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'Bigger than football': Monroe Central coach wears Cowboys jersey for players' late father

MUNCIE, Ind. — A football coach could wear almost anything on the sideline – a polo, windbreaker, sweater vest, even a shirt and tie – and no one would bat an eye. But when a coach in East Central Indiana is wearing a Dallas Cowboys jersey… There has to be something there.

Why would Monroe Central coach John Hochstetler be wearing a Jason Witten jersey during a game?

To be clear: Hochstetler does not like the Dallas Cowboys. He grew up in a time where you chose to root for the Steelers or the Cowboys, and he picked Pittsburgh.