GEORGE MESSICH

Mapletown High School
Potomac State Jr. College / University of Pittsburgh

Mapletown High School

3 year letterman in football, making All County and All Conference
3 year letterman in basketball, starting on the 1972 WPIAL championship team
1 year letterman in baseball

Potomac State

First team junior college All American
All Conference and All Regional
Team captain as a sophomore

University of Pittsburgh

2 year letterman
Starting offensive tackle on Pitt’s 1976 National Championship team
Offensive lineman of the week 3 times during the 1976 season
Selected captain for the Pitt / West Virginia game as a senior

Coaching Career

Head coach: Mapletown High School – 1978 to 1981
Assistant coach: Waynesburg High School and Mapletown High School
Head coach: Mapletown High School – 1987 to present
Total of 30 years in coaching
Became a member of the Century Club with 100th win in 2009
Named “Small School Coach of the Year” by the Herald Standard in 2001
Named “Coach of the Year” in 2005 by his peers in the Tri-County South Football Conference
Selected as head coach of the 2007 South Team that won the Tri-County All Star Classic
3 time assistant coach for the Tri-County All Star Classic
Inducted into the Tri-County Football Coaches Hall of Fame in 2013 as part of the first class to permit active coaches
Also served as an assistant coach on the high school and junior high school level in basketball and softball
Co-Athletic Director 10 years