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J. Bruce Munro stepped down yesterday as Harvard's varsity soccer and lacrosse coach. Athletic director Robert B. Watson granted Munro's request that he be relieved of those duties, effective this fall, and that he remain at Harvard as head freshman coach in both sports.
Munro has been coaching at Harvard for 26 years, and felt that after that long a time "you start losing some of that desire and competitiveness." He cited his age (he'll be 56 next week) and the increasing pressures of coaching intercollegiate soccer and lacrosse as prime reasons for...
"Soccer and lacrosse are becoming more pressurized," Munro said yesterday. "You have to work on turning out teams to win the Ivy and national championships. There isn't enough time to do the teaching I'd like to do."
With the announcement of Munro's switch from varsity to freshman coach, the status of current freshman coaches Dana Getchell (soccer) and Chet O'Neil (lacrosse) has yet to be decided for next year. "There's been a go-around in the department," Munro said yesterday, "and I don't...
Munro will be serving on the selection committee which begins its task of finding his successor immediately. The committee also includes Watson, Associate Athletic Director Baaron Pittenger, Assistant Athletic Director Eric Cutler, 1974 soccer captain Steve Mead and present lacrosse co-captains Charles Kittredge and Andrew Anderson.