He was there in the broadcast booth when International Falls came down to the St. Paul auditorium and won the 1964 Minnesota boy's hockey state championship.
Lou Nanne again will be there Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, this time at the Xcel Energy Center, when more memories are made in what will be his final state tournament as television analyst.
"I started thinking about it last year," Lou told WCCO radio. "Sixty is a nice number, and I just felt I've got to make the break sometime, and that's a nice round number."
Having to drive home in the cold after last year's championship game on a flat tire helped him make the decision.
"I drove 12 miles with a flat tire, and I got home, and I said to my wife, 'what am I doing here?" he told WCCO's Chad Hartman earlier this year.
That one dreary night didn't dampen the scores of breath-taking moments during those sixty years calling what many believe is the greatest high school sports tournament in the US.
"Every year you go, there's some surprises," he said. "You never can tell what's going to happen."
Like Apple Valley beating Duluth East in five overtimes in 1996, with Lou joining nearly everyone in calling it the greatest game in the tournament's storied history.
"It was the way the game was played," he said. "Not only the tempo, it was like a shooting gallery, and the goaltenders were phenomenal. I couldn't believe how loose the game was played."
But the personal side of Lou Nanne churned inside when he got to call games played by his son, and two of his grandsons.
"It's family first," he said. "If you don't root for your family you're nuts."
They all played for Edina, which is in the field for Lou's last go around this week.
"The fact is, I really didn't care who wins the game, outside of when my family is involved," said Lou. "I enjoy seeing new schools win, I enjoy seeing schools from all over win."