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The result was keep. Consensus is that the sourcing is sufficient to pass GNG. (non-admin closure) Devonian Wombat ( talk) 03:37, 9 October 2020 (UTC) reply

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This guy was for 2 years a Division 2 coach and for another 2 years a Divison 3 coach. Sourcing to a source directly from one of his past employers does not add to GNG. I found this https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/article/New-Magnolia-football-coach-taking-it-one-day-at-9564223.php article about a Ron Lynch who was a high school football coach from the 1980s until at least 2006, mainly in Texas I believe, but there is no indication it is the same person, and being in a "neighborhoods" section I would question it adding towards GNG. This article https://www.itemonline.com/sports/alpha_omega_academy_lions/ron-lynch-resigns-as-lions-football-head-coach/article_fc6311b9-b0b1-596e-9fd1-7135b9050a63.html seems to be about the same person as the other one. If this guy was actively coaching high school football in 2019 I have serious doubts he was born in 1940. I am finding a few hyper local mentions of that football coach, but nothing showing that is this same person who was a college football coach in the 1970s and 1980s John Pack Lambert ( talk) 13:23, 1 October 2020 (UTC) reply

• He received a whole lot of significant coverage in one newspaper. E.g., [1], [2], [3], [4]. If coverage is found in other publications, he may pass WP:GNG. Cbl62 ( talk) 14:13, 1 October 2020 (UTC) reply
• Keep; lots of coverage of subject found in multiple newspapers on Newspapers.com. Jweiss11 ( talk) 16:57, 1 October 2020 (UTC) reply

@ Jweiss11: Could you link a couple examples of significant coverage other than from the Battle Creek newspaper? That's the only thing that held me back from voting to keep. Cbl62 ( talk) 20:27, 1 October 2020 (UTC) reply

My Newspapers.com subscriptions is up for renewal right now, so I don't have full access, but there appears to be coverage, including AP stories, about Lunch in other newspapers: https://www.newspapers.com/search/#dr_year=1970-1990&query=%22ron+lynch%22+coach&p_place=MI. Jweiss11 ( talk) 17:59, 3 October 2020 (UTC) reply

Those results are pretty similar to what I found where the significant coverage is from the Battle Creek paper. I dug a little further and confirmed the Lynch who coached at Olivet and Hillsdale moved to Texas and coached high school ball there for many years. See this article for confirmation. Cbl62 ( talk) 20:16, 3 October 2020 (UTC) reply

• Keep passes WP:GNG with sources found, they just need to be added to the article. This is an editing issue, not a deletion issue.-- Paul McDonald ( talk) 17:39, 1 October 2020 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple ( talk) 10:19, 2 October 2020 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple ( talk) 10:19, 2 October 2020 (UTC) reply

• Keep I am convinced that there are enough sources here to pass GNG. ~ EDDY ^{( talk/ contribs)}~ 02:40, 9 October 2020 (UTC) reply

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