Word: restic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bill Campbell, Joe Restic's counterpart at Columbia, said, "We're moving new people...
...some cases the alumni operation is formal, such as football coach Joe Restic's practice of assigning each of his assistant coaches to coordinate the alumni efforts in a different section of the country. Other coaches, including baseball mentor Loyal Park, tend to rely more on a few individuals they know personally, and even on the advice of an occasional professional scout. But regardless of the sport, it is the alumni and other interested volunteers who bear the burden of finding and approaching high school prospects...
...admissions office ban on coaches' recruiting trips has, in the eyes of a few coaches, put Harvard at a major disadvantage in its attempts to woo scholar-athletes away from other Ivy League schools. Restic says that each year, the football team loses prospects to the personal appeals of rival coaches, and adds that "'the competition is getting heavier." Baseball coach Park agrees. "There's nothing like personal contact as far as I'm concerned. We feel we still get the good student-athletes, we get great athletes. But when a guy's in the kid's house, talking...
...year, he says. Lee, like most of the coaches, says the committee does a good job. Still, some coaches seem to be able to get a higher percentage of their lists accepted than others. No coach will admit to bureaucratic politicking to gain favor with the committee; in fact, Restic notes, "I don't sense any of that--the committee has always been very fair." But as Lee says, "The sports that get more publicity, you expect to have more clout with admissions." When one coach has an especially successful year--whether he has picked well, or perhaps because...
Last month, Kubacki, who broke Harvard records in total yardage and led the Crimson to an Ivy League title in 1976, tried out at the New Orleans Saints' rookie camp, but the Saints cut him. There are some other possibilities that football coach Joe Restic is looking into, but for now, "It doesn't look like I'll be going into professional football," Kubacki says...