The System & US TV Series

Coach Ted Ginn Sr. Is this year’s recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award hosted by

Ginn has served as head football coach of the Glenville Tarblooders since 1997. His nationally recognized coaching program, Winning and Building a Team Against All Odds, led the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) team to its first state title during Ohio State Athletic Association’s (OHSAA) Division IV championship game on Dec. 3, 2022 at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.

Prior to securing the Tarblooder’s first state title in school history, Ginn helped establish the Ginn Academy, an all-boys high school for urban youth in the greater Cleveland area, in 2007.

His coaching and mentorship have assisted over 300 student-athletes in attending college post-high school graduation, including providing more than 100 scholarships for Division I schools. This effort secured the Tarblooder’s program a third-place national ranking for student-athlete recipients of Division I scholarships.

Ginn is a member of the Cleveland YMCA Board of Trustees and the Collinwood Neighborhood Village Development Corporation. He also serves as a trustee for the National Association for the Education of African American Children.

As of 2022, 22 National Football League (NFL) players from Glenville have gone through Ginn’s coaching and mentorship program.

Ginn has been featured in Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Who’s Who in Black Cleveland and Your Teen Magazine. He received the Double Duty Dad Award from the National Fatherhood Initiative (2008), was recognized by the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association for achieving 200 victories at Glenville High School (2019) and is ranked in the top 100 of all time for victories as an OHSAA coach.

Happy Birthday to the one and only…Coach Ted Ginn Sr. He has spent literally his entire life helping children and inspiring faith in everyone he comes into contact with. The creator of the blueprint, the creator of the system, and an advocate for all of us.

Happy Birthday to the one and only…Coach Ted Ginn Sr. He has spent literally his entire life helping children and inspiring faith in everyone he comes into contact with. The creator of the blueprint, the creator of the system, and the advocate for all of us.

The System and Us is a story about ’s blueprint to uplift his students and a whole community before they fall victim to their society.

There has been hard work day in and day out on this project. It will all be worth it once the story of Ted Ginn Sr’s life saving blueprint in Cleveland is streaming for everyone to watch and be inspired by.

Enjoy these behind the scenes shots from and be on the lookout every week for teasers of the series.



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Thank you for taking time to do an interview for The System and Us.

You’re insight on and his mission in starting the was priceless.

It’s clear that you have done an exceptional job in upholding the standards he has set to save lives in the Cleveland community and open up opportunity for every student that walks through the doors.

The strongest leaders create new systems when the systems around them are failing.

Today the Ginn Acadmeny has a 95% graduation rate for at risk youth. This is thanks to coach Ted Ginn Sr., you as principal, and the other leaders within this new system.



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It was an honor working with Justin Hardee to help bring Ted Ginn Sr’s story to the world through television.

was able to provide insight on ’s system of creating valuable young men that seize opportunity when it comes.

Through a successful college career at , his current professional career for the , and being a leader in his community; Justin stands as a prime example of a man who seized his opportunity and Ted Ginn Sr’s influence shines through him today.



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