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Harvard football head coach Tim Murphy arrived in Cambridge from the University of Cincinnati in 1994, taking over a program built by longtime coach Joe Restic. By Murphy’s own count, the team he inherited had only one or two students of color...
...Columbia graduate who previously revitalized Iona’s program, Saretsky assumed the reins as director this season from Frank Haggerty ’68, whose tenure in Cambridge began in 1982. While the Haggerty-Saretsky line of succession is not necessarily a mirror of Restic-Murphy, Saretsky notes that diversity—or the current lack thereof—was a topic of discussion during the interviewing process...
...perhaps the athletic department and the administration were hesitant to fire Restic after the enormous contribution he had made to Harvard football. Fine. The University let Restic continue to coach and he retired...
...saying in any way, shape, or form that all decisions on whether or not to retain coaches should be based on wins and losses. In reading the archived Crimson articles announcing the resignations of both coaches, it is clear that both Restic and Tomassoni were great people who added a lot to the University at large and helped their student-athletes grow as young...
...just as Restic and Tomassino were huge contributors to Harvard, the fact remains that they simply weren’t able to get it done late in their careers. And this is Harvard we’re talking about here. Murphy and Mazzoleni had great records in previous jobs at Cincinnati and Miami of Ohio, respectively, and there is no doubt that enticing an established basketball coach to Harvard wouldn’t be that difficult. Who knows, maybe even someone as established as Cambridge native and ex-St. John’s coach Mike Jarvis would be interested...