Offensive Line Coach

TAMPA, Fla. - Who says dealing with ticket requests and media masses during Super Bowl week gets old? Not Harry Swayne. "Definitely not old," the Ravens' right offensive tackle said of returning to the Super Bowl for the fourth time in his 14-year career. "I could come back every year." No Raven has been so fortunate, but Swayne, who will turn 36 on Feb. 2, represents the team's elder statesman in Super Bowl experience. (Tight end Shannon Sharpe is in his third.) Thus far, Swayne is 2-for-3 in the Super Bowl, winning the championship with the 1997 and 1998 Denver Broncos and losing with the 1994 San Diego Chargers.

Navy's football coaching staff underwent a shake-up yesterday less than 48 hours after the team ended its season with a 30-28 victory over archrival Army in Baltimore. In the wake of a 1-10 record, offensive coordinator Mike Vaught, offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator Gene McKeehan, and secondary coach Charles McMillian were fired; defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter was demoted to a lesser position with the defense. Head coach Charlie Weatherbie - who has served four years of a 10-year contract signed after the team's 1996 bowl season - remains in charge.

The lack of a head coach doesn't mean there isn't work to be done for the benefit of Maryland football. Recruits still need to be called, current players reassured and events attended. None of that disappeared when Maryland athletic director Debbie Yow fired Ron Vanderlinden and most of his staff earlier this week. Sure, there are differences. It means the tasks fall to about five people instead of being spread among 20. It means that the work at the Gossett Team House gets done in a sober atmosphere - "the initial feeling is like being at a funeral," football operations director Tom Deahn said - instead of an upbeat one. And even for those who remain, there's a feeling of uncertainty rather than security.

Baseball Major League Baseball Players Association: Filed grievance against commissioner Bud Selig for failing to declare Dodgers 3B Adrian Beltre free agent despite Los Angeles' signing him in 1994 when he was under the age minimum of 16. Astros: Signed P Travis Driskill, P Rick Huisman, P Brad Kaufman, P Rusty Meacham, P Joe Slusarski, P Bryan Wolff, P Eric Plantenberg and OF Marc Sagmoen to minor-league contracts and invited them to spring training....

BaseballAngels: Optioned P Jarrod Washburn and P Scott Schoeneweis to Triple-A Edmonton.Astros: Traded C Marc Ronan to Phillies for future considerations.Devil Rays: Re-assigned OF Billy Ashley to minor-league camp.Expos: Optioned IF Trace Coquillette and IF Ryan McGuire to Triple-A Ottawa. Outrighted P Roberto Duran to Ottawa.Rangers: Named Jaime Garcia pitching coach of Single-A Charlotte and Fred Dabney pitching coach for Rookie-level Gulf Coast team.Red Sox: Acquired OF Jon Nunnally from Reds for P Pat Flury.

BaseballBraves: Agreed to terms with P Luis Rivera and C Fernando Lunar.Cardinals: Agreed to terms with SS Shawon Dunston on a one-year contract and 1B Eduardo Perez on a minor-league contract.Pro basketballBulls: Waived F Mario Bennett. Activated G Charles Jones from the injured list.76ers: Placed G Anthony Parker on the injured list.CollegeBrown: Announced the resignation of Frank Dobbs, men's basketball coach, effective at the end of the season.Coastal Carolina: Extended the contract of Alan LeForce, women's basketball coach, through the 2002-03 season.

CollegeLouisiana Tech: Promoted offensive line coach Jack Bicknell III to head coach.Seton Hall: Dismissed F Ramon Cespedes from basketball team.FootballSteelers: Special teams coach Ron Zook resigned to become Chiefs secondary coach.GolfUSGA: Re-elected F. Morgan "Buzz" Taylor to one-year term as president.Pub Date: 2/07/99

Ravens coach Brian Billick interviewed Notre Dame offensive coordinator Jim Colletto at the team's Owings Mills complex yesterday, and Colletto is the leading candidate to become the Ravens' new offensive line coach.Colletto, 54, spent most of yesterday in meetings with Billick and was spotted several times walking around the team's training facility. There has been speculation that Colletto is looking for a new job after having a major disagreement with Fighting Irish coach Bob Davie last season.

Ravens coach Brian Billick expects to have his entire staff in place by Wednesday, but two former Baltimore assistants he had hoped to retain are going to Carolina.Billick said defensive line coach Jacob Burney and strength coach Jerry Simmons, each of whom had worked for the Ravens since the team moved here from Cleveland in 1996, have taken jobs with the Panthers under coach George Seifert.The Ravens made a concerted effort to re-sign Burney, considered one of the best defensive line coaches in the NFL. The team is believed to have offered to pay Burney $250,000 a year, an unusually high salary for a position coach.