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Events began to unfold earlier this week when Maryland officials contacted Tillman while he was on the road making preparations for the 2011 Ivy League season. After going through Nichols Family Director of Athletics Bob Scalise, the Maryland officials were granted permission to speak with Tillman...
...Being closer to my family was a huge, huge factor for me,” said Tillman, who lived in Maryland for 12 years while serving as the top assistant at Navy. “I think the one thing that I want people to realize was that this was not about, ‘I want to coach at Maryland more than I want to coach at Harvard.’ When jobs come up, you do weigh a lot of factors. It comes down to things that are important to me at this point in my life...
...even with his familial connections, making the decision to leave the Crimson was a difficult one for Tillman, who had grown emotionally connected to the players he had recruited and coached for the past three seasons and other faculty and staff at the university...
...Harvard is just an unbelievable place,” Tillman said. “I really did not sleep well for four or five days because I did really fall in love with Harvard…My biggest disappointment is not being able to spend as much time with the players and the incoming players...
...Tillman takes over a strong ACC program that suffered just four defeats in the 2010 season and made it to the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament...