After a fifty-three year drought, the 2023 Massillon Tigers finally won a State Championship on the field. The storied high school football program won 24 State Titles from 1909-1970, and then nothing. They made it to the State game six times and lost each time to a private school. Many wondered if a public school from a small town like Massillon, Ohio could win it? But no one in Tiger Town doubted it. A town of 30,000 people filled the Pro Football Hall of Fame Stadium with an announced attendance of nearly 15,000.Author Scott Ryan (Last Days of Letterman, Moonlighting: an Oral History) and educator Becca Moore (Massillon City Schools, Track Coach) interviews all the coaches in this oral history of a season that started with drama that could have ended everything before it began. They take readers through the big games of three #1 teams in a row, all beaten by the Tigers. The annual Massillon-McKinley game is covered, plus the exciting state championship game that was won with only one touchdown.

This is an in depth look at how the coaching staff under the guidance of Nate Moore won a state title in Ohio . finally.