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'He demanded the best': Remembering Mel Rosen

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AUBURN, Ala. - Harvey Glance may have been the fastest man in the world, but one afternoon early in 1976, when the Auburn freshman was slow arriving to practice, Coach Mel Rosen promptly pointed to the exit.

“Basically telling me to leave because I was late for practice,” Glance said, recalling with clarity an incident from his freshman year at Auburn more than 40 years ago.

“He sat me down in his office and he said, ‘If you’re going to be part of this program, not only do you have to be good, but you have to be a good leader, and you’ve got to lead by example.