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b'Pod Crashing Episode 292 With Coach Bill Courtney From An Army Of Normal Folks Don\\u2019t Be A Turkey Person Coach Bill Courtney of Oscar-Winning Undefeated launches \'An Army of Normal Folks\' Movement and podcast empower Americans to change our country by \'each of us doing what we can\' Business leader and football coach Bill Courtney joins with other "ordinary" Americans doing extraordinary work to solve our nation\'s problems through the new movement, An Army of Normal Folks. "Our country\'s problems will never be solved by a bunch of fancy people in nice suits talking big words in Washington, but by An Army of Normal Folks just deciding \'hey, I can help,\'" said Courtney. Based on his own example, Courtney is joining with the nonprofit Iron Light Labs to launch An Army of Normal Folks. Founder of Classic American Hardwoods, Inc., in 2003, he became a volunteer football coach in America\'s third poorest zip code and yet 31 out of 32 seniors in his last two seasons went to college. Their success on and off the field was the subject of the documentary film, Undefeated, which won an Academy Award in 2012. "We believe that everyone has the power to create change, no matter how \'ordinary\' they or their actions may seem," said Courtney. "And if there\'s An Army of Normal Folks just doing what we can, imagine how different our country could be." As part of the movement, Courtney hosts the iHeartMedia podcast An Army of Normal Folks. iHeartMedia is the No. 1 podcast publisher globally according to Podtrac.'