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Academic Integration and Competitive Excellence in Division I Athletics harvard Football News 2016 Murphy is Harvard’s first endowed coach. In October 1994, Thomas F. Stephenson ’64 M.B.A. ’66 established a $2 million endowment fund that supports the head football coach in much the same way that an endowed chair supports a professor. Stephenson chose to name the fund for members of his family, who have been active participants in the Harvard community for four generations. The 2004 season stands as arguably the Crimson’s finest in more than 100 years. The Crimson went 10-0 on the year and had an average margin of victory of 20.5 points. Harvard scored at least 31 points in nine of the 10 games, had a double-digit winning margin in eight games, held its last six opponents to 14 points or less, dealt two shutouts and allowed just one touchdown in the last three games. Harvard finished the year as the only undefeated school in the FCS and one of just five unbeatens in all of college football. The Crimson finished the season ranked No. 13 in the final Sports Network Division I-AA national poll and the ESPN/USA Today poll, marking Harvard’s highest finish in the national rankings since the formation of the Division I-AA polls. Harvard’s final Sagarin Rating stood 37th among the 239 Division I football schools. The 2004 Crimson had 15 players, then the most in school history, named All-Ivy League. Among those were Fitzpatrick, who earned selection to play in the East-West Shrine Game and the Hula Bowl, and Clifton Dawson ’07, who went on to become the Ivy League’s all-time leading rusher in 2006. Murphy’s 2001 Harvard squad finished 9-0 overall and 7-0 in the Ivies, and was ranked No. 19 in the final Sports Network poll. Harvard committed just nine turnovers, averaged 445.0 yards in offense and scored at least four touchdowns in every game. Previously, Murphy led Harvard to the 1997 Ivy championship, when his squad finished 9-1 overall and 7-0 in league play. It marked the first time in school history that the Crimson had posted a perfect Ivy record. Murphy was named head football coach at Harvard Dec. 6, 1993. He came from the University of Cincinnati, where that fall he had directed the Division I-A Bearcats to their finest record in 17 years. Murphy’s first head coaching position was at the University of Maine, where, in 1987, he led the Black Bears to their first NCAA Division I-AA playoff berth. At Cincinnati, Murphy led the Bearcats to an 8-3 record in 1993, their first winning campaign since 1982 and the school’s best overall mark since 1976 (9-2). Cincinnati was the fourth-most improved team in Division I-A (an increase of five wins over 1992). This success came after Murphy inherited a program that had a condemned stadium, no practice facilities and the loss of 19 scholarships after being placed on probation for infractions incurred by the previous coaching staff. He attained all of his short-term goals, including NCAA compliance, an improved graduation rate, reconstructing the strength and conditioning program and development of a successful major college team. When Murphy took over at Cincinnati in 1989, he was only 32 years old and was the youngest Division I head coach in the nation (along with Dave Rader at Tulsa). While improvement was consistent throughout his tenure, it all came together in 1993. In that summer, Cincinnati was recognized by the College Football Association for being one of only 20 Division I schools to graduate a minimum of 70 percent of its most recent recruiting class. On the field, the Bearcats had their third-highest point total in school The 2016 Harvard Football Coaching Staff Back row (L-R): Mike Donovan, Jeremy Bandy, Chris Batti, Brendan Flaherty, Logan Johnson, Mike Morris, James Frazier Front row: Michael Horan, Scott Larkee, Tim Murphy, Joel Lamb, Ryan Crawford, Joe Villapiano history (302), and set school marks for most offensive plays, most first downs and fewest turnovers. In addition, Cincinnati won that year’s Independent Football Alliance championship. Murphy started his head coaching career at Maine, in 1987 and ’88, when he became the youngest head coach in the country (at age 30) upon succeeding current Dartmouth head coach Buddy Teevens. His first team finished with an 8-4 record (the Black Bears’ best record in 23 years), shared the Yankee Conference title and advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA tournament for the first time in school history. Murphy also has extensive experience as an assistant coach. He was the offensive coordinator at Maine in 1985 and ’86, when the Black Bears both rushed and passed for more than 2,000 yards in the same season for the first time in school history. He was the offensive line coach at Boston University for three seasons, from 1982 through ’84, and helped the Terriers to Yankee Conference titles and NCAA Division I-AA playoff berths each year. Murphy was also the defensive line coach at Lafayette in 1981, when the Leopards posted their best record in school history (9-2), just one season after the squad went 1-10. Murphy began his coaching career as a part-time assistant at Brown in 1979 and was promoted to assistant varsity offensive line coach the following season. A native of Kingston, Mass., he graduated from Silver Lake High School in 1974. He then attended Springfield College, where he became a four-year starter and was a small college All-New England linebacker as a senior. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1978 and earned a master’s degree in education from Springfield the following year. Murphy did additional postgraduate work at Boston University and was accepted to the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Business at Northwestern and the Colgate Darden School of Business at Virginia. Murphy was chosen to sit on the board of trustees of the American Football Coaches Association in January 2005 and was named to Springfield’s All-Decade Team in 2006. In October 2007, the night following Harvard’s 27-10 victory over Princeton, Murphy was inducted into the Springfield College Athletic Hall of Fame. During 2013, Murphy served as President of the American Football Coaches Assocation, and in 2015, he joined Harvard’s Faculty Committee on Athletic Sports. Murphy resides in Allston with his wife, Martha Kennedy Murphy. The couple has three children: Molly Kennedy ‘14, Conor Timothy ‘16 and Grace Katharine ‘18. Harvard Football All-Time Winningest Coaches Years Coach seasons W l t Pct. 1994-pres. Timothy L. Murphy 22 156 63 0 .712 1971-93 Joseph Restic 23 117 97 6 .545 1957-70 John M. Yovicsin 14 78 42 5 .644 1908-16 Percy D. Haughton 9 71 7 5 .886 1919-25 Robert T. Fisher 7 43 14 5 .734 | 15 |
Academic Integration and Competitive Excellence in Division I Athletics assistant coaches harvard Football News 2016 JOEL LAMB Assistant Head Coach Quarterbacks/Offensive Coordinator Former Crimson quarterback Joel Lamb is in his 11th season as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2016. Lamb oversees the Crimson’s recruiting efforts in Massachusetts and the Midwestern states, including Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. En route to its 17th Ivy League championship in 2015, the Crimson offense finished first in the Ivy League with 36.4 points per game and 474.2 yards of total offense. Lamb guided seven players to All-Ivy first team selections, including senior quarterback Scott Hosch, who was the Ancient Eight Offensive Player of the Year. Hosch was also named the New England Player of the Year after averaging 303.5 passing yards a game and setting the Harvard single-season passing record by tossing for 2,827 yards. Despite missing several key players to lengthy injuries in 2014, the Crimson averaged 32.7 points per game en route to a perfect 10-0 season and its 16th Ivy League championship. Three offensive players were tabbed to the All-Ivy first team, as Harvard ranked 19th in the country in total offense (461.4). The Crimson had the definition of a balanced offense, averaging 230.9 yards per game through the air and 230.5 yards per contest on the ground. In 2013, Lamb’s Harvard offense contributed to the Crimson’s 15th Ivy League title by racking up the nation’s 32nd-best total offense of 426.1 yards per game with 260.1 in the air and 166.0 on the ground. Harvard’s 371 points, good for 18th in the nation, landed second in program history behind 2012’s total of 394. The 39.4 points per game in 2012, which ranked fourth nationally, came from the second-highest scoring offense in the nation as the Crimson piled up 487.5 yards per game with a passing efficiency rating of 157.25. Those numbers came a year after the Crimson ranked 11th in scoring offense in 2011. A 1993 Harvard graduate, Lamb returned to Cambridge in 2006. Harvard has ranked among the nation’s top 25 in either rushing or passing in eight of the last nine seasons. Lamb was named the Assistant Coach of the Year by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston in 2008. His seasons have seen seven Harvard quarterbacks earn All-Ivy League honors, including Ivy League offensive players of the year Colton Chapple ’13 in 2012, Chris Pizzotti ’08-09 in 2008 and Scott Hosch ‘16 in 2015. Lamb returned to Harvard following nine years as the quarterbacks coach at Yale. He was the Bulldogs’ offensive coordinator for three seasons, during which time Yale twice led the Ivy League in passing offense. His 2003 unit led the Ivies in passing offense, scoring offense and total offense. Lamb helped Yale to the 1999 Ivy League championship, which was the Bulldogs’ first league title in 10 years. He coached three of the four most prolific quarterbacks in Yale history: all-time passing leader Alvin Cowan, runner-up Joe Walland and Peter Lee, who ranks fourth in school history. Lamb’s 2005 quarterback, Jeff Mroz, finished second on Yale’s single-season passing chart and tied Cowan’s school record with 22 touchdown passes before signing with the Dallas Cowboys. Before joining the staff at Yale, Lamb was the quarterbacks coach at Amherst College for four years. Lamb was a four-year member of Harvard’s football program as an undergraduate and was the 1992 winner of the team’s Henry N. Lamar Award, which recognizes dedication to the program, concern for his fellow man and contributions to Harvard football. He went on to play competitively in England in 1994 with the Leeds Cougars of the British American Football Association. A native of Natick, Mass., Lamb was a three-sport captain at Natick High School and was an all-state quarterback. He also was a standout in baseball and basketball. Lamb graduated from Harvard in 1993 after concentrating in psychology. He holds a master’s degree in sports management from the University of Massachusetts. Lamb’s father, Tom, was the longtime athletic director and football coach at Natick High School, while Joel’s wife, Ainslee, served as the head field hockey coach at Boston College from 2005-14. They have a daughter, Brooklyn. SCOTT LARKEE Assistant Head Coach Linebackers/Defensive Coordinator Former All-Ivy League linebacker Scott Larkee, the Gridiron Club of Boston’s 2012 Assistant Coach of the Year, is in his eighth season as defensive coordinator at Harvard and his 10th total season across two stints as an assistant coach at his alma mater in 2016. Larkee led a defense that held its opponents to an average of 13.0 points per game during the 2015 season. The Crimson ranked second in the Ancient Eight in scoring defense and first in rushing yards allowed (84.4). The senior linebacking corps of Eric Medes, captain Matt Koran and Jacob Lindsey were all selected to All-Ivy teams after combining for 191 tackles, including 17.5 for a loss. Harvard’s defense remained one of the preeminent units in the country in 2014. The Crimson ranked first in scoring defense (12.3 points allowed per game) and fourth in rushing defense (86.3 yards per game). Zack Hodges was named the recipient of the Asa S. Bushnell Cup as Ivy League Co-Defensive Player of the Year, as the Crimson completed a perfect 10-0 season en route to the program’s 16th Ivy championship. Harvard held its first eight opponents under 18 points and blanked Columbia for the third-consecutive year. In 2013, Larkee’s defense helped the Crimson to its 15th Ivy League crown. Harvard’s rushing defense, which allowed 97.3 yards per game, ranked sixth in the nation and atop the Ivy League while its scoring defense (22.7 points per game) came in at 25th. Behind the 2013 Asa S. Bushnell Cup recipient, Zack Hodges, the Crimson recovered 13 fumbles to tie for 15th nationally and lead the Ancient Eight. Larkee led one of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision’s top defenses in 2012. The Crimson led the nation in rushing defense (69.4 yards allowed per game) and sacks (4.2 per game) while ranking eighth nationally in scoring defense (17.4 points allowed per game). Harvard held six of its 10 opponents to 14 points or fewer, and three of those opponents—including shutout victim Columbia—scored seven points or fewer. A year earlier, Larkee’s defense ranked fifth nationally in scoring defense and sixth against the rush, behind Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year Josue Ortiz. A 1999 Harvard graduate, Larkee is in the 10th season of his current tour of duty with the Crimson. He returned to his alma mater in 2007, coaching the running backs while serving as the program’s recruiting coordinator. In 2008, he assumed the team’s special teams coordinator position and also worked with the linebackers. In 2009, Larkee took over as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. Larkee is responsible for recruiting the northeastern United States including New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Since Larkee began working with Harvard’s linebackers in 2008, Crimson players at that position have accounted for 17 All-Ivy League selections. Larkee previously served as an assistant coach for the Crimson’s 2001 Ivy League championship team. He coached the outside linebackers for Harvard’s 9-0 squad, its first since 1913 to go unbeaten and untied. Before returning to Cambridge, Larkee had been a graduate assistant at Boston College, helping the Eagles to back-to-back bowl appearances. Larkee had a brief stint as a defensive assistant at Columbia, which came on the heels of a three-year tenure as an assistant at Division III Bates College. He served as the Bobcats’ special teams coordinator, linebackers coach and strength and conditioning coordinator from 2002 to ’04. Larkee also has served as an assistant at Bowdoin College for the 1999 and 2000 seasons and was a player/coach with Les Cougars de St. Ouen l’Aumone (a French club team) in 2001. A second-team All-Ivy League selection as a senior, Larkee graduated from Harvard in third place on the Crimson’s career tackles chart (243). He recorded 98 tackles with six pass breakups and was a starter on Harvard’s 1997 Ivy League championship team. Larkee also earned the team’s Henry N. Lamar Award, given to the Harvard football senior who, through dedication to the program and concern for his fellow man, has made a unique contribution to the team. Larkee holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Harvard. Larkee and his wife, former Crimson field hockey All-American Judy (Collins) Larkee ’99, live in Norwood, Massachusetts with daughters Shea (9), Maureen (6) and Casey (newborn) and sons Sam (8), Joe (5) and Mike (3). | 16 |
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