Dane Jackson fondly remembers Barry Melrose, who gave him his first head coach job
What happened
Sep. 12—GRAND FORKS — Dane Jackson's first head coaching job came with the Adirondack Frostbite, a minor league hockey team in New York. He was a midseason hire in 2005-06 after the previous head coach passed away. One of the co-owners who hired him was Barry Melrose. Melrose, the former hockey coach, owner and ESPN personality, died this week at age 70. Melrose battled Parkinson's disease ...
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