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September 11, 2024
Coach

I guess everyone has had someone in their life, besides their parents, that influenced them greatly and helped mold them into the person they are today. For me, that person was a grammar school football, basketball and track coach named Johnny Knox. Coach Knox was an unpaid volunteer who donated his time and energy to coach young boys, and he had a huge influence in my life that I didn’t realize until years later.

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