Word: tallness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Football coach Tim Murphy is a good coach. He's turned a moribund program into a champion. He's already shown he can do a great job training future coaches. After all, the reason Harvard had an opening for Bruce Tall, a minority, as defensive coordinator was the departure of Mark Harriman to become the head coach at Bates...
...every circumstance, Tall surmounted theconcerns that most minority coaches have aboutjoining a program like Harvard's. His willingnessto join Murphy's staff was serendipitous, buthardly a way to set policy for the future...
...both Murphy and Tall convey the impressionthat the entire hiring procedure was race-blind,Tall even going so far as to comment that "the jobwas attractive because it was one of the few forwhich I was interviewed not just because I was aminority...
...Harvard will have to content itselfwith those who, like Bruce Tall, are willing tolook past career considerations and the obstacleof a school which focuses heavily on academics...
...depending on the good will of exceptionalcoaches like Tall is a questionable way to setUniversity policy. Everyone agrees that new,aggressive measures are necessary, but no one isquite sure why they aren't off the ground...