A Man for All Seasons Reitz's Hart has a Ball Coaching the Bluecats

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Does John Hart enjoy coaching minor league football? The answer can be found in South Dakota. Hart, who just complete his sixth season as head football coach at Reitz, is about to start his second season as the on-field boss of the Evansville BlueCats, who play in United Indoor Football, an independent arena league, where the pay is low, the bus rides long and the odds of a player catching a National Football League scout's eye are even longer.

Hart doesn't need to coach the BlueCats. The demands of his job at Reitz could easily fill his calendar year round. His BlueCats stipend provides a nice bump from his teacher's salary, but it won't retire him any time soon.

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A Man for All Seasons Reitz's Hart has a Ball Coaching the Bluecats

So why does he do it? For afternoons like the one last July 23 in Sioux Falls.

That's where Hart was, guiding the BlueCats against the Sioux Falls Storm before a packed house at the Sioux Falls Arena in the semifinals of the UIF playoffs. Sioux Falls was the heavy favorite. Evansville had never been in the postseason before, let alone the semifinals, and Hart and the rest of the BlueCats' coac...

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