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Cradle of Coaches: How A Small Town in Southeastern Ohio Remembers Woody Hayes In A Big Way

Ohio is known for great football in all corners of the state. Stemming from those great programs are even better coaches, leading Eleven Warriors to investigate how these great leaders are remembered in their respective hometowns.

NEWCOMERSTOWN, Ohio — On the second floor of the Temperance Tavern Museum in the small town of Newcomerstown, Ohio, up an old, rickety flight of stairs sits a tiny room — roughly 8 feet by 12 feet — that idolizes a football coaching legend.

Inside, there are photos framed and hanging on the walls. There are multiple scrapbooks with an abundance of press clippings.