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Article: A Knight in shining armor....(Herman L. Masin appoints as Scholastic Coach. )(Brief article)
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- Coach and Athletic Director
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- January 1, 2006
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Nineteen thirty-six may never have taken root as the year of college sport, but at least one freshly minted NYU editor couldn't wait for it to get started.
His name was Herman L. Masin and he had just been sworn in as editor of Scholastic Coach.
He had been overwhelmed by all of the sharp young people who had interviewed him and had now reached the end of the waiting line--the founder and now vice-president of the company, Herb McCracken.
Herb had been a near All-American player at the University of Pittsburgh and then gone on to become a Hall-of-Fame quality football coach at Lafayette College.
The young editor had already put him ...