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...same luncheon yesterday Dartmouth quarterback Jim Chasey was named New England Player of the Year, and Harvard coach John Yovicsin received his New England Coach of the Year award...
...doctors didn't give him a chance," coach John Yovicsin said. "However, his sheer determination and love for the game helped him overcome all the obstacles. He came to me the last week in August after he had completed the doctors' reconditioning program and said he wanted to give it a try," he revealed...
...Yovicsin coached Harvard to three Ivy Championships during his career, and each time he did so he was named Coach of the Year. His first title came in 1961 when, after four years of rebuilding. he managed a 6-3 record and a tie for first with Columbia. It was the second time he won the mythical Big Three championship...
...Yovicsin's team rebounded from a 5-2-2 record for a 9-1 mark and another tie for the Ivy title, this time with Princeton. And finally, his only undefeated season in 1968- which was climaxed by the 29-29 tie with Yale- through another title and Coach of the Year honors...
...rare that a football coach inherits a team as solid as next year's Crimson squad. Due partly to the fact that John Yovicsin is leaving because of his health and not because of his lack of success, and partly to the fact that Harvard had a great recruiting year in 1969, the incoming coach takes over a young and unusually deep team...