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Tragedy scars UW coach Nuttycombe’s alma mater

Ed Nuttycombe’s idyllic memories of his alma mater, Virginia Tech, nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, were shattered forever this week.

The longtime University of Wisconsin-Madison track-and-field coach is still in shock and disbelief over the Monday massacre that left 33 people, including the gunman, dead at the Blacksburg, Va., university.