"Our search committee interviewed several candidates and we now have a short list of candidates who are still under consideration," Cleary said.

The athletic department has not released the names under consideration, but current speculation centers on Fordham Coach Larry Glueck (a longtime assistant coach to Restic) and Williams Coach Dick Farley.

In addition, The Boston Globe reported on September 9 that University of New Haven Coach Mark Whipple was interviewed by the search committee and called him "a leading candidate."

Besides Cleary, the committee members are Henry, Dean of the College Fred Jewett '57, Dean of Admissions Bill Fitzsimmons '67, McKay Professor of Computer Science Harry Lewis, Executive Director of the Alumni Association Jack Reardon '60 and senior Brian Ramer, captain of the football team.

The committee placed an advertisement in theNCAA News, a weekly magazine published for coachesand officials, over the summer, and beganinterviewing candidates in July and August.

Over the summer, Northeastern Coach BarryGallup was frequently mentioned as a top candidatefor the post, but Northeastern promoted Gallup toathletic director in July.

The committee's selection will determine thedirection of the Harvard football program. Thereare two schools of thought about the Harvardcoaching position: it is either a place forcoaches to come and enjoy a long tenure, moldingyouths into men without any special emphasis onwinning; or it is an opportunity, a chance torevive a moribund program and make a name foroneself in the process.

Yale Coach Carm Cozza is perhaps the bestexample of the former. He has been at Yale for 29years and will still be there after Restic retiresthis November.

Former Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens is thebest example of the latter. Teevens won the Ivychampionship with Dartmouth in 1989 and 1990 andis now the coach at the Division I-A Tulane.

Whither Harvard? Is it "where coaches go todie," as one Boston sportswriter put it? Or is ita place where coaches can actually make adifference?

Restic himself straddled both views. Hired torevive a sagging program in 1971, he won Ivytitles in 1974 and 1975. But instead of taking anyone of several head coaching offers in the NFL, hestayed on for the rest of his career.

Stay tuned for further bulletins as eventswarrant.

2. How will Title IX affect Harvard?

Title IX is just a small part of a smalllaw--the Education Amendments of 1972--but it'scausing big pains for athletic departments aroundthe country.

No where has Title IX been a bigger issue thanin the Ivy League. Three of the Ancient Eight'sathletic departments are facing Title IX-relatedlegal challenges: Cornell, Dartmouth and Brown.

The law itself offers a vague mandate thatschools must provide "equal athletic opportunityfor members of both sexes." But opinions vary asto just what that means, and it's conceivable thatit may eventually be left to the United StatesSupreme Court to define it in concrete terms.