Word: yovicsin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Athletically, I had only unfortunate experiences at Harvard. One was meeting Coach John Yovicsin and his football staff, who successfully foiled any aspirations I had for gridiron achievement. Yovicsin and his staff could best be described as typically racist, reactionary conservatives--the kind of Americans who elected Richard Nixon in 1968. The following selected passages might provide more insight into "Yovy" and his relationship to me during the 1970 football season: Dartmouth Program Oct. 24, 1970 "It didn't seem inappropriate at his first press conference at a Boston hotel. Down at the end of a table was a long...
...fairness, Restic shouldn't be judged on the basis of one season, especially when that season did see so many close games decided by interceptions and bad breaks. And maybe the vast change from John Yovicsin to Joe Restic will necessarily take more than nine games...
...them who usually find it entirely unacceptable to even pass through New Haven on the way to New York and points south were there, and they were thoroughly enjoying themselves. Important men, too. Men like mayor Al Vellucci and thirty-five of his traveling cronies, ABC football commentator John Yovicsin, and newborn political kingpin Larry S. DiCara...
This was unlike the old days. No coach, not even Percy Haughton, had beaten Yale and had a winning season in his first year in Cambridge. Yovicsin had lost 54-0 in his first effort...
...John Yovicsin will return as head of the Physical Education Program. Yovicsin will emphasize a conservative program that centers on moving slowly but consistently over the ground and avoids mistakes. He will concentrate on sweeping the end to physical deficits out the door and offering a new slant play to tackle holes in the opposition...