All time best retired coaches from your schools. ALL CLASSES.

[outdoorsman]

Rich Wilinski at Toronto. Dont have the numbers , but he did a great job and the kids loved him and would die for him.

[cas8043]

How about Dave Cisar?

[BISON]

wheeling central...skip prosser...boys hoops....also coached at linsly

[Ironmike]

Weir High legend Carl Hamill who coached against his friend Paul Brown at Massillon. Coach Hamill coached our fathers in the 1930s-40s at Weir, then came back and coached many of us in the late 1960's on the first Little Steelers teams. Here is an excerpt from a recent Weirton Daily Times article:

"Hamill was born June 9, 1903 at Aleppo, Pa. and later moved to Wheeling. After graduating from Linsly School in Wheeling, he received a scholarship to Carnegie Mellon Tech in Pittsburgh. After one year, he transferred to Bethany College in 1923 where he starred in three sports. He was forced to drop out of school to get a job but was able to return and graduate in 1929 at the age of 26.

Soon after graduating, Hamill became a teacher and coach at Weir High School. He served as head coach in three sports; football, basketball and baseball, compiling records surpassed by only a few coaches nationwide.

In his 22 years as football coach, Hamill's teams amassed a mark of 171 victories, 36 defeats and 13 ties. His Red Rider teams were undefeated in 1930, 1932, 1935, 1938 and 1949. In baseball, his teams won 370 games and lost 127. They were Region 1 champions six times."

[John_Rambo]

Tiger flowers

[sonofsam]

Bob Kettlewell, Wintersville 143-40-10

Agreed... I wish we could allow him to rise from the ashes... Did a lot of research on Coach Kettlewell... I would have loved to have played for him.

[vinman]

D ick Thurness Warren Consolidated --

Richard (D ick) Thurnes

(Benwood Union High School, Class of 1946)

During a 17-year career as a head football coach at three different spots, Thurnes won an impressive 75 percent of his games (112-36-7). Even more impressive, however, was the fact that five Thurnes-coached teams posted undefeated records.

His first stop was Cameron High School, where he compiled a three-year mark of 18-6-1, highlighted by an unbeaten (7-0-1) team in 1956 which was ranked No. 2 among West Virginia small school teams.

Thurnes then moved on to Warren Consolidated High School, serving as head coach for 12 years (1958-69) and posting a 78-26-6 mark. His teams put together unbeaten seasons in 1961, '62, '64 and '67. The first three of those teams won OVAC Class A championships while all four were Eastern Ohio Athletic League kingpins.

After stepping aside for a couple of years, he returned to coach the newly-consolidated Buckeye South High in its first two seasons (1972-73), posting a combined 16-3-1 record.

He received several "Coach of the Year" awards - from the Wheeling Intelligencer in 1964; The Times Leader in 1967; and the Eastern Ohio Athletic League in 1961, '62, '65 and '67; and the AP Eastern District in 1964 and '67.

Thurnes was also the recipient of the Belmont Hills Country Club's 27th Annual Achievement Football Coaches Award in 1965 and the Upper Ohio Valley Dapper Dan Club's Outstanding Achievement Award in 1967.

He was inducted into the Ohio Valley Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1985.

Thurnes was also a long-time assistant basketball coach to fellow OVAC Hall of Famer Henry Lazasz and he also coached baseball, track and golf at various times during his career.

In high school, Thurnes was a three-year letterman in football as a center-linebacker, gaining third team all-West Virginia recognition and first team all-OVAC honors.

He went on to play at West Liberty State College in the "Golden Era" of Coach Joe Bartell, starting at center on two undefeated teams and playing in the Pythion Bowl and the Smoky Mountain Bowl, both Hilltopper victories.

[jedzkowski]

ron pobolish,Buckeye Local, **** Thurnes, Warren Consolated/Buckeye South

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Can't believe that no one has mentioned Jim Thomas!!!

Def my choice!

[grambylegend11]

D ick Thurness Warren Consolidated --

Richard (D ick) Thurnes

(Benwood Union High School, Class of 1946)

During a 17-year career as a head football coach at three different spots, Thurnes won an impressive 75 percent of his games (112-36-7). Even more impressive, however, was the fact that five Thurnes-coached teams posted undefeated records.

His first stop was Cameron High School, where he compiled a three-year mark of 18-6-1, highlighted by an unbeaten (7-0-1) team in 1956 which was ranked No. 2 among West Virginia small school teams.

Thurnes then moved on to Warren Consolidated High School, serving as head coach for 12 years (1958-69) and posting a 78-26-6 mark. His teams put together unbeaten seasons in 1961, '62, '64 and '67. The first three of those teams won OVAC Class A championships while all four were Eastern Ohio Athletic League kingpins.

After stepping aside for a couple of years, he returned to coach the newly-consolidated Buckeye South High in its first two seasons (1972-73), posting a combined 16-3-1 record.

He received several "Coach of the Year" awards - from the Wheeling Intelligencer in 1964; The Times Leader in 1967; and the Eastern Ohio Athletic League in 1961, '62, '65 and '67; and the AP Eastern District in 1964 and '67.

Thurnes was also the recipient of the Belmont Hills Country Club's 27th Annual Achievement Football Coaches Award in 1965 and the Upper Ohio Valley Dapper Dan Club's Outstanding Achievement Award in 1967.

He was inducted into the Ohio Valley Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1985.

Thurnes was also a long-time assistant basketball coach to fellow OVAC Hall of Famer Henry Lazasz and he also coached baseball, track and golf at various times during his career.

In high school, Thurnes was a three-year letterman in football as a center-linebacker, gaining third team all-West Virginia recognition and first team all-OVAC honors.

He went on to play at West Liberty State College in the "Golden Era" of Coach Joe Bartell, starting at center on two undefeated teams and playing in the Pythion Bowl and the Smoky Mountain Bowl, both Hilltopper victories.

My Dad played on the '67 Warren Consolidated team.

[thinthickbigred]

Bahen CCHS

[thinthickbigred]

Willinski several school but notably CCHS

[Bigred95]

Since the title of the thread is "Retired coaches" and not "retired head coaches" I'm going to say Bob Radocovich as offensive coordinator!

[thinthickbigred]

Since the title of the thread is "Retired coaches" and not "retired head coaches" I'm going to say Bob Radocovich as offensive coordinator!

yep

[bbcoach]

My dad played for Coach Thurnes in all three of his seasons at Cameron. The respect my dad has for him is unmeasurable even to this day, some 55 years later.

D ick Thurness Warren Consolidated --

Richard (D ick) Thurnes

(Benwood Union High School, Class of 1946)

During a 17-year career as a head football coach at three different spots, Thurnes won an impressive 75 percent of his games (112-36-7). Even more impressive, however, was the fact that five Thurnes-coached teams posted undefeated records.

His first stop was Cameron High School, where he compiled a three-year mark of 18-6-1, highlighted by an unbeaten (7-0-1) team in 1956 which was ranked No. 2 among West Virginia small school teams.

Thurnes then moved on to Warren Consolidated High School, serving as head coach for 12 years (1958-69) and posting a 78-26-6 mark. His teams put together unbeaten seasons in 1961, '62, '64 and '67. The first three of those teams won OVAC Class A championships while all four were Eastern Ohio Athletic League kingpins.

After stepping aside for a couple of years, he returned to coach the newly-consolidated Buckeye South High in its first two seasons (1972-73), posting a combined 16-3-1 record.

He received several "Coach of the Year" awards - from the Wheeling Intelligencer in 1964; The Times Leader in 1967; and the Eastern Ohio Athletic League in 1961, '62, '65 and '67; and the AP Eastern District in 1964 and '67.

Thurnes was also the recipient of the Belmont Hills Country Club's 27th Annual Achievement Football Coaches Award in 1965 and the Upper Ohio Valley Dapper Dan Club's Outstanding Achievement Award in 1967.

He was inducted into the Ohio Valley Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1985.

Thurnes was also a long-time assistant basketball coach to fellow OVAC Hall of Famer Henry Lazasz and he also coached baseball, track and golf at various times during his career.

In high school, Thurnes was a three-year letterman in football as a center-linebacker, gaining third team all-West Virginia recognition and first team all-OVAC honors.

He went on to play at West Liberty State College in the "Golden Era" of Coach Joe Bartell, starting at center on two undefeated teams and playing in the Pythion Bowl and the Smoky Mountain Bowl, both Hilltopper victories.