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Delaware
County Hall of Fame coach Ray Gionta will take the reins of the Sun Valley
football program this season.
By
a 7-0 vote Wednesday night, the Penn-Delco School District board of directors
approved Gionta's hiring for the 2014 football season. He succeeds Jim Grugan,
who spent three years at the helm of the Vanguards before resigning last year,
citing personal and work reasons.
Gionta
spent 11 seasons as the head coach of Marple Newtown, amassing a record of
65-55, including a 3-7 campaign last season. A standout at St. James High School
and West Chester University, he also coached at Strath Haven, St. James and
Boyertown high schools during his 39-year-coaching career. Gionta, who will
remain in his faculty position as a physical education teacher at Marple
Newtown, leaves the school as the winningest coach in program history. (click
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There
might not be a living football coach in Delaware County who is as revered as
Ralph Batty.
The
longtime defensive coordinator at Ridley has been called a defensive mastermind
and the best at what he does in Pennsylvania. He was the architect of some of
the greatest defensive units the county has ever seen.
A
living legend in Delco football, Batty helped guide the Green Raiders to three
district championships and 18 Central League titles during his impressive
tenure.
Batty
decided it was time to leave and put away the clipboard Friday. He officially
retired after 37 years of coaching.
"It
was a hard decision for me to make. It's something that you kind of feel out as
you coach all the years that I have,' he said. "You want to go out on your
own terms and not get to the point where things have passed you by or anything
like that. There's really no other explanation for it other than I had made the
decision. (click
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For
Chris Britton, taking the helm at Springfield is a culmination of more than a
decade of hard work and persistence.
Last
week, Britton was named head coach of the Cougars nearly two months after Tom
Kline stepped down following three successful seasons on Leamy Avenue.
Britton
bleeds Cougar blue and gold. He was a center/linebacker at the school in the
early '90s, and years later joined Mike Heath's staff from 2002-04. He stayed
loyal to Springfield as a member of the Chris Bell (2005-07), Dan Ellis
(2008-10) and Kline (2011-13) regimes.
Finally,
Britton is in charge of a high school football program. And Springfield is where
he always envisioned it happening. (click
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the article)
Beaty
is Chester's new boss
January
31, 2014
Rick
O'Brien,Inquirer Staff Writer
Tony
Beaty, who was in charge at Prep Charter from 2009 to 2012, has been tabbed as
the new football coach at Chester.
"It's
a job that few people wanted," he said. "But I'm excited about the
challenge. Chester is a unique place. We want to put the team back on the
map."
Beaty,
45, officially begins his new job Monday. He spent the last year focusing on his
personal-training business.
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