- Born
- Died
- Birth nameDaniel Francis Coughlin
- Dan Coughlin was born on September 17, 1938 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He died on October 6, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
- Coughlin wrote four books featuring anecdotes from his career covering the Cleveland sports scene: Pass the Nuts (2011), Crazy, With The Papers to Prove It (2012), Let's Have Another (2015) and Just One More Story (2018).
- He attended St. Edward High School, graduating in 1956. Coughlin later served a two-year stint in the U.S. Army in the First Armored Division.
- Dan Coughlin was an American sports anchor and reporter for WJW Fox 8 in Cleveland, author, and sports writer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
- In later years, Coughlin went into semi-retirement, though he still worked part-time at WJW as a co-host of Friday Night Touchdown during high school football season.
- He became inductee of the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame in 2017.
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