 on the inside. But you didn’t see that inside very often. Everybody knew him as a football coach, and he was fantastic at it, one of the best I’ve ever seen.


“He really cared about his players, and that translated into want- ing the best for the team, the school, and the town. So this is the end of an era, and it’s sad, but I have nothing but good memories.” Nobody had more respect and admiration for Cole’s coaching abil- ity than Pete. He would know.   wondered, ‘Where did he learn to do that? How did he know this would work?’ He was just a smart football man, very, very smart, and he had the ability to work the kids and get 100% out of them.” Pete and another great friend and coach, Dennis Licklider, went out and visited Ron shortly before his death.”I’d say he had lost in  to lose a little, but not that much. He was walking with a walker and sometimes with a cane. It varied from time to time. Overall, I think his mind and his spirits were still good. He wanted to keep every- thing going as if nothing had happened. “We had planned to go again, but then all of a sudden, he took a turn for the worse. We had a lot of great times together, and we will miss him.”


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