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<p>In this Aug. 29, 1994, file photo, Fresno State football coach Jim Sweeney watches his team during the Pigskin Classic game against Ohio State in Anaheim, Calif. Sweeney, who coached Fresno State's football team for 19 seasons and retired with a school-record 144 victories, has died. He was 83. Sweeney coached Flathead High School to back-to-back state football titles in 1958 and 1959. (AP Photo/Eric Draper, File)</p>

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Former Flathead football coach Sweeney dies
February 11, 2013 10 p.m.

Former Flathead football coach Sweeney dies

Coach went on to MSU, Fresno State

Jim “Big Red” Sweeney was well-known in college football circles for nearly two decades at the helm of the Fresno State football program.