The Legendary

Coach Gerald Swankhouse

Born 9-28-1930 Died 6-16-2002

Coaching Highlights


  • USMS football coach 23 years (2 losing seasons)
  • USMS football record: 125-22-4
  • Undefeated: 61,71,74,76,77,78,86,89,90,96


  • Head track coach USHS 32 years
  • 30 winning seasons
  • over 600 victories
  • 30 trips to the state meet
  • 4 state champions
  • 3 state records
  • 28 all-Ohio athletes
  • 78 NOL champions
  • NOL Champions 71,74,78
  • High School: Uniontown, PA
  • U.S. Air Force 4 years
  • University of Findlay B.A.
  • BGSU M.E.


  • Taught at Marseilles H.S. before consolidation
  • Won 2 league and district basketball championships


  • Retired in 1997
  • Taught in Upper Sandusky for about 1,000 years
  • Couldn't afford to leave after he got here so he stayed
  • Paints murals on gym walls to show his artistic side

  • District track coach of the year 1989
  • University of Findlay Athletic Hall of Fame 1992
  • Upper Sandusky Hall of Fame 1996
  • Coached Wyandot Chiefs semi-pro football team
  • Wyandot Chiefs ranked 9th out of 250 teams

"Swank-isms"

"Keep your helmets on, there are alot of woodpeckers flying around."

"You can't make the pros, you're not hurt bad enough."

"My three year old daughter can do better push-ups than that."

"If you can't run with the big dogs, get on the porch with the puppies."

"This isn't Miss Lucy's Ding Dong School."

"If you're not the lead dog the scenery never changes."

"Pick him up and dust him off."

"Coach, THEY told me to do it." "Who is THEY? We'll get the FBI to find out who THEY is!"

“Head for the hills, there’s fungus among us!”

 

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