coaching

At 53, Don Granato never felt it was too late for him land his first NHL head-coaching job. Reflecting on a lengthy coaching career that began in 1993...

(This is the second of a two-part series with Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll who met with the team media last week via Zoom call.) Last Tues...

Tina Phillips, in her 18th season coaching the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford softball team, recently hit a career milestone recently, winning h...

DUKE CENTER — Growing up as the youngest of five children, Chuck Bell recalls getting taken to plenty of family events for his siblings, playing with ...

As a sophomore at Pitt-Bradford, Chad Saltsman knew he wanted to become a physical education teacher, but coaching hadn’t crossed his mind. That chang...

SMETHPORT — As seasons have gone by and coaching regimes changed over the years at Smethport Area High School, one thing has remained constant within ...

Bradford offensive coordinator Nate Zitnik didn’t check his mailbox during Thanksgiving break, but when he finally did, he found a small envelope addr...

It’s been 20 years since Kane native Amy Rudolph competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Rudolph, who has a long list of accolades ...

DUKE CENTER — From 1985-2000, there might not have been a busier man in McKean County than Lance Baker. Baker, in addition to his full-time teaching j...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third of a three-part series with fourth-year Bills coach Sean McDermott from a Zoom session with the team media last week...

Marissa Hamilton always dreamed of playing Division I basketball and professionally overseas. After three years of accomplishing the first goal, she’s...

ST. BONAVENTURE — His nickname is neither a nod to his basketball talent nor an homage to Julius Erving. Rather, it was born from the coincidence of s...

(Editor’s note: The following column from The Era’s Otto Township correspondent Jim Miller is in response to Bill Robertson’s piece last week recallin...

ST. MARYS — Thirty-seven seasons, hundreds of players, 20 District 9 championships and a state title later, Elk County Catholic boys basketball head c...

PORT ALLEGANY — Justin Bienkowski is beginning his second stint as head coach of the Port Allegany High School football team. But the 38-year-old soci...

Jeff Puglio has seen plenty of talent during his 10 seasons as the head coach at Bradford High School. But it pales in comparison to the abundance of ...

The area’s best football talent put their summer jobs and college preparations on hold Monday evening, as preparations for the 46th annual Big 30 Char...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — For the second time in as many offseasons, St. Bonaventure boss Mark Schmidt has had to fill an opening on his coaching staff....

Jerry Pattison remembers it vividly. His son, Donny, was only 4 years old at the time and had been called out at home plate during one of his t-ball g...

It was an opportunity Warren Shaw just couldn’t pass up. Shaw, the Bradford girls varsity head coach, was asked to be an assistant on the Pennsylvania...