Word: coached
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...didn't take Herman long to show his lernin'. He was signed on March 17, 1948 as head coach of football at Yale University. On March 23, 1948, two of Dick Harlow's local assistants, Bob Margarita and Harry Jacunski, were off to New Haven to be the new backfield and end coaches. Along with them went a lot of specific information about Crimson players as a sort of bonus for Herman...
...while it looked as though Hal Kopp had escaped the sudden urge to off to Yale. But as well as getting a good line coach, perhaps Hickman thought it might be nice to learn the nuances of the Harvard linemen first hand. Hal got a locker at the Yale field house a week before the season opened...
Landing a good line coach didn't end Herman Hickman's plaintive cries of "I have no line!" After feasting since 1943 on a flock of corn and cornpone-fed Cadet candidates, it must have been a sad realization to meet a group of linemen who didn't all weigh over 200 pounds...
Then there was the injury list, a season long problem to Mr. Hickman and one of the reasons why he will coach the underdog today. Ferd Nadherny, who tore the Harvard line to shreds in 1946 and 1947, has been out most of the season; guard Vic Frank has had half a dozen minor injuries; all the centers have been injured and even today only one, Captain Bill Conway, is in top shape...
...Head coach Herman Hickman, who has been counting injured footballers in his sleep lately, will have a big job on his hands molding a winning team in time for today's game...