Word: yovicsin
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Dates: during 1957-1957
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...family of five found New England to their liking; Yovicsin wanted to meet the challenge of fielding a good team under the Ivy League rules. With this settled, the Yovicsin family took up residence in Framingham, and Yovicsin himself undertook the task of transforming Harvard football. The record of that transformation has been evident all fall. After an initial shock when for various personal reasons some key players left the squad, his team has enjoyed playing for him. He asks only that each player work his hardest, and he in turn works hard for them. Players on the junior varsity...
Early season predictions gave Harvard scant chance to win more than one game, but under Yovicsin's coaching, the Crimson won three of its first six games until injuries cut it down in its last two contests of the year. Yovicsin was "pleased, although naturally not completely pleased. We hoped to have a winning season," he says, "but we are very happy with the progress the boys made...
...heavy schedule of speaking dates at various Harvard Clubs throughout the country and many favorable letters reflect alumni satisfaction with Yovicsin's new approach to Harvard football. But Yovicsin wants to see improvement next year and is certain that a better season will be had in 1958. "It requires a lot of planned work to develop a solid team, but it can be done, and well, in Ivy League. We hope to make...
...Yovicsin's first year has been a remarkable one. He survived the tireless battery of questions from the local press, the scepticism of many, a discouraging wave of injuries which resulted in something of a "jinx" year for the football team, and the demands made from both the Ivy Towers and the clubrooms. Yet he can still smile shyly from behind his desk in the Indoor Athletic Building and say honestly, "I'm certainly looking forward to next year...
...probably look forward to quite a few years of football at the College. Harvard likes John Yovicsin; and Yovicsin is pleased with his new job at Harvard. He should be around for quite a long time to come...