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I know people have a tendency to jump the gun when it comes to firing a Head Coach at any ...
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Top-10 Defensive Coaches in NFL History
George Halas invented defense in the National Football League. I should reiterate the fact that he pretty much-invented defense. Without ...
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Top 10 Linebackers in NFL History: Who was the Greatest: LT, Ray Lewis, or Dick Butkus?
Linebacker has always been one of the most glamorous positions on a football team. Today, we will examine the greatest ...
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Top 14 Greatest Pure Shooters in Indiana High School Basketball History
When you think of high school basketball, you think Indiana. The Indiana state basketball tournament was the epitome of Indiana ...
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Top 10 College Basketball Teams that didn’t win a National Championship
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Top 10 Greatest IHSAA Boys State Basketball Championship Games in History
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Former world two-time champion Regis Prograis said this after dropping a decision to Jack Cattaral. "I had my time in ...
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Top 12 Greatest Punchers in Heavyweight History
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The Top 10 Greatest Living Baseball Players
Willie Mays was the greatest living baseball player until his recent death. So today, let's take a look at who ...
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Top-14 First Baseman in MLB History: Where does Pujols rank?
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Here at The Grueling Truth we like to dig a little bit into history. And we like shedding some light, or shall we rather say adding our two cents, on everlasting discussions. So, no matter whether you always wanted to know who are the greatest coaches in NFL history or hear about our opinion who is the ultimate G.O.A.T in basketball history, just dig into our reader’s all time favourites!

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While a team effort, TheGruelingTruth.com is the brainchild of the founder of The Grueling Truth Sports Network, Mike Goodpaster.

Mike’s sporting credentials are undeniable. A football news and betting site reviewer  who is also a football coach with nearly 30 years of experience, Goodpaster has worked with a range of teams including Evansville Rage, Owensboro Rage, and the Northern Kentucky River Monsters. During the last five years, Mike has built a stellar reputation that has resulted in a record of 26 wins to 8 losses as Head Football Coach.

Over the course of his career, Mike’s record is all the more impressive still: as Head Coach at High School and Pro levels, his total win-loss record is 305 wins and 60 Losses. Unsurprisingly, such results have seen Mike named as Coach of the Year across a variety of different leagues on eight separate occasions, and Mike has also been named the #1 ranked private football coach in the Midwest by coachup.com for the past four years.

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Top 16 Worst Head Coaches in the NFL since 1970: Urban, Petrino or Holtz?
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10/09/2024
Top 10 Offensive Lines in NFL History: Which Line was the Greatest?
Great offensive lines are sadly a thing of the past; they are lost art. The reason ...

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Top 10 College Basketball Programs of all time: Who is Number One?
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09/06/2024
Top 20 Indiana High School Basketball players of all time: Big O, Larry, Damon and more
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Top-10 Indiana High School Basketball Teams of All-Time
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The State of Indiana’s Top 20 Basketball players of all time
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Top 10 Buzzer Beating Shots in NCAA Tournament History
Buzzer-beaters in March Madness never get old, ...
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Top 10 Big Ten Basketball Coaches of All Time: Who is the GOAT of Big Ten Basketball Coaches
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