Year of the Coach: How Lee Owens got Massillon singing, 'Don't worry, beat McKinley'

Owens vaulted from Massillon to Ohio State to long college head coaching run.

Then he wrote a book about it.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Our Year of the Coach series continues through the 2025 season . An article on Paul Brown explored the foundation that made Massillon a unique football town. This is Part 2 on a fascinating period that shaped Massillon's modern football history .

Thom McDaniels delivered two of the great hot streaks against Massillon, coaching McKinley to four straight victories from 1984-87 and winning five out of six from 1992-97.

In between, Lee Owens had McDaniels' number ... but he didn't have it yet, in 1988.

Owens' first Massillon team went into the '88 McKinley game with

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