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The Houston Oilers hired Rex Norris as defensive line coach and Sherman Smith, a running back during a nine-year career with the Seattle Seahawks, as running backs coach… . Allen Johnson set a world best (13.34 seconds) in the 110-meter hurdles at the Russian winter track and field championships… . Rob Oviatt, strength coach for the Oregon State football team and fitness director for the entire athletic program since 1985, has been named strength coach for the University of Kentucky football team… . Central Washington basketball coach Gil Coleman, who underwent a bone marrow transplant last spring, has pneumonia and was listed in critical but stable condition at the University of Washington Hospital.