The PSFCA Podcast

The PA Football Story Podcast has been rebranded. It will now be called The Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association Podcast, sponsored by SVS Sports. 

Coach Janocko talks about his time at Penn State with Joe Paterno, the family business, taking out a mortgage on his own home to build a fieldhouse at Clearfield, building a winning program, administrators prioritizing teachers who want to work after 3p, small-town football, coaching his son and his son’s career, Kirk Cousins watching Clearfield games, and what’s next in his life.

Four Chapman, with a vault of football games that he speaks about as if they happened yesterday, talks about growing up around the game with his father, Harry Chapman, who helped to shape him as a person and future head football coach. Chapman recalls great games around the Mid-Penn Conference and the evolution of offensive football and the resurgence of his Bishop McDevitt program that he led to a state championship in 1995. Four also speaks about clinic socials and sneaking onto the field at major college games.

Coach Pennypacker talks about being recruited in the 70s, his first coaching jobs in WV and VA, and coming back home to coach at Pottsgrove HS and many amusing / impactful stories along the way, including special baby shower gifts, hanging up on a major college football coach, and Terrell Chestnut skipping study hall.

Chad Henne talks about becoming a QB in 9th grade, managing the recruiting process, the Dead Schembechler's song, The Big 33, and gives insight into NFL playcalling and his future plans.

Coach Ricci, head coach at Garnet Valley for 35 years, talks about young coaches managing family and teaching load, program building, message consistency, and other pertinent aspects of creating a positive culture on the football staff and within a football program.

Coach Mich talks about getting a head coaching job right out of college at the age of 21, St. Pius X's “Illegal Stadium”, Trouble remembering all of the “skis” from Pottstown, joining the Ches-Mont League, Mike Pettine, Sr., interactions / relationships with players, Don Seeley and Dave Reidenouer's contributions to local football in the Pottstown area, as well as many other topics / stories.

The Executive Director of PSFCA, Garry Cathell, discusses his career, including his first head coaching job in VA, where he had to line the fields and drive the bus (and has a story or 2 about getting his bus license and shearing off the mirrors), PSFCA's goals and missions, how the Big 33 & E/W selections are made, year-to-year contracts, PSEA, and the controversy in Pine-Richland.

Coach Kasperowicz discusses playing in the Big 33, winning championships as a HS player and now a head coach, his time at the University of Pittsburgh, and putting time in as an assistant prior to becoming a head coach.

Coach Palko discusses his brief retirement, coaching his sons, mercy killing, recruiting his wife, and many other things, including is it WPIAL or Wippyal...