(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

“I feel that we definitely left something better than when we found it.”

The “something” is the culture of New Brighton Football, and the “we” is Joe Greco and his staff and players throughout the years. Greco officially retired from his post as head coach of the Lions last week, and he joined Matt Drzik on the March 22 edition of A.M. Beaver County to reflect on the three-plus decades of work he committed to the sidelines of Oak Hill Field.

Coach Greco had two stints as New Brighton’s head coach during his career, once in 1995 and again in 2010. “The first time I became the head coach at New Brighton, we were coming off a WPIAL championship…and then the next time I came back to New Brighton, they were coming off of an 0-10 season,” Greco said. “It was like starting from ground zero, from scratch…we took a lot of pride in the effort we put back in rebuilding the New Brighton program.”

From 1995 to 2021, Greco was the man in charge of New Brighton’s ups and downs–except for a three-year spell in which he was on the staff at Westminster College. “Those three years were really a great experience for me,” he said. “It helped me grow as a coach just in knowledge and experience, and so it was very rewarding. There’s relationships from those three years that I’ve cherished.”

To hear the full interview with Joe Greco, click on the player below!