Word: coachly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With the absense of fullbacks Natalie Roe and Ryan Smith and goalie Irene Kacandes, coach Bob Scalise began shifting players to find replacements. Kingsberg was called in to play against Wellesley College, which was devastated by the Crimson, 9-0. That night Scalise called Kingberg to tell her she had a starting spot in the line...
...Assistant Coach) Scott Anderson teases me that I won't be happy unless I get my three goals for the week," Kingsberg says
...Tricia Welch showed up with her entire head bandaged, which greatly impeded her ability to eat the scrambled eggs, while Julie Brynteson arrived with two compression pads positioned so that the laughter led to no end. Kerry Bryan arrived with a blond, curly wig and a sweatshirt that had "Coach Bob" written on the front and Stefi Baum donned a black wig and painted on a mustache to imitate assistant coach Bob Friedman. Unfortunately for the tri-captain, the paint didn't come off completely and she walked around with a five o'clock shadow for a few days...
Some teams don't feel it's worth the hassle to become a varsity sport. The sports department reaches its bureaucratic claws into coach selection, the team plays a prescribed schedule and everything goes under Harvard regulation. On the other hand, there are a few benefits--a paid coach, an expense free trip to a game or meet and the prestigious Harvard...
...team has a place to play, the next question concerns a coaching staff. Will anyone coach the sport for free? Working with a women's volleyball or softball team--teaching both the fundamentals and the strategy--takes an enormous amount of time. But these sports have no paid coaches. "We have to find our own," says one softball team member...