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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Imperial, PA) West Allegheny School District is set to hire Bob Palko to be the head coach of its high school football program in 2026, pending a vote at its next school board meeting today, per the agenda of that district’s board meeting. If the vote is approved, this will be the 25th season that Palko has led a West Allegheny program, with his first twenty-four coming to an end in 2018 when he announced that he would be stepping down from that position. Palko led West Allegheny to each of its eight WPIAL championships, including three straight titles from 1999-2001 and back-to-back championships in 2012-13 during those twenty-four seasons. Palko has a career record of 248-84 across 28 seasons with West Allegheny and Mt. Lebanon. This also comes after former West Allegheny head football coach Dave Schoppe resigned last month.