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Covering high school football in Venango County, Pa.
Cradle of tight ends
Venango County has produced three tight ends who have played Power 5 football in the last 50 years.
Lou Fogle
Franklin
Clemson
Nate Byham
Franklin
Pitt
Ben Koyack, Oil City, Notre Dame
Ted Marchibroda's Coaching Tree
Bill Belichick, Browns, Patriots
Kirk Ferentz, Iowa
Pat Hill Fresno State
Lindy Infante, Packers
Marvin Lewis, Bengals
Eric Mangini, Jets
Jim Schwartz, Lions
Vince Tobin, Cardinals
Ken Whisenhunt, Cardinals, Titans
(Those who coached under the former Franklin great)
Source Wikipedia
NCAA all-time KO return leaders
Forrey Hall, an Oil City St. Joe graduate, at one time held the NCAA record for kickoff returns average, 38.2 yards for San Francisco (Bill Russell's school) in 1946. He still ranks ninth all-time. Hall later played for the 49ers.
Coaches make their mark
10 or more wins; three or more seasons
Franklin
Oil City
Clockwise from Rich Hancox holding the cards: Paul Stamm, Hud Wells, Joe Stewart and Jim McCullough.
And trending...
OIL CITY
1994-2021 -- 170-117
1940-93 -- 142-321-21 (6 winless seasons; 24-, 18-, 17- and 14-game losing streaks
1896-39 -- 147-112-29
FRANKLIN
1993-2021 -- 104-186 (including 26-95 since 2009)
1958-92 -- 184-116-4
1896-57 -- 152-253-32 (including "post-Marchibroda" stretch of 4-42-4 from 1949-53 and 5-38-5 from 1934-39)