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g things part of Lyons' • von-. .,aid. "1 told him that I prl'tt) good shape. lie said I \\'ould walk on in the fall f I made it he \\ Ould g i\'C me ,chol.lr.,hip. So that'., what 1 the he<1d foo tball coa ch was A. J.

Kilpatrick. "We had talked some about me help– ing the footba ll team, but it never reall y worked out," Lyons said. "He told me one time he thought he might have a part time po'>ilion, but it ju.,t never hap– pened." A fte r Kil patrick~eft, Lyon:-. bega n to talk to Rce'>c Bridgma n, who allowed Lyons to help the team, but it """' '>tn ctly on a \'olunteer ba'iis. That wor"-ed ou t fine in 1992 and 1993, but Lyons d ecid ed no t to coach in 1994. Then Willie Coat<. too"- o\'l'r a'> the head coach and approached Lyon-. <1bou t a pa rt time positio n. "I told him l would love it ilnd'· I've been coachmg ever since then," I yons said. Lyon~ says he

"' went on to play defensive for .. CCC for two years. ",,., 205 pounds' and stood 6- t-t0 much bet– ter" I ' on., admitted. "So man\ of th~:-.e guvs hn I yon.., first came to ECCC as an in.,tructor in 1988 tt w,,., to teach the carpL'ntry clas'>. "I tool..: carpcntr) ~\hen I was at Ea ... t Centr,11 and I al\\ ,w., had it in nw mind that 1 wouid n ' L mind teaching this class here one day," he ...aid . "l ju"t really lov(• EC, it's a great plclce." When he tir~t arri\'Cd on campus

enjoy'> both of his job!-. ilnd most of all Likes working with the young peo– ple. "Whe n you can h elp young people improve themselves in "hatc,·er it is thev a rc doing, it is a \'erv reward-

ing e;..pt•ru.mce a I cnjo\'," he ..,atd 1.\ on., c;md that lototfn.">C hme th Cont. on pa~e

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