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Waggener High School Administrators & Faculty, 1958 to 1962:Martin F. DeimArticle from November, 1959 Chit Chat:An Interview With Coach Deim, by Jack HermanMarty Deim, as almost everyone knows, is Waggener High school‘s football coach.You may have seen him running frantically up and down the sidelines, yelling and screaming duringfootball games; but off the field he is a completely different person. The ―Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‖ ofWaggener is a mild mannered English IV teacher and a very conservative individual.The 27-year-old Deim graduated from nearby Shelbyville High school in 1949. He entered CentreCollege in Danville and graduated there in 1953. After leaving Centre, he pursued his interest in footballand took an assistant coaching position at powerful Danville High school. He joined the Navy in1956, but returned to coaching in 1958 in a small town in West Virginia. This last season was spent atthe helm of Waggener‘s team.Coach Deim is very happily married and has a baby son, Edward Brice Deim, named after EdwardRutledge, a University of Kentucky football scout and personal friend.Mr. Deim‘s interests are few, and besides ―loafing around the house,‖ he enjoys modern jazz and golf.He also commented that he loves baseball, and this was proven by his playing minor league ball in theSt. Louis Cardinal organization.Asked of his future plans, he replied that he is very happy here at Waggener, but a better opportunity isseldom turned down. He also remarked on the wonderful school sprit and the attendance of the studentbody at the football games.Coach Deim commented that this year‘s record as a team effort and that he was very proud of all theboys. Our hats are off to Coach Marty Deim, the man that has brought football prestige to Waggener.1956, (fall), Marty Deim was the recruit company honorman. One of his teams.