Theodore Ginn Sr. (born November 10, 1955) is the coach of the Glenville High School Tarblooders football and

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teams in

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. He is the father of wide receiver

Ted Ginn Jr. Theodore Ginn Jr. (born April 12, 1985) is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Miami Dolphins, San Francisco 49ers, Arizona Cardinals, Carolina Panthers, New Orleans ...

In addition, he has two other children, Tiffany Ginn and Jason Lucas from Akron, Ohio. In 2001, Ginn, who started out working in the

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as security guard at Glenville High, coached the

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and in 2006 when he was the head coach. He also started the Ted Ginn Sr. Foundation Annual Combat Bus Tour, where he takes

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football players around the country to all major college combines. In 2007, he helped establish

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, an all-boys high school for at-risk Cleveland students. As track and field coach, Ginn has led Glenville to six state championships, and in November 2006, a portion of Gray Avenue on the east side of Cleveland was renamed "Ted Ginn Sr. Avenue" in Ginn's honor. In 2022 Ginn led Glenville to the

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Division IV State Football Championship, marking not only Glenville's first football title, but also the first for a school from the

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Awards and honors

*Seven-time

champion **Six as boys' track and field coach – 2003–2007, 2014) **One as head football coach (2022) *Gray Avenue in Cleveland renamed "Ted Ginn Sr. Avenue" *2023 Lifetime Achievement Award - Greater Cleveland Sports AwardsAward nominees announced for 2023 Greater Cleveland Sports Awards - WKYC.com
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References

External links

Interview with Ted Ginn, Sr.
conducted by Dan Coughlin at

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's Sports Research Center in 2013. 1955 births Living people High school football coaches in Ohio Sportspeople from Cleveland School administrators {{amfoot-coach-stub