What if Ridgewood coach John Slusser had grown up to be top dog of the Massillon Tigers?
EDITOR'S NOTE: Our Year of the Coach football series, covering myriad aspects of the profession at the high school, college and NFL levels, continues through the 2025 season. The subject of today's article is an active coach whose season is freshly ended. John Slusser is happy where he is. Some people are surprised to learn where he was. He was born in Massillon when a town favorite, Bob Commings, was head coach. He is part of the fraternity of thousands who, in Massillon hospitals as newborns, received a mini-football presented by the booster club. There is a catch with that trinket. Dream all day of playing for the Tigers. Don’t plan to be their head coach. Nobody born in Massillon becomes...