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Topic: Coach Hunter has passed.
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allen
5/4/2018 10:15 PM
RIP coach Hunter, you made everyone around you feel warm. God bless his family
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cbus cat fan
5/4/2018 11:27 PM
For the last few days, I had been saying prayers for Coach and his family, which I will continue to do. While travelling earlier today I got the bad news and it all seemed so immensely sad. He had just barely begun to enjoy retirement. It wasn't the only sad episode. I remember his chance at getting in the Power Conference world with the then Big 8. He stayed local and loyal to his team and conference and it wasn't rewarded.

I will try and concentrate on the happy times in Athens. For me personally, I will remember him in the late 80s barnstorming across the state recruiting for Wittenberg and attending high school games on Friday night, when I was a JV coach and varsity assistant. The pleasantness and earnestness in his questions about certain high school players and their pluses and minuses will be something I will never forget.

It might be a good time to ponder about our own mortality; and if we are in stressful jobs, we might want to reflect on retiring before it is too late.
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yamaha45701
5/5/2018 1:03 AM
I had posted in the other thread about asking anyone who knew the family to private message me. I had reached out to the Athens School superintendent about possibly doing something since Coach Hunter was a graduate of Athens High School (he is in the school's hall of fame). I do not know how to contact the family and at this very rough time it may be too soon to propose this, but I do want to throw out the idea that there could be a scholarship endowed at the high school in Coach's name. There is a program at the high school and several other scholarships are in place there. I sure there are other ideas some have and I think many of us would contribute in some way to show our appreciation for the many memories he brought to us over the years.
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Marty Bannister
5/5/2018 4:28 PM
One of the great things about my years calling Wittenberg basketball on radio was getting to know Coach Hunter. He had moved
to Athens by the time I got to Springfield, but he would call me at least once a season to say he had listened to a game while out recruiting, or simply to talk basketball and see how the Tigers were doing. He was a class guy at all times, and it was an honor to know him....RIP Coach
Last Edited: 5/5/2018 4:30:34 PM by Marty Bannister
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100%Cat
5/7/2018 8:35 AM
So terribly sad.
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