two as director of men's and women's track and field and cross country.

Wilbourn's other collegiate coaching stops were Arizona, Arizona State and his alma mater, Long Beach State.

As an athlete, Wilbourn was a 1996 Olympic trials finalist in the decathlon and competed at the World Championships for the United States in 1997.

MISCELLANEOUS

UNC 14TH IN DIRECTORS' CUP: Four ACC schools placed in the final top 20 in the annual Sports Academy Directors' Cup as released by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA).

All 12 ACC schools finished in the top 70, led by North Carolina (14th). Florida State was 15th, followed by Virginia (17th), Duke (19th), Virginia Tech (37th), Clemson (43rd), Wake Forest (45th), Miami (46th), Maryland (52nd), Georgia Tech (55th), N.C. State (56th) and Boston College (69th).

Stanford captured its 14th consecutive Directors' Cup, followed by UCLA, Michigan, Arizona State, Texas, Florida, California, LSU, Penn State and Georgia in the top 10.

Overall, Duke finished second in the NCAA among private institutions to champion Stanford.

BASKETBALL

GEORGIA DISMISSES HUMPHREY: Georgia basketball coach Dennis Felton dismissed starting guard Billy Humphrey from the team Friday following Humphrey's third arrest in less than a year, his second on alcohol-related charges.

Humphrey, 20, was charged with DUI, failure to maintain his lane and the underage purchase of alcohol, and taken to the Gwinnett County jail early Tuesday.

Humphrey, who would have been a senior this fall, was the team's second-leading scorer with a 12.2 average last season. He helped lead Georgia to the Southeastern Conference tournament championship and a berth in the NCAA Tournament.

"I am disappointed in Billy," Felton said. "We've worked really hard with him in the past to see that he succeeds, but I feel that it's now best for our program to move forward without him."

Police found a half-filled bottle of rum in Humphrey's car when he was stopped on Georgia Highway 316. According to the officer's incident report, Humphrey's eyes were "bloodshot and very watery."

According to the report, Humphrey tested for a .082 blood alcohol content during the traffic stop, followed by a .129 at the Gwinnett County Jail.

Humphrey told the officer "Please, please, please, I am begging you not to do this," according to the police report. "You will ruin my career."

Humphrey was arrested in Athens in January and suspended by Felton for three games afer he was charged with underage possession and failure to obey a traffic device as a pedestrian.

He also had a November arrest when University of Georgia police found a knife with a blade longer than two inches in his dormitory room. He was required to perform 80 hours of community service and was placed on probation for 18 months.

OHIO HIRES GROCE: Ohio University has hired Ohio State assistant John Groce as its men's basketball coach.

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