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COACH'S CORNER

High School Coaches can have a tremendous impact on young athletes. In our Coach's corner, we provide a forum for coaches and athletes to share their experiences with you. We are not only interested in their strategies for winning, but perhaps more importantly, their strategies and programs that strengthen the character of today's high school athlete.
If you have a story to tell, send us an email to: mcguirefoundation@gmail.com

Coach Jack Curran

Jack Curran is the current baseball and basketball head coach at Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, NY, a job he took over from the legendary Lou Carnesecca in 1958. Since then he has been named CHSAA Coach of the Year 25 times in baseball, 22 times in basketball, won 22 city championships in three different decades and has been elected into seven different Halls of Fame.
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Coach Tony DeMatteo

Coach Tony DeMatteo is a long time coaching legend now at Somers High School, but previously from Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, NY. He is known for his mentoring program. At the Frank McGuire Coaches Seminar in Madison Square Garden on May 1, 2006, Tony got together again with one of his former players and mentee, Jimmy Kennedy, presently starting Defensive Tackle with the St. Louis Rams.
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Coach Greg Schiano

Greg Schiano grew up in Wyckoff, NJ, and attended Ramapo High School. He attended Bucknell University, where he graduated in 1988 with a B.S. in business administration.

At Bucknell, he was a three-year letterman at linebacker. In his junior year, he was named to the All-Conference team. In his senior year, he was named team captain, and was named to The Sporting News Pre-season All-American Team.

Read more in an interview with Chris Gadomski.

Coach Vinnie Ascolese

Throughout his exemplary 43 year career, Coach Ascolese has served as a model and standard of personal and sporting excellence to the young athletes in his charge. Their determination, skills, and competitive spirit are the products of lessons well taught by Coach.

In the course of his career, he has been named the Vince Lombardi “Man of the Year”, the New Jersey Football Coaches’ “Coach of Year”, the “Italian Citizen of Year”, the Heisman “Legendary Coach of the Year”, the Christopher Columbus “Educator of the Year”, the Toyota “Regional Coach of Year”, NFL High School “Coach of the Week” and the NY Giants “Coach of the Week”. Read more...

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