George Blaney, filling in for Jim Calhoun as associate head coach for easy (Connecticut) win, gets mentioned by broadcast crew as former head coach at Holy Cross and Seton Hall. No mention that he returned to Holy Cross, his alma mater, after three years as Dartmouth's head coach (1969-72), succeeding Dave Gavitt.Speaking of the NCAA Tournament, the Dartmouth women's game at Maryland tomorrow is scheduled to be broadcast on ESPN starting at 2:30 p.m. I've covered every previous Big Green NCAA Tournament game (including nailbiters at Purdue, Virginia and Rutgers) but will have to settle for watching this one on the tube.
Blaney was 37-40 with the kids recruited by Gavitt plus "our" James Brown, Bill Raynor and Robin Derry.
Gavitt '59, had said he would never leave Dartmouth for any job except Providence...he had been Joe Mullaney's assistant before succeeding Doggie Julian. Blaney, HC '61, said he would never leave Dartmouth for any job except Holy Cross. He succeeded Jack Donahue who had been Lew Alcindor's coach at Power Memorial in NYC and left to coach Canadian Olympic team.
Blaney's assistant (and successor) at Dartmouth was Tom O'Connor, now the AD at George Mason and chair in 07-08 of the men's basketball selection committee (succeeded this year by Mike Slive '62). O'Connor had been freshman coach and became a head coach at 25
Not much happening football-wise right now. Penn's all-access coverage of spring practice continues with Friday's explanation of a drill the Quaker receivers were to run here.
And in case you missed it, confirmation came in yesterday that Dartmouth spring football will indeed start on April 13 with the spring game set for May 2.
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