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Coach fulfills his calling | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star

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Chris Nickinson   Oct 24th 2008, 12:14am
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Coach fulfills his calling

Carmel's Koeppen may add 2 titles to long list in his final season

Posted: October 23, 2008

CARMEL, Ind. -- One state championship. That was Chuck Koeppen's goal.

Just one.


Koeppen's inspiration was his Valparaiso High School coach, Ken Pifer. Valparaiso was supposed to win the state cross country title in 1963, and didn't. Pifer despaired. Soon thereafter, he died.

His memory lives. At Carmel, Koeppen has won 21 state championships, more than any coach in Indiana high school history. After his first -- in boys cross country in 1975 -- he extended Pifer's legacy.



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