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Taken from the Press Release of *2003 Media Day*
Education: 1961 graduate Ironton St. Joseph Central Catholic High School, 1966 B.S. from Marshall University, Huntington, W.Va.
Total Years Coaching : 34
Assistant Coach: Oak Hill (Ohio) High School 1966-67, Ironton St. Joseph 1968.
Career Record: 311 - 66 - 5
St. Joseph High School Record: 20 - 8 -1 (1969 - 71)
Ironton High School Record: 291 - 58 - 4 (1972 to present)
League Championships: (21) Ohio Valley Conference 1969, 1971# ; Southeastern Ohio Athletic League 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976*, 1978, 1979, 1980*, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, Ohio-Kentucky Athletic Conference 1985*, 1986, 1987*, 1988, 1989, 1990#, 1991, 1992. (* Two Way Tie, # Three-way tie).
Playoff Appearances: (21) 1973, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Playoff Record: 26 - 15
State Runners-up: (6) 1973, 1982, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1999.
State Championships: (2) 1979, 1989.
AP State Poll Champions: (4) 1986, 1988, 1993, 2001.
League Coach of the Year: (14) 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992. (Independent after 1992)
District Coach of the Year: (10) 1969, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2001
Associated Press State Coach of the Year: 1993, 2001.