Championship Coach Leads Deaf Football Teams to Victory
Coach Andy Bonheyo Has Won the National Deaf Prep Championship 15 Times
By ALICE MAGGIN and SADIE BASS
Oct. 2, 2009
Deaf Football Coach Leads Teams to Victory - ABC News
The Orioles football team is 4-1 this season -- not unusual for a team coached by Andy Bonheyo. In his 24 year career, coach Bonheyo has won 170 games and lost just 48. And most of those wins have been against teams who can hear.
"I don't look at whether we're playing a hearing or a deaf team. I look at the team. So to me I don't think I have an advantage over anyone except the teams who aren't prepared to play us," said Bonheyo.
Coaching at three different schools, Bonheyo has won the National Deaf Prep Championship 15 times -- seven at the Maryland School for the Deaf, where he is currently the head football coach, assistant track and field coach, and is also the athletic director.
"It is true that I am a perfectionist. I like to see our plays perfect and that's just me, that's who I am," he said.
Good thing he's such a stickler for details. The football program at Maryland had a losing record before Bonheyo's arrival. (read more at news link)
This is not a good video of the show... it's not up on You Tube yet nor is it captioned but the best that can be... the (written) story and the video are very same.
http://gmy.news.yahoo.com/vid/15905481
