The vindication of ‘Varsity Ron'
Now no one's laughing at father of Tulsa quarterback
Ron Smith always wanted to coach varsity football.
So much so, he earned a nickname.
"Anytime he introduced himself, he said, ‘I am Ron Smith, I coach varsity at Midwest City ,' just to make sure you knew he was a varsity coach,” said Henry Manning , longtime football coach at rival Del City High School . "People got to calling him ‘Varsity Ron' because he talked about it so much, as a putdown, kind of...
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