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The Spirit of a team can be ordered at Amazon.com<\/a> in hardback or paperback.<\/p>\nOwens retired as head coach at Ashland University and was also the head coach at the University of Akron.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Spirit of a Team\u201d chronicles Owens\u2019 experiences and philosophies on team building.<\/p>\n
A profile of Carl Johnson, now a successful businessman, includes a recounting of his leading the 1985 Galion Tigers to the state championship. To this day, it remains the only football state championship won by a north central Ohio team in the playoff era.<\/p>\n
The book has chapters on coaches like Green Bay\u2019s Matt LaFleur, Wisconsin\u2019s Luke Fickell, Larry Kehres of Mount Union and Sue Ramsey of Ashland University.<\/p>\n
It also features stories about players Owens coached, including Eddie George, Orlando Pace, Korey Stringer, Jason Taylor and Charlie Frye.<\/p>\n
In addition, there are short biographies of businessmen like billionaire Dwight Schar and Ohio\u2019s Matt Kaulig, Dan Niss, and Johnson, all of whom Owens connected with while coaching.<\/p>\n
The book is available now at\u00a0Amazon.com<\/a>\u00a0in paperback and hardback.\u00a0<\/p>\n The News Man Weekly team of Carl Hunnell, Zac Hiser and Hayden Gray also discusses the history and meaning of Labor Day, celebrated around north central Ohio, the state and the country on Monday.<\/p>\n Intro song credit:\u00a0Smoke And Drink<\/a>, by Luke Watson.<\/p>\n
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