Word: lentz
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Bowdoin College announced yesterday that Harvard's present line coach, James C. Lentz, has been named head coach of football and lacrosse. He'll assume his duties on September 1, when Bowdoin begins football practice...
...understanding the Harvard system lies in the phrases "contain defense" and "position responsibilities." The first describes the general philosophy of Head Coach John Yovicsin and long-time assistant Jim Lentz. The theory is simple: give up short yardage but prevent the long gain. It is the "three yards and a cloud of dust" school in reverse. As long as they give up no more than four yards a play the defenders are dong their job. Statistics show that the best teams rarely can run more than 14 plays in succession without a mistake, and poorer teams less. So Harvard...
...speed and agility. There is very little scrimmage, and not nearly so much hitting the offense or dummies in practice. The coaches concentrate on developing new moves and finesse and just assume that we know the fundamentals." He added that his Harvard coaches--especially defensive line specialist Limmy Lentz, prepared him as well, and often better, than the other rookies. "The Harvard coaches could coach anywhere in the country," he said...
...Lentz gave a good deal of the credit for the lacrossemen's success to his two assistant coaches. Bill Miller, who worked with the defense, and Tag Sweeney, who helped out the attackmen...
...that they worked hard enough. The one loss -- to Brown -- came after a week and half layoff and the boys still made me proud there by coming back from a 6-0 first quarter deficit to make it close at the end. This was a real solid ball club," Lentz said...