Re: Harvard Crimson 2013-2014
Not to change the subject, but here's an article from Foster's Daily Democrat (Dover, NH)
about the Stone family.
John Doyle:
Dover’s Larry Stone spawned a generation of coaches
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Larry Stone is a man of sport. The Dover High School graduate and longtime athletic director at the Taft School in Watertown, Conn., has four children who went on to make careers in coaching, and one of them just led the U.S. women’s hockey team to the silver medal at the Sochi Olympic games.
“He had two boys and two girls and each of us played what was available for us to play,” said Katey Stone, Larry’s youngest daughter and former hockey and lacrosse player at the University of New Hampshire. “There was some carryover with hockey, which was great, but he believed in providing opportunities for boys and girls to excel in athletics.”
Katey Stone makes her full-time living as the women’s hockey coach at Harvard University, where she is the winningest coach in NCAA history and led the Crimson to the national championship game three times. She took this year off to concentrate on her national-team duties, and became the first woman to coach the U.S. women’s team. She was also the only female head coach of the eight at the Sochi Games.
Dover High School graduate Larry Stone, longtime athletic director and coach at the Taft School in Connecticut, is the father of four full-time coaches, including U.S. women’s hockey coach Katey Stone. (Courtesy photo)
Larry Stone coached football, baseball and basketball, and his children’s sporting profile is a patchwork of different sports as well. Mike Stone his 27th season as the head baseball coach at the University of Massachusetts where he has compiled a 633-578-3 (.523) record with the Minutemen, along with eight conference titles. Kelly Stone is now athletic director at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich, Conn. Jimmy Stone played center field for the University of North Carolina, is now the football and baseball coach, as well as the assistant athletic director, at Blair Academy in Blairstown, N.J.
Before she became the women’s hockey coach at Harvard, Katey Stone was the field hockey and lacrosse coach and assistant athletic director at Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Conn.
“He always expected you to do your best, play your hardest, hustle, and the rest would take care of itself,” Katey said about her father. “I think the reason why we all got into coaching because we saw how much fun he was having when he did it.”
Katey said the seeds of her passion for sports and coaching were sown when she and her siblings would go to Larry’s football practices as children.
“We’d stand outside the huddle listening to his motivational talks,” Katey said. “I sat on the bench in baseball, doing the stat book right next to him. We were right up close to what he was doing. That’s why it was a natural progression.”
After spending some time with the Atlanta Braves organization as a minor-league pitcher, Larry Stone coached for nine years at public high schools in Exeter and Portsmouth. He began his tenure at Taft in 1962.
Lu, his wife, was the receptionist in the school’s admissions office for 20 years.
“One of the things about coaching is if you’ve been a competitive athlete, it’s a great way to stay competitive,” Katey said, “and to help other athletes and to achieve more than they’re capable of doing. He was a perfect example of that.”
Now Katey is looking forward to decompressing after an intense year of Olympic preparation and the Games themselves. She will return to the Harvard bench in the fall.
“It was an incredible honor and privilege,” Katey said of her Olympic experience. “We had a great journey. The outcome was not what we worked so hard for, but everyone was working toward that goal.”
The U.S. lost to rival Canada in the gold-medal game, one which the U.S. led 2-0 with minutes to play in regulation. Canada won the game 3-2 in overtime. Former UNH defenseman Kacey Bellamy was a prominent member of the U.S. team.
“Hockey’s a game of inches,” Katey said. “We put ourselves in the best position possible, and I couldn’t be prouder of the players and the program.”
Katey said she still follows the Harvard team, which is ranked No. 5 in the country with a 23-5-4 record and will play Cornell in the ECAC semifinals this weekend.
Other than that, just getting some rest is the biggest item on her agenda.
“I’ll take it as it comes,” she said. “I’m not looking too far down the road. I’ll take some time off now, play some golf hopefully, and get to some warm weather.”
