Question: Facts: - sport: baseball - tournament record: ncaa : 9-18 - coach team: brown -lrb- asst. -rrb- providence harvard -lrb- asst. -rrb- harvard -lrb- asst. -rrb- harvard - player years: 1938 -- 1941 1939-1942 - birth date: 03 april 1919 - coach sport: football baseball - death date: 30 july 2001 - awards: new 1983 , 1984 , 1985 rhode island words unlimited coach england of the year : 1970 providence athletic hall of fame coach -lrb- inducted 2007 -rrb- of the year : 1973 , - name: alex nahigian - death place: cranston , rhode island - birth place: cambridge , massachusetts - player sport: football baseball - player positions: halfback -lrb- football -rrb- outfielder -lrb- baseball -rrb- - overall record: 470-325-5 - championships: eibl : 1980 , 1983 , 1984 - alma mater: college of the holy cross '42 - coach years: 1949 1960 -- 1978 1979 -- 1990 -- 1972 1973 -- 1975 1978 -- 1981 - player team: holy cross holy cross Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of alex nahigian .
Answer:
alex nahigian -lrb- april 3 , 1919 -- july 30 , 2001 -rrb- was an american college baseball and football player and coach .he was the head baseball coach at providence -lrb- 1960 -- 1978 -rrb- and harvard -lrb- 1979 -- 1990 -rrb- , making a total of nine ncaa tournament appearances between the two schools .he also served as an assistant football coach at brown and harvard .