Word: gambrill
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...woman swim coach at Harvard? It may happen according to Harold Kaese in yesterday's Boston Globe. Mrs. Charles G. Stephanos of Swampscott apparently is applying for the job that will be vacated when Don Gambril leaves Harvard for Alabama...
...Gambril, who had in Watson's words a "great deal of say in developing a program here," will have even more control at Alabama. "They hired me to beat Tennessee," Gambril said, "and they want...
Unlike at Harvard, he will have athletic scholarships to attract top swimmers, far less stringent recruiting and admission standards, and $80,000 for Gambril to fly to any meet and bring in any prospective swimmers. "Their whole philosophy is different," Gambril said yesterday, "but while Harvard's was not necessarily mine I lived up to their policy and philosophy...
...Gambril thus leaves a little less than two years since he was hired on May 8, 1971 following a controversial selection process. The reaction of the team and the other coaches was one of initial shock, when Gambril announced to a team meeting on Monday his decision. "I had mixed emotions about it," said diving coach John Walker. "I can't blame him although I wish he was staying," he said, with an attitude which best expressed the sentiments of those involved in Harvard swimming...
...There was nobody like him," said Dave Brumwell, one of the talented swimmers Gambril was able to attract to Harvard during his short tenure. "I'm really disappointed he's leaving, everybody...