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Although the appointment is not yet official, authoritative sources revealed that barring unforeseen circumstances Essick will formally assume the post later this week...
Robert B. Watson, director of Athletics, offered the spot to Essick yesterday afternoon by phone. His appointment marks the end of a three-week search initiated when former head coach Don Gambril quit his job for a position as the coach at the University of Alabama...
...Gambril] really put the air back in the balloon," Essick said yesterday of the Harvard swimming program. "And I think that with the returning lettermen and the really quality freshmen coming next year, we definitely have the potential to compete on a national level...
...Essick, a University of Illinois graduate, produced 21 All-Americans in his seven-year stint as head mentor of SIU. His teams have tallied a 38-20 dual-meet record overall and placed in the top 20 at the NCAA national swim meet every year under his guidance including two 11th place finishes in 1971 and 1972. His squads swept their way to the Mid Western Conference championships those two seasons as well...
...screening committee composed of the two team co-captains, Fred Mitchell and Phil Jonckheer, and several other Athletic Department officials reportedly met last weekend and narrowed the list of candidates down to four men of which Essick was apparently the front-runner...