He still answers the phone “Coach Scharnberg,” although his official title for the past few months has been assistant principal at Atlanta Middle School.

His choice of words is understandable. Ben Scharnberg spent 20 years—the majority of them prosperous—heading Atlanta’s athletics program. All told, he was in the coaching profession for more than a quarter century.

Tonight those who have witnessed Scharnberg’s coaching success, which included a state football championship in 2003, will honor the man prior to the home game with Pleasant Grove. He will be presented a pla...

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