Column: That time the late Dick Butkus nearly coached at IHS

  • Interlachen High School’s athletic director then, Doug Feltner (left), points out something on the football field at Interlachen High School on April 14, 2005, to “Bound For Glory” director Tiffany Rice (second, right) and producer Nisa Ahmad as the pair were looking at the school as a potential candidate for the ESPN show that fall. Second from left is then-Interlachen head football coach Bobby Humphries. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
    Interlachen High School’s athletic director then, Doug Feltner (left), points out something on the football field at Interlachen High School on April 14, 2005, to “Bound For Glory” director Tiffany Rice (second, right) and producer Nisa Ahmad as the pair were looking at the school as a potential candidate for the ESPN show that fall. Second from left is then-Interlachen head football coach Bobby Humphries. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
The news of Dick Butkus’ passing Thursday at the age of 80 hit Doug Feltner that evening at his home in St. Johns County. Then he got the reminder that once upon a time, Butkus almost became…

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