“I don't have seventeen-year-old friends.”

— Bob Beatty

Source: Top 10 High School Football Coaches in America, Athlon Sports, 9 August 2013, 3 May 2017 https://athlonsports.com/high-school/top-10-high-school-football-coaches-america,

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