Ohio high school football has a new all-time winningest coach: Steubenville Big Red’s Reno Saccoccia.
Saccoccia has been on the sidelines for the past four decades, at the forefront of a program that has produced countless teams that ruled under the Friday night lights.
He has won four state championships, including the Big Red’s thrilling 12-9 overtime win over Columbus Whitehall-Yearling in 1984, Saccoccia’s second year at the helm.
Nearly 40 years later, he stepped onto the field Friday night with 401 wins, good enough for a tie with Manchester’s legendary coach Jim France.
Forty-eight minutes later… History.
FINAL: Big Red 21, Louisville 0. Steubenville head coach Reno Saccoccia gets win 402 to become the state’s all-time leader pic.twitter.com/GQs1RPmlmR
— Andrew Grimm (@AndrewGrimm_) August 20, 2022
Following the game, the Hall of Famer provided a humble response about the monumental achievement.
“There are a lot of people I have to thank,” he told The Intelligencer after the team’s 21-0 win over Louisville (Ohio). “Forty years of players, 40 years of coaches, 40 years of parents, 40 years of a true Big Red nation. I love working for all of them.”
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