Former members of the Mankato West High School football team took center stage at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on Wednesday night in support of their former coach, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, as he formally accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president.
However, social media stirred over the reference to Walz as football coach that turned a losing team into state champions.
“In Minnesota, we trust a coach who turned a team that was 0-27 into state champions,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said in her speech on the third night of the DNC.
Ben Ingman, one of Walz’s former students who said the governor also coached him in seventh grade basketball and track at Mankato, echoed that sentiment.
“Coach Walz got us excited about what we might achieve together. He believed in us, and he helped us believe in each other. And his leadership stuck. That track team went on to win a state title,…
