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NAPLES, Fla. -- Cristie Kerr has had more spring in her step. She slipped on wet grass during the second round of The Evian Championship in September, and her left knee hasnt been quite right since.Im going to get it checked out when we get done with the season and see what the doctors say, Kerr said after the second round of the CME Group Tour Championship, where she is the defending champion. Hopefully its just rest.Kerr is walking around with kinesio tape and an elastic brace on the injured joint at Tiburon Golf Club, which is approximately a nine-mile trek from first tee to 18th green, although players are shuttled between some of the longest green-to-tee distances.I guess its some kind of inflammation, Kerr said. Thats why Im wearing the sleeve, to keep the inflammation down. I kind of look like a basketball player minus the height.She is only 5-foot-3, hardly imposing, but a yardstick never measured determination and, in Kerrs case, the knack for periodically turning a mallet-head putter into a magic wand.At 39, Kerr is still in the fray on an LPGA Tour that is getting younger and younger, led by 19-year-old world No. 1 Lydia Ko, who shot a course-record 62 Friday to take a three-stroke lead at 12-under 132 into the weekend of the season-ending event. Kerr got into contention with a second-round 67 that left her at 6-under 138 and in a tie for 10th place.She left the scoring tent in a better mood because she holed a 15-footer for par after hitting her approach into a bunker on No. 18. Necessary, Kerr said of the par-saving stroke on one of the greens that had been resurfaced since last years tournament. The greens are so pure that you can make a 15-footer for par when you need to.Kerr made the putt with a model of Odyssey putter that has been in her bag most of her career. Its the Two-Ball [design], Old Faithful, Kerr said. [Ive used one] off and on for since maybe my third or fourth year on tour. Same design, different putter. I have a bunch of backups. I actually got all the backups they had about two years ago. It just lines up really well and rolls the ball well. I feel the speed really well.Lisa Cornwell, a Golf Channel reporter, was behind the 18th green when Kerr finished on Friday. A few years older than Kerr, Cornwell was a talented junior golfer during the 1990s, playing in some of the same events as Kerr. I just remember this kid coming out, kind of quiet but really talented, Cornwell said. Always a great putter. And she was intense, even with her practice. She always had that razor-sharp focus.Kerr needed that mindset in 1996 when she turned professional at 18 after graduating from high school in Miami. Although in recent years it has become common -- particularly outside the United States -- for talented women to start playing for pay so soon, it didnt happen too often when Kerr bypassed college after a stellar junior career. After getting some experience on the mini-tours, Kerr tied for sixth at LPGA Qualifying School and was a tour rookie in 1997. She won her first tournament in 2002 and presently became one of the top women players.Eighteen victories, including two major championships, later, she is still chasing the dream as a wife, mother and budding wine entrepreneur with a label, Curvature, whose profits support research for breast cancer, a disease her mother, Linda, was diagnosed with in 2003.As Kerr closes out her 30s, Juli Inkster, the Hall of Famer who still competes on the LPGA at 56, is on her mind. I would love to play as long as Juli has, Kerr said. Shes always been one of my role models. Shes a grinder, a fighter, and she loves to work and practice just like I do. There arent a whole lot of things better than this to do, so were pretty blessed.Since the year of her first victory, Kerr has never finished worse than 19th on the LPGA money list. A hot weekend at Tiburon, where first prize is $500,000, would improve her current 40th position.You definitely want to model Cristies career, how she gets so much out of her game, said American Austin Ernst, 24. Shes been out here for two decades. Shes a grinder, and you cant really count her out of a tournament. She has a way of willing putts in the hole. It seems like she still loves to play.Kerr wasnt expected to overshadow Ko and Inbee Park at last years Tour Championship, but she did. Ko, who can overtake Ariya Jutanugarn in the race for Rolex Player of the Year and win her third straight Race to the CME Globe $1 million bonus with a victory, will be difficult to catch, her 10-under Friday score seeming to slam the brakes on a lull in her game during the recent Asian Swing.I would love that mini-slump, Kerr said jokingly of Kos unexpected lackluster form leading up to this week while hoping to end her own season, which has included four top-10s but no wins, on another high note. Good players are always able to call it up at some point, whether its a pressure 3-point shot in basketball or a clutch putt to make par or win a tournament. Good players find a different level of focus. Thats what Im looking for the next two days.The day might come when there are no 39-year-olds on the LPGA, when the tour is solely stocked with players who arent old enough to rent a car, who leave when players not that long ago arrived in their primes. 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Two of Strongs initial hires remain, including only Brian Jean-Mary from 2014 in the position for which he was hired -- recruiting coordinator and linebackers coach.Strong this week demoted third-year defensive coordinator Vance Bedford, also on Strongs original staff, in an effort to fix the Longhorns ailing defense.Asked Monday if he harbored any regrets over staffing decisions, Strong said no.Youve got to change with the game, he said, and youve got to do what you think is best for the program. Thats what Ive been trying to do, is just piece it together and make sure we do whats best.The current staff, in addition to Bedford and Jean-Mary: Sterlin Gilbert (offensive coordinator and quarterbacks), Brick Haley (defensive line), Clay Jennings (defensive backs), Anthony Johnson (running backs), Matt Mattox (offensive line and running game coordinator), Jeff Traylor (tight ends and special teams) and Charlie Williams (wide receivers).Below are all of Strongs men who have come and gone -- or stayed and changed in Austin:Vance Bedford, defensive coordinator Texas tenure: January 2014 to present. After consecutive losses to Cal and Oklahoma State in which the Longhorns allowed 1,065 yards and 99 points, Bedford was stripped of his defensive playcalling duties this week. He continues to direct the secondary.Before Texas: A former standout Longhorns defensive back, Bedford came with Strong from Louisville, where served as defensive coordinator for four seasons after stints at Florida with Strong, Michigan (twice), Oklahoma State as Mike Gundys first defensive coordinator and with the Chicago Bears under Dick Jauron and Lovie Smith.Bruce Chambers, tight ends Texas tenure: 1998 to December 2014. An original member of Mack Browns staff, Chambers coached running backs, including 1998 Heisman winner Ricky Williams and Cedric Benson, for five years, then worked with the tight ends for 11 seasons under Brown. He was the lone assistant retained by Strong in 2014, likely because of Chambers recruiting connections in the state.Before Texas: He was a receiver at North Texas and coached at Dallas Carter High School.After Texas: Fired after one season under Strong, Chambers works an administrator for the Arlington (Texas) Independent School District.Les Koenning, receivers Texas tenure: January 2014 to December 2014. He was fired with Chambers in the immediate aftermath of the Longhorns 31-7 loss to Arkansas in the Texas Bowl to conclude Strongs first year. In that 6-7 season, UT averaged 5.68 yards per pass attempt, 103rd nationally.Before Texas: Koenning came to UT after five seasons as the offensive coordinator and receivers coach at Mississippi State under Dan Mullen. He also served as coordinator for Dennis Franchione at Alabama and Texas A&M and worked as an assistant at Houston, TCU and with the Miami Dolphins, among other stops. Koenning played receiver at Texas for Fred Akers and got his start in coaching at his alma mater in 1981.After Texas: Koenning landed a job in July 2015 as offensive coordinator at UAB. The Blazers shut down the football program after the 2014 season but reinstated it six months later. They will resume competition in 2017.Jay Norvell, receivers Texas tenure: January 2015 to February 2016. He replaced Koenning on the staff and took over the playcalling after the Longhorns 38-3 loss to Notre Dame to open 2015. But Texas rarely clicked under Norvell. It was shut out at Iowa State last year. Enough said, right?Before Texas: Norvell brought experience to Austin as co-offensive coordinator and receivers coach for four years at Oklahoma, but he was fired after a dismal 2014 season. He also coordinated the offense and coached quarterbacks at Nebraska -- where he worked with Shawn Watson (see below) -- and at UCLA before joining Bob Stoops staff in 2008. Prior to Nebraska, he spent six years as an NFL assistant.After Texas: Demoted from playcaller when Strong hired Gilbert after last season, Norvell left two months later for Arizona State, where he serves this year as passing game coordinator and receivers coach.Tommie Robinson, running backs Texas tenure: January 2014 to January 2016. He was the final original member of Strongs offensive staff to depart Texas -- and Robinson left on his own at the end of his contract after two seasons. He groomed DOnta Foreman and Chris Warren for his replacement, the ex-Longhorn Johnson.Before Texas: Robinson came to Texas after one tumultuous year at USC, working for three head coaches and was not retained by Steve Sarkisian.dddddddddddd Robinsons time with the Trojans followed consecutive three-year stints with the Arizona Cardinals and the Miami Hurricanes. He also coached for the Dallas Cowboys, Georgia Tech, Oklahoma State and TCU.After Texas: Robinson returned to USC to coach running backs, reuniting from 2013 with Clay Helton after Robison was reportedly a candidate for an assistant job at LSU.Chris Rumph, defensive line Texas tenure: January 2014 to February 2015. A big score for Strong in assembling his initial staff, Rumph held the title of assistant head coach for defense in his lone season at UT. His 2014 line featured consensus All-American Malcom Brown and Hassan Ridgeway as Texas ranked 25th nationally in total defense.Before Texas: He coached the defensive line for three seasons at Alabama. The Tide ranked No. 1 nationally in rushing defense in 2011 and won the national title in 2012. The Alabama stint followed five seasons at Clemson, Rumphs first full-time Power 5 coaching job.After Texas: Two days after signing day in 2015, Rumph left Texas to take over as defensive line coach at Florida, where he remains. His departure caused some hard feelings among Texas signees. Rumph and Florida coach Jim McElwain coached together under Nick Saban at Alabama in 2011.Chris Vaughn, defensive backs Texas tenure: January 2014 to February 2016. Well-liked by his players and a solid recruiter for Strong, Vaughn lost his job early this year as special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach after he was implicated in NCAA misconduct from his time at Ole Miss under Houston Nutt.Before Texas: He spent two seasons at Memphis as cornerbacks coach, preceded by the Ole Miss stint from 2008 to 2011 as safeties coach and seven years at Arkansas under Nutt.After Texas: He was cited for multiple Level 1 violations -- the most severe -- in the NCAAs notice of allegations to Ole Miss, delivered in May. Included in the report was an accusation that Vaughn engaged in fraudulent conduct in connection with the ACT exams for prospective recruits. He remains out of coaching.Shawn Watson, quarterbacks Texas tenure: January 2014 to December 2015. The assistant head coach for offense, Watson called plays in 2014, by all measures a dismal offensive season as Texas finished 110th nationally in yards per game and 107th in yards per play. Tyrone Swoopes struggled at quarterback. Watson retooled the offense after the season, but when the Horns bombed offensively in the 2015 opener at Notre Dame, he was demoted -- much like Bedford this week -- in favor of Norvell.Before Texas: Watson brought an impressive resume to the Longhorns. Notably, he coached quarterbacks and tight ends at Nebraska and served as offensive coordinator under two coaches at the school while helping guide the Cornhuskers through the Big 12-to-Big Ten transition. He left for Louisville in 2011 and tutored Teddy Bridgewater, earning the trust of Strong. Prior to Nebraska, Watson ran the offense at Colorado for Gary Barnett and coached quarterbacks for Barnett at Northwestern. From 1994 to 1996, he was 11-22 as head coach at Southern Illinois.After Texas: Watson landed in March as an offensive quality control coach at Indiana.Joe Wickline, offensive coordinator Texas tenure: January 2014 to December 2015. Wickline coached the offensive line and reputedly assisted in playcalling, which led to a lawsuit with his former employer, Oklahoma State. The suit, settled out of court, involved Wicklines contractual obligation to pay nearly $600,000 of remaining salary unless he left for a position in the NFL or as a college coordinator who called plays. Regardless of the extent of his playcalling responsibility at Texas, not enough of it worked in two losing seasons.Before Texas: A coaching veteran of more than three decades, he spent nine years at Oklahoma State and three at Florida after a series of jobs that included coaching the offensive lines at Baylor and Ole Miss.After Texas: Fired 10 months ago with Watson to make room for the Tulsa duo of Gilbert and Mattox, Wickline landed at West Virginia five weeks later. The move reunited him with Dana Holgorsen. They spent the 2010 season together at Oklahoma State, when Holgorsen coordinated the Cowboys offense for Gundy. ' ' '