Mark Schmidt, an assistant football coach at La Salle College High School in Wyndmoor, was inducted into the Montgomery County Coaches Hall of Fame last week.
Schmidt previously served as the Offensive & Defensive Line Coach for the Explorers from 2014-’15. He has been named Coach of the Year by the Pennsylvania State Football Coaches Association (AAAA), NFL/Philadelphia Eagles, American Football Monthly (Eastern region), Riddell, Schutt Air, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. He is also the only five-time Coach of the Year honoree by the Bucks County Courier Times.
From his biography:
NESHAMINY HIGH SCHOOL, Head Football Coach, 1995-2014
- Led team to 7 District One showings, 2 Eastern Conference Championships, and school’s first-ever Pennsylvania AAAA State Championship in 2001.
- Finished 2001 season 15-0, #7 USA Today national ranking
- Coach of the Year, 2001 : Pennsylvania State Football Coaches Association (AAAA), NFL/Philadelphia Eagles, American Football Monthly (Eastern region), Riddell, Schutt Air, and the Philadelphia Inquirer.
- Five-time Coach of the Year honoree by the Bucks County Courier Times, Trenton Times and Trentonion newspapers.
- All-American Football Foundation Eastern Region High School Coach of the Year
IMHOTEP INSTITUTE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, Head Football Coach (and various Assistant Coach roles), Philadelphia, PA, 2015-2018, 2020,2021, 2023
- 5 Public League, Phila & District 12 Championships; 1 PIAA 2A State Championship; 1 PIAA 5A State Championship; 4 appearances in the Pennsylvania Class AAAA State Championship game; two 15-0 seasons (including school’s 1st); #10 national ranking Cumulative record: 86-7.
- BIG 33 ALL-STAR Head Coach, 2006; O-Line Coach 2002; both games W’s vs. Ohio
- Assistant Coach stops at Norristown HS, Penn, Kentucky, Temple , Lock Haven
- Founder and Board Member – Roger Grove Memorial Scholarship
- Founder, Bucks County Challenger Football & Cheerleading, Special Needs Children
- Inductee, Pennsylvania State Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame
- Inductee, Ursinus College Athletics Hall of Fame
- Inductee, Neshaminy High School Football Hall of Fame
- Inductee, Lock Haven University Football Hall of Fame
2023’s induction class included Steve Chadwin (Abington Friends, Boys Basketball), Joe Parisi (La Salle College High School, Baseball), and Rick Torresani (Bishop McDevitt, Softball).
Three local sport standouts were inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame Montco Chapter in mid-November.
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