John Drager
February 26, 2022
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March 1, 2022 1:05 a.m.
North Idaho coaching legend Drager dies at 81
"He was a character. He was one of a kind," John Posnick said of John Drager, the legendary Mullan coach who passed away Saturday at age 81.
February 26, 2022 1:20 a.m.
THE FRONT ROW WITH JASON ELLIOTT: John Drager: A coach with the time to smile
“He was the type of coach where you’d want to give 110%,” Almquist said. “We had to be a real, real short team in school. I was the tallest player on the team at 6-foot, and we still went to the state tournament and finished fifth. We had some great team players and he just stressed that team part of the game and the hustle, hustle, hustle. When I got into coaching, that was the exact same way I was.”