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...head coach Tim Murphy says. “It’s unbelievable, it’s great.”It was personal connections that led Hatch to Harvard, and those same connections eventually led him to LSU. He was recruited out of high school by Gary Crowton, then the head coach at Brigham Young University. When Crowton was fired, Hatch lost interest in BYU, and Crowton made a call to Murphy suggesting that he take a look at Hatch. A few months later, Hatch was a Harvard student and spent his year in Cambridge practicing with...
...family had been in contact with [Crowton] and he heard what I was doing serving the church mission and all that,” Hatch said...
...Crowton invited Hatch to Tigers camp and, in storybook fashion, Hatch earned his way on to the team—with a full scholarship...
...that point, an MRI revealed the seriousness of his injury and sent him back to the states for surgery. Hatch finished out the year rehabbing his knee in Henderson, when Crowton made a reappearance in his life...
...Shortly after recruiting Hatch, Crowton was forced to resign after leading the team to three straight losing seasons, the first sub-.500 campaigns in 29 years. Without Crowton, Hatch lost interest in playing for BYU. So, Crowton gave his friend Harvard coach Tim Murphy a call, encouraging him to pursue the young quarterback. Murphy did, and Hatch made his way to the northeast...