Nick Mourouzis Offers Coaches Advice at Indiana Football Hall of Fame Clinic

February 12, 2005

February 12, 2005, Greencastle, Ind. - "People rarely succeed at anything unless they love what they're doing," Nick Mourouzis, retired head football coach and professor emeritus of kinesiology at DePauw University, told high school, middle school and youth league coaches at last night's third annual Indiana Football Hall of Fame Clinic said. Mourouzis, himself a member of the Hall of Fame, added, "We can have a positive impact on people."

A summary of the speech, published in today's Richmond Palladium-Item, notes, "Mourouzis knew he had to be a coach in seventh grade when a teacher asked him to coach fourth-graders in basketball. 'I saw first-hand I could make a difference (in young people's lives),' Mourouzis said."

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Learn more about "Coach Nick" -- who guided the Tigers to 138 victories, the most in University history, before retiring after the 2003 season -- here.

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