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...definitely was a transition from the Clemson men to the Harvard women," Krass said emphatically. "It look a lot to communicate with athletes with a stronger academic background and greater intelligence all the way around. It was a challenge to learn how to motivate them...
...Krass was appointed coach at Central Florida in 1982, the year after he graduated from the school and captained the team. The former topseed led his team beyond its wildest dreams, qualifying as the Southeast Regional's representative in the fist ever NCAA Division II tournament in 1982. Two players, Troy McQuagge and Mike deFranco, qualified for All-America status under Krass' leadership...
Clemson selected Krass as head assistant coach in 1984, and the young coach helped set up training regiments for the Tigers, who included current U.S. Davis Cup team member Jay Berger,. Clemson finished ranked in the Top 10 and claimed the ACC championship both years that Krass worked with the program...
With training schemes and service game in mind, Krass wanted to integrate his full time workout routines into Harvard's program once he became the coach...
...first, [Krass] had come form a program where tennis was the only thing," Rival said. "And, you don't drive a women's team as hard as you do a men's team. Here, you don't have eight hours a day to condition and run miles. You have to use quality, not quantity...