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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Dan Waters has been named head men's and women's track coach at the University of Alabama, UA Director of Athletics Mal Moore announced Wednesday. Waters will lead the Crimson Tide track and field program starting after the conclusion of the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in June. Waters will oversee a combined men's and women's program at Alabama as the two teams will transition into a combined program following the conclusion of the 2011 outdoor track and field season in June.

Waters is currently in his seventh season at Texas A&M, serving as the recruiting coordinator and distance coach for the Aggies under the tutelage of legendary A&M head coach Pat Henry. Waters has been a key contributor to a coaching staff that has led the Aggies to unprecedented success on the conference and national scene as the Aggies have won four NCAA national championships with the Aggie women winning eight consecutive Big 12 titles in the past four years (four indoor, four outdoor) while the A&M men claimed their first Big 12 Indoor title this year, the men's first conference indoor title since a Southwest Conference team title in 1980. Both programs have been ranked No. 1 by USTFCCCA over the past couple of years both indoors and outdoors.

http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-track/spec-rel/051111aaa.html

I guess it makes sense to combine the women's with the men's. Facilities alone may dictate that conclusion. It just reminds me of a box of hamsters.

The men and women golf teams share a coach and it is working out good for them.