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Harvard has every reason to be optimistic entering Kerr??s fourth seaon at the helm. The team only lost two starters to graduation and the remaining veterans are almost exclusively upperclassmen who have played together for the last three years...
...other year, Kerr??s team might have been the biggest story of the fall. After languishing under .500 the previous two seasons, this year’s Crimson team made its first trip to NCAAs since 1996. Much of the success was overshadowed by the football team’s dream season, but it put Harvard back on the road to national renown. That, Kerr says, was his reason for taking the job in the first place...
...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...
Then there is the matter of Kerr??s practices. Kerr calls them “competitive”; Lenicheck calls them “long and grueling.” They start out innocently enough, as Kerr and his staff are fond of cracking a couple jokes to loosen up the team. But by the end of the session, the players are usually divided into two teams for an intrasquad scrimmage. In a twist he gleaned from his old professional coach in England, Kerr always makes sure “there’s a reward...
...Assistant Coach Gary Crompton’s stellar recruiting efforts. In their short time at Harvard, they have been able to attract some of the country’s top high school athletes. Fritz, one of the staff’s great finds, says he was won over by Kerr??s refreshing honesty...