RICHARD P. NOVAK

Mapletown High School
West Virginia University

Coach (Posthumous)

He served as Avella High School’s head football coach for 10 years and led the 1966 Eagles to an undefeated regular season and WPIAL championship game appearance

Novak then coached Avella’s girls’ basketball team for 13 seasons, when he won 105 games with four playoff appearances and the program’s first section title in 24 years in 1993-94

He also coached the boys’ basketball team

He was a multi-sport star at Mapletown, where he was the starting quarterback and received the basketball team’s Most Outstanding Player Award

At WVU he played football as a freshman and was a four-year quarter-miler in track

Mr. Novak passed away on Nov. 7, 2020, at the age of 80