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HUSBAND • FATHER • SON • GRANDPA • LEADER •
THE LEGACY OF A WINNER
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t all began with a handshake. That’s all it took for
Frank Girardi to begin a journey with Lycoming College
that still hasn’t ended, even some four-and-a-half
decades later. There was no plan for more than 30
years of coaching football for the Warriors when Girardi
became the school’s sixth head football coach following
the 1971 season, a job he agreed to with nothing more than
a handshake from then-College President Harold Huston.
Girardi couldn’t afford to look ahead decades, or even
years. His only plan was to take one step at a time. First,
conquer a recruiting class. Second, prepare for the season
ahead. Finally, go week-by-week to find the best possible
way to win a football game.
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