Retired Quip Football Coaches Honored

(Story and Photo by Sandy Giordano)

(Aliquippa, Pa.) Aliquippa  High School Head Football Coach Mike Warfield  presented three former coaches, Frank Marocco, Don Yanessa and  Mike Zmijanac with 2021  championship rings recently.

Coach  Marocco  said  head coach Mike Warfield called him to come up to the practice field. He said, “When I got there he said he wanted to give me something”. Coach Warfield called the team over and presented him with the 2021   championship ring. Marocco said of the presentation, “That was something special.”
Coach Yanessa  said , “the gesture was “classy” on Coach Warfield’s part.” Coach Warfield played on his team when he coached.
Coach Zmijanac, who lives in Mount  Lebanon, said that the ring  presentation was a nice gesture from the 2022 Quips.