Founder of the high school’s rifle team, Father Hagan coached from 1953 until 1987. In those 34 years, his teams went on to 33 Top Ten finishes in the nation, garnering five National Championship along the way. In addition to the championships came three second place finishes and three third place finishes. Father Hagan passed… Read more »
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Joe Koestner
What began as a simple announcement over the loud speakers at St. Louis University High School in 1985, when the racquetball program needed a coach, became a success story that’s almost too hard to believe. Even Joe “Doc” Koestner, the coach himself, gets a kick out of retracing the roots of history. “It was the… Read more »
Paul Martel
In his 48th year of coaching high school football, Paul Martel has an impressive 285-105-12 record. Martel began his career coaching at Immaculata High School in Leavenworth, Kansas and at St. Agnes/Miege High School in Kansas City, Kansas before beginning a 29 year stint at St. Louis University High School in 1959. During his tenure… Read more »
Tom Stanton
In his 44-year coaching career, Stanton compiled a remarkable 793-191 record. He coached all sports at St. Louis University High School beginning in 1926, but he is best known for his basketball career at St. Louis’ Beaumont High School. Between 1939 and 1970 at Beaumont, his teams claimed 11 Public League titles, five Missouri Class… Read more »