FOR BETTER OR WORSE, SHUMATE LEFT HIS MARK

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Sunday, November 7, 1999

Lore has it that Ron Shumate, in Cape Girardeau in 1981 to interview for the position of Southeast Missouri State University head men's basketball coach, took one look at ancient, tiny Houck Field House and told his wife:"Honey, if we can win here, we can win anywhere in America."Not only did Shumate win -- he won big.

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