Umaine Officials See Football As More Than a Game Careers, Bonds Enhanced by Experience

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ORONO - Mark Coutts shudders to think where he might be today if it wasn't for University of Maine football.

Coutts grew up in Auburn and starred at Edward Little High School. He knew an athletic scholarship would be his only means of attending college.

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Umaine Officials See Football As More Than a Game Careers, Bonds Enhanced by Experience

UMaine's coach, the late Ron Rogerson, offered a scholarship and Coutts capitalized on the opportunity.

Coutts, who graduated from UMaine in 1986 with a business degree, is now the executive director of sales for the printer group of Konica Minolta Business Solutions.

"Everything that I have in my life today - I'm going to try not to get emotional on you - I owe in large part to the University of Maine and the University of Maine football program," said the former All-America linebacker. "Without it, I don't know where I'd be."

Coutts' story is one of many involving former UMaine football players who parlayed their experience as student-athletes into successful careers and productive lives.

Part of UMaine's tradition

Football is woven into the fabric of the...

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