September 30 , 2021 The Beacon • 51

The Coshocton Football Alumni Association started a new feature called “ Just A Kid From Coshocton ” that will appear on its Facebook page .

They are kicking things by reintroducing everyone to a Redskin great from the early 2000s Doori Song . Song is a 2004 Coshocton alum , two time all Ohio , finalist for Mr . Football , played in the North-South Football game , and finished his Coshocton career with 345 tackles and 18 sacks from linebacker and 2,800 yards and 36 touchdowns as a fullback . He was also a member of four playoff teams , that included several deep runs into the playoffs . Besides excelling on the field

Song , was class president his junior and senior year , president of National Honor Society and class salutatorian .

After high school Song accepted a scholarship to Princeton , where he was a fouryear letterman and a starter his junior and senior year , where he helped the Tigers to an Ivy League conference title . After Princeton Song went on to receive two masters degrees from Columbia University and Seoul National University . He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Notre Dame in 2019 .

Song has many fond memories of his time at CHS including the many playoff runs , two wins against Dover including his junior year where a

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The Coshocton Football Alumni Association started its “ Just A Kid From Coshocton ” feature with Doori Song .

punishing ground attack kept the ball out of the hands of a high powered Dover offense loaded

with DI talent and the defense sealing the game up with a game ending interception . He also talked about the legacy that was left for him by the players that passed before him like Ricky Ciccone , Nick and Nate Corder , JR Mowery and Matt Cox to name a few . Song was also very thankful for the relationship he had and currently maintains with former Coshocton coach Marty Arganbright . He felt a strong connection with Arganbright when he took over as head coach from Wade Lucas , Song ’ s sophomore year , because he was starting his varsity career just as Arganbright was stepping into the head role of the Redskins . They still maintain a strong connection .

Today Song uses the lessons learned on the gridiron of Stewart Field of hard work and having the underdog mentality that developed during the early 21st century of Redskin football as a lawyer for Squire Patton and Boggs a law firm in Los Angeles , California . Song would also like to let any Redskin who is thinking of heading down the road to become a lawyer to reach out to him and he would be glad to offer them advice and mentorship .

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