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Rankin inducted into National Hall of Fame
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Former WCSH assistant football coach Gary Rankin, left, was recently named to the National High School Hall of Fame. Rankin has won 17 state championships. Rankin is pictured with TSSAA executive director Mark Reeves.
Perhaps the earliest footnote in a career full of milestones and shattered records, Gary Rankin heeded the advice of his father as he first launched his prep coaching career decades ago at his high school alma mater, Smith County High School.