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Posted on Sat, Jun 18, 2011 : 10:53 a.m.

Eastern Michigan football coach Ron English tries skydiving

By AnnArbor.com Staff

Eastern Michigan football coach Ron English went skydiving Wednesday with the U.S. Army Golden Knights, ESPN.com reports.

English, who had never tried skydiving before, did a tandem jump from 13,500 feet.

"It was a thrilling rush," English told ESPN. "The feeling of the air, it was just awesome."

Comments

tater

Sat, Jun 18, 2011 : 4:05 p.m.

It's not like English had to prove his courage to anyone. Anyone who takes the EMU job has plenty of that. I wonder if he'll work it into his motivational speeches to players?

DBH

Sat, Jun 18, 2011 : 3:15 p.m.

Everyone needs to come down to earth from time to time.