O'Leary stays young with Central Florida

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Five hundred years ago, according to legend, Spanish explorer Ponce de León arrived here in search of the Fountain of Youth. Centuries later, a new breed of traveler came to Florida, also seeking a place that might add years to a life.

Today, the state boasts more retirees per capita than any other.

To become young or to grow old: That has been the end of the rainbow for generations of sojourners to the Sunshine State.

When George O'Leary arrived in 2004, to take over the fledgling Division I-A football program at Central Florida, he was in search of neither. He came to find a new life altogether.
Jeff McDonald: Express-News