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Summerville High Plays First Season Since Retirement of Legendary Football Coach

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  Over an incredible 63 years, John McKissick coached the Summerville High School Green Wave to an amazing 621 wins, the most of any football coach at any level, as well as 10 state championships. He retired in June of this year, and just turned 89. In this South Carolina Focus segment, the legendary coach talks about his work ethic and his philosophy of football, as he is praised by a former player and the new coach at Summerville, Joe Call – who happens to be McKissick’s grandson.

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Tut Underwood is producer of South Carolina Focus, a weekly news feature. A native of Alabama, Tut graduated from Auburn University with a BA in Speech Communication. He worked in radio in his hometown before moving to Columbia where he received a Master of Mass Communications degree from the University of South Carolina, and worked for local radio while pursuing his degree. He also worked in television. He was employed as a public information specialist for USC, and became Director of Public Information and Marketing for the South Carolina State Museum. His hobbies include reading, listening to music in a variety of styles and collecting movies and old time radio programs.