Winningest high school football coach in district

by Rachel Studer

Michael Allen, NFHS Football Head Coach, exceeds his father for the winningest record in football wins, with a total of 65 wins against Rock Hill.

In high school, Allen played numerous sports, including football, basketball, and track. Pole vaulting even took him to college on a scholarship. His father was his football and track coach.

"Football is in my blood," Allen says of his passion.

He’s known from the beginning that his future was to be a teacher and a coach.

“My dad coached 44 years, ever since I could even think about what I was going to do, it was going to be that,” Allen said.

Allen has been coaching for 38 years now, and has seen a mix of all athletes and students.

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In the 1980s, dating had become more “comfortable”, in which young couples could go on simple dates, like the movies or grabbing dinner, just to get to know each other better before starting anything serious.

“I was in high school in the ‘80s, and when you were interested in someone, you might go out on dates–almost always where the boy asked the girl to the movies or to do something like go skating, or water skiing when you were first getting to know each other better,” Anderson said.

It wasn’t common to go on a so-called “real” date to a nice dinner because of money.

"After a few weeks, if you liked each other, he'd keep calling and asking the girl to do things and it became a serious thing (sort of between 'talking' and 'serious').

"The dates with just the two of you became more of hanging out.”

It wasn’t common to go on a so-called “real” date to a nice dinner because of money.

This was unless there was an anniversary or some other event, so younger couples just usually stuck to casual dates.

“Usually the boy bought

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The Talon Staff

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Carly Jacobson

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Rachel Studer