McClain Tiger football coach Bob Watts, now in his third year, knew that his 1962 team would be one of the smaller teams in the SCOL. A couple of years earlier, when the Tigers featured big tackles Roger Grooms and Lee Morehead, they could do it with brute force. Now, they hoped to be able to finesse opponents. They did have some speedy ball carriers, most notably 150-pound halfback Jim Coleman and 160-pound sophomore Ralph Nooks, who would do the kicking.
