Word: nahigian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard's two rivals remain something of a mystery, as the squad has not faced either team this season. Providence, under the piloting of Alex Nahigian, who also is an assistant football coach under Joe Restic, went up against Harvard in the district tourney last year. The Crimson eliminated the Friars and won the tournament with an 8-1 drubbing at Soldiers Field...
...Nahigian, who coached with Restic when the Crimson head man was an assistant at Brown from 1956 to 1958, will also do extensive scouting for Harvard. "In addition to his coaching abilities, he's one of the finest scouts in the country," Restic said at the time of Nahigian's appointment. "We're quite pleased to have Alex on our staff...
...Nahigian will not relinquish his baseball duties at Providence because of the Harvard job. He will continue as Friar head man in addition to his fall responsibilities in Cambridge...
...Nahigian graduated in 1942 from Holy Cross, where he played football until an injury ended his career. He joined the Brown football staff in 1949 and has served under four Bruin head coaches...
While Brown football hasn't reaped many benefits from Nahigian's talents--the Bruins are the perennial doormats of the Ivy League--he has been most successful at Providence. His baseball teams have complied a 140-113-2 record in his 14 years there, and six of his last Friar teams have participated in the NCAA District I championships...