Coach Pettine Sr.

[16th&Georgetown]

Second hand info however heard coach Pettine died this morning. Thoughts and prayers to his family.

 

[sammyk]

Oh no. Never met him but know people who did know him and from every account he was a great coach, great person and influenced thousands of young men in his years of coaching and teaching. PA and the Coaching community has lost a great one. Sad to hear

 

[Relayer]

Damn, this is a tough one. There was always something special about playing those CBW teams, even if it's been almost 40 years. Talked to him at a golf outing around 10 years ago, he was smart and had a good sense of humor. He got a chuckle when I told him my assignment was blocking man-child Ivan Lesnik back in '79. RIP Mike.

 

[16th&Georgetown]

Heard he died while playing golf in Florida. Intelligencer online has story up now

 

[Fletchster1]

Great coach, master program builder, good man...RIP.

 

[vucat1]

Sad to hear. Villanova grad. Pretty sure you can't coach like he did anymore, not sure that's a good thing either.

 

[Relayer]

Nice thoughts from Mike Carey.

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports...eat_Mike_Pettine_dies_suddenly_at_age_76.html

 

[lilromeo]

Nice thoughts from Mike Carey.

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports...eat_Mike_Pettine_dies_suddenly_at_age_76.html

Great article for a great man and coach. I was always a PCL guy ,but had moved to Doylestown some 40 years ago when CBW was the team in the burbs. I added them to my favorites to watch on Friday nights because of Pettine and his winning ways.

 

[KnowTheFactsBeforeReporting]

Thoughts and Prayers go out to the family and the CB West community. God Bless and RIP Coach.

 

[reluctant_to_comment]

Michael Smerconish just did a great tribute to Coach Pettine on his 9AM CNN show. Worth trying to find a replay of it online.

cnn.com/videos/tv/2017/03/04/farewell-coach.cnn

You'll have to cut & paste because the website is trying to embed it.