Football

Earl Campbell, since being hired by the University of Texas in 1987, has made 10 minority recruitment trips but played in at least 30 golf outings with wealthy alumni, the Houston Chronicle reported.

The golf trips cost the school’s athletic department $9,131, the Chronicle said. The university hired Campbell, former Longhorn football star, to help recruit and retain students, especially minority students and athletes.

Campbell, listed as a 30-hour-a-week employee, does not keep time slips or record how he spends his work hours. He doesn’t have an office at the university or keep regular hours on campus but attends university-related events as requested by school officials.

“If you’re a state auditor looking at it, you’d think that’s not the way you want to do business,” Athletic Director Deloss Dodds said. “But it’s the way that really helps us do our business.”

Campbell, the 1977 Heisman Trophy winner and an All-Pro running back with the Houston Oilers, will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame next Saturday.