South Dakota
Doug Blevins, the kicking guru who ignited Adam Vinatieri’s career, dies at 60
Between 1995 and 1996, he spent several months in Virginia, where he lived with Vinatieri, an undrafted kicker from South Dakota State University, fine tuning his place-kicking skills.
Doug Blevins was fascinated with football from a young age, increasingly with the nuances of kicking. He watched games and instructional videos, read books and, in high school, started to correspond with the Cowboys’ former kicking coach, Ben Agajani... [5604 chars]