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'He cared for you hard': Remembering Ricky Aspinwall's impact

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Ricky Aspinwall , 39 , was a math teacher and defensive coordinator at Apalachee High School in Georgia .

He was one of four people who died Sept. 4 in a shooting at the school.

Friends, coworkers and former players remember him as someone willing to take on challenges.

He loved corn, hot sauce and charting NFL draft picks on a spreadsheet.

For Aspinwall, his own family became his priority.

He met Shayna Jacobson at Valdosta in 2008 and married Shayna in 2016 .

Friends say his responses to texts shortened when he was with his daughters, meaning he'd get back to you later.

"Everything he did," best friend Matt Tanner said, "revolved around those girls".

Ricky Aspinwall was a defensive coordinator at Apalachee High School in Georgia .

Friends say he wanted to become a head coach, but wanted to expand his résumé beyond that.

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