Sports People

The Winnipeg Jets officially became the Phoenix Coyotes and finally hired a head coach, picking Calgary Flames assistant Don Hay… . Veteran coach Bob Boyd, who has been the head coach at Division I schools Seattle, Southern California and Mississippi State was named an assistant basketball coach at Louisiana State by head coach Dale Brown… . Kelli Kuehne, 18, reigning U.S. amateur golf champion from McKinney Texas, beat Rebecca Morgan of Wales 5 and 3 to win the British Amateur golf title in Liverpool.

Former University of Montana All-American Tom Raunig is the school’s new head men’s and women’s track and cross country coach… . Amateur boxer Dale Foreman, 24, of Cincinnati, has died from head injuries suffered last Saturday in a bout at Richmond, Ky… . Los Angeles Kings forward Tony Granato, who underwent brain surgery in February and sat out the team’s last 32 games, became an unrestricted free agent when the Kings declined to make him a qualifying offer.