Word: mclaughlin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Frank McLaughlin is a master salesman. Some even said when he first arrived (in the fall of 1977) that he had missed his calling, that he should forget coaching and go make a mint in Arizona real estate or at a used-car dealership...
...Frank McLaughlin is not a miracle worker--the product he must sell is Harvard basketball, and in many ways it represents a more formidable challenge than the other career options outlined above. More importantly, he could use some support from fickle fans, stodgy alumni, and adamant administrators...
...ledger shows a 19-36 record after two years. The friendly sportswriter will shrug off the first year (11-15, 7-7 Ivy) by saying that McLaughlin inherited a fecund crop from his predecessor...
This year, McLaughlin cleaned house and paid for it dearly (8-21, 6-8 Ivies). His final inheritance from the previous era--a brutal schedule and an "If it's Tuesday, it must be Winnemucca" West Coast road trip--left his troops in a state of moral and physical decline...
...that the slate has been wiped clean for McLaughlin. Now what? To begin with, some of the frazzled freshmen will no doubt emerge as supersophs' next season. McLaughlin has been marketed effectively on NBC-TV's national in a story on former Notre Dame assistant coaches) and regional singing the praises of his Rhodes all-Ivy guard Glenn Fine) college hoop broadcasts...