As the sun filled the light blue Cincinnati sky Saturday, loud music and louder cheers echoed off the bleachers at Nippert Stadium.
It was the first spring practice of the year for the University of Cincinnati football team, and no one on the turf had more energy and life than Kerry Coombs.
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The 18-, 19- and 20-something-year-old players were loud. Their 48-year-old head coach, Luke Fickell, who led the controlled chaos, was louder. But it was the 60-year-old Coombs who was the loudest and most proud to be back on the field and back in his element.