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Epilogue: Thurness remembered as hard driving coach
Cedar Rapids born Thurness known as Thorny in coaching circles died at 79 from an apparent heart attack. Longtime educator and athletics figure led Tipton Linn‑Mar Eldora and Marion programs before head coaching at Coe College 1982–88 taking Kohawks to 1985 NCAA Division III playoffs. He served as athletics director, later a Coe radio broadcaster, and was inducted into Lee’s Hall of Fame in 1986. He is survived by his wife three children and many grandchildren.
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Cedar Rapids Prairie
Jim Dostal
Thurness
Robert Thurness
Coe College
Steve Staker
Dostal
Staker
Cody
Coe
West Liberty
Thurny
Tipton
Linn-Mar
Eldora
Davis County
Marion
Indians
Kohawks
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Cornell
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Northern Iowa
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Tim Lovell
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Lee’s
Iowa High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame
Jeff
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