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If it comes down to you or the program that decision was made long ago.

Don Meyer

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Don Meyer
Age: 69 †
Born: 1944
Born: December 16
Died: 2014
Died: May 18
Basketball Coach
Wayne
Nebraska
Donald Wayne Meyer
Coaching
Basketball
Program
Decision
Comes
Made
Long

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