Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Howard "Doc" Ayers
The article is a bit of a mess, but that's not a reason for deleting. Ayers was a high school football coach for 34 years, but high school football coaches rarely satisfy notability standards. Ayers was also an assistant coach (freshman coach and then administrative assistant to the head coach) for the Georgia Bulldogs football team from 1964 to 1981. (In an embarrassing chapter, he was arrested for scalping tickets several months after retiring. See https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10302124/ayers_arrested_for_scalping/ here.) Assistant coaches do not get a pass under  and are judged under the standards of . Here, there has been some significant coverage of Ayers in independent, reliable sources, e.g., (1) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10302244/eaves_names_doc_ayers_bulldog_aide/ here, and (2) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10302064/georgia_assistant_retires/ here; (3) http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/polk_standard_journal/news/local/ayers-celebrates-birthday-with-friends-and-family/article_03840224-8243-11e5-8000-57d3811b9ae2.html here; and (4) https://books.google.com/books?id=mwWM89I6m4wC&pg=PA147&lpg=PA147&dq=%22Doc+ayers%22+ayers+georgia+football&source=bl&ots=LrlA_qXUGh&sig=ikbu_iPgllsOYbp8X7v9bvslMB8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwil597E-6fTAhVq9YMKHUxcD9QQ6AEIUTAJ#v=onepage&q=%22Doc%20ayers%22%20ayers%20georgia%20football&f=false here; (5) http://georgiasportshalloffame.com/pdf_files/inductees/coach/howard_ayers.pdf here; (6)  https://books.google.com/books?id=kYh2CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT6&lpg=PT6&dq=%22Doc+ayers%22+ayers+georgia+football&source=bl&ots=134xdCHhHd&sig=JTznABqeCnMSgf6wgcffropJQvc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiN4ZzB_KfTAhVK54MKHXVGAgU4ChDoAQg4MAc#v=onepage&q=%22Doc%20ayers%22%20ayers&f=false here; and (7) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNMHv2RBpyo here.  See also (8) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10302276/ayers_speaks_for_eastern_aa_banquet/ here; (9) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10302341/fred_brown_blummp_doc_ayers/ here; (10) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10302378/quarterbacks_to_hear_ayers/ here; (11) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10302450/coach_shift_at_georgia/ here; and  (12) http://onlineathens.com/stories/052799/dog_0527990028.shtml#.WPLchJArLrc here
— User:Cbl62, 02:59, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NCOLLATH||WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)