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Kerr has only been affiliated with Harvard for three years, but he has a better idea than most about what those days were like. Kerr was a senior at Duke when the Crimson advanced all the way to the Final Four in 1986. The Blue Devils won the NCAA title that year, as Kerr, who also claimed men’s college Player of the Year honors, had two goals and an assist in Duke’s 3-2 win over the Crimson in the national semifinals...
After college, Kerr spent time playing professionally in Europe, as well as in the United States. After the Major Indoor Soccer League folded in 1992, Kerr joined the coaching staff at Duke as the top assistant to his former mentor, John Rennie. Kerr signed on on a trial basis, committing only to the first six weeks of the season. But he ended up loving it so much, he stayed the whole season. After that, Kerr—whose father coached him during his teens—had the coaching bug in his system for good...
...adjust to us as well,” says captain Nick Lenicheck. “The athletic and academic environment at Harvard, and the Ivy League in general, is a lot different than at a place like Duke or Stanford. Coming to Harvard, where athletics are not professionalized at all, had to be difficult. The atmosphere is totally different...
What amounts to a three-season sport ended in late May for Harvard, when freshman Jonathan Chu, competing in the first round of the NCAA singles championships at Texas A&M, lost to 11th-seeded Phillip King of Duke...
...It’s a very, very cordial relationship and absolutely vital to us,” says Connor, whose NHC is closely tied to the University of North Carolina, Duke University and other institutions...