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gbruin's avatar

Deepest condolences to Coach McGovern's family, friends, and players. I hope his loved ones will find solace in the sheer number of people he helped during his long coaching career.

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Principal Terry's avatar

A great tribute. Thanks for sharing.

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fruithi's avatar

Awful news. Thank you for sharing your positive memories regarding Coach. May he rest in peace.

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E2148's avatar

Joe, want to comment on your professionalism for not disclosing your ties to McGovern, especially when his ability to coach again was understandably called into question. My condolences to you and his family.

This is a sad day for the UCLA family, and especially for McGovern’s. I will be grateful for having him here when we did and for him helping us start to turn the program around and wish he had a little more time here on Earth with us. Rest in Peace.

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Joe Piechowski's avatar

I actually seem to recall having mentioned in previously, though, not with the same amount of detail.

To be honest, I was pulling for him to be able to recover and keep coaching, but that, obviously, wasn't in the cards.

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Dimitri Dorlis's avatar

You definitely mentioned it when he was first hired, and we've talked about it in the past.

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