A 23-year old kid from Vermont, still looking for an internship to complete his Master’s degree at Ohio University, arrived in Gainesville in the summer of 1976. He had driven down with his father and had no idea what to expect. Little did a young Jeremy Foley know that double-checking paper tickets against a master list for the upcoming football season would lead to 40 years in Gainesville and a legacy that would include National Championships in 13 different sports.
“In all sincerity, when I came down here, and I laughed about the heat, usually when you’re raised in New England you stay in New England,” Foley said on Tuesday.