The Teacher Coach with T.K. Griffith and Scott Matthew Callaghan

Dave Pilipovich served the last eight years as head basketball coach at the Air Force Academy in Colorado. His teams won 5 Mountain West tourney games over his stint and competed in one of the nation…

Archbishop Hoban senior Dom DiMascio exudes class and cheerfulness in the face of much adversity.  His teachers, coaches and relatives nominated him for the Courage Award at the Beacon Journal Gateho…

Brittany Anderson opted for a career in education after a stellar career at Grove City College where she played three sports. As destiny would have it, she found her way back to Chagrin Falls where s…

Andy Booth was raised in the small town of Lucas, Ohio in Richland County.  His blue collar roots have always stayed with him throughout his heralded coaching career.  Listen to this journey that bro…

Jake Beiting quickly rose to "stardom" as the head strength and conditioning coach for the Houston Astros. In his fifth season with the team, the Astros won the championship. Beiting moved on after a…

Rob Senderoff was banished from basketball.  Twice.  Cut from his college team at Albany, he persisted and hung on as a manager for JV Coach James Jones--now the successful coach at Yale University. …

Mike Fuline carved out a path that few travel:  9th grade coach, Varsity assistant, Rootstown head coach, Jackson state championship head coach, and then a move to become a college head coach.  His M…

Frank Micale has officiated high school and college basketball for nearly over 30 years. As the young guy on the crew in the old days, Micale was not afraid to assert himself by doling out a technica…

Tom Heil, who became a head Division III basketball coach by the age of 30, has made two trips to the big dance at the NCAA Div. III level:  first at Defiance College and then again last season at BW…

Micah Kraus has devoted his life to expressing himself through teaching and art.  A diversity of interests and a commitment to expression and humanity allows him to be an artist at home and a teacher…

Jason Knapp has always put in a full day's work. Whether it's engaging students in the history classroom with his relics, coffee mugs, battle helmets, Iron Maiden music and interesting artifacts...or…

Gilmour head coach Dan DeCrane's steady rise to coaching excellence was shaped by many influences, but his will power, work ethic and commitment to integrity have come naturally and from his tight-kn…

Dana Addis, the former successful head basketball coach of Copley High, has become one of the most respected school leaders in northeast Ohio. His journey started as a youngster playing Norton athlet…

John Gramuglia has been inducted into nearly every Hall of Fame imaginable.  His 2010 state championship wrestling team brought down the giants, but he himself is a giant who has impacted lives in th…

Casey Kaufman brought his team to the final four of the league tourney this year and inspires fellow basketball lovers with his old school values and humility.  Brought up in Holmes County at Berlin …

Jacki Windon's journey in the game of basketball has taken her from the State Final Four as a star player at Archbishop Hoban to a stellar college basketball career at Gannon University.  She then be…

Walk the path of Coach Tim Tyrrell as he moves from growing up on the north side of Youngstown at Catholic schools to Youngstown State University to college coaching, St. Thomas Aquinas, Florida high…

An incredible array of kids say goodbye to Hoban by reminiscing on their hopes and dreams for this senior seasons  The kids reflect on cherished memories, coaches/mentors and anticipated roles that w…

Kevin Finefrock, perhaps the greatest basketball player to graduate from Canton Central Catholic, went on to play Div. 1 college basketball and then came back to coach, teach, serve as an administrat…

National Strength Coach of the Year Mike Winkler talks about his journey and beliefs in building strong relationships through excellence, details and professionalism.

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