Bishop McNamara/Newman

Oct 22, 2011
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I know very few pay attention to 3A and I think to bad. Bishop McNamara is coached by Rich Zinanni who has been with the Bishop 40 years, winning 330 games to date, currently ranked #4 on the IHSA all time winnest high school coaches list. Newman is coached by Mike Papocccia who has been with the Comets 36 years, winning 307 games to date, currently ranked #6 on the on the IHSA all time winnest high school coaches list.

I know Bishop Mac is bigger, strong and faster (heck Newman has a sophomore quarter back) and is a clear favorite to with the entire class let alone this game. I think though that it's noteworthy two coaches with over 640 combined wins, 9 combined first place and 5 combined second place finishes are on the same field facing each other..
 

sixersball

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Anyone else find it odd that the person listed on the IHSA site as having the most wins all time only coached 10 seasons in Illinois, then coached the remaining 90% of his career (and got most of his wins) in another State?