Imhotep Charter's Devon Johnson and Neumann Goretti's Albie Crosby are both competing for separate state championships this weekend. Both head coaches have become pillars of their community, whose responsibilities go well beyond just coaching football.
will make their first state championship appearance, against District 7 champion Belle Vernon , for the Class 3A state title. There aren’t many across the state backing the Saints to win.
“We get written off all the time and it’s frustrating,” said Johnson, a Central High grad who later played for the legendary Bill Zwaan at West Chester, where he earned his graduate degree in sports management. “We’ve won one state title [2015]. We face challenges no other programs face. We get accused of being an all-star team. All-star teams practice on million-dollar turf facilities. We don’t. It doesn’t change our standard. We play every year for a state championship.
He was the first Philadelphia coach to lead a Philadelphia Public League team to a state championship game . He was the first to lead a Philadelphia Public League team to a state title , and now he’s the first Philadelphia area coach to ever bring a Philadelphia Public League team and Philadelphia Catholic League team to a state championship.
After college, Crosby was a football official for seven years. One time attending a West Catholic basketball game, he bumped into former West teammate Brian Fluck, who asked Crosby to join his staff as the Burrs’ running backs coach. Crosby coached Curtis Brinkley, who went on to play at Syracuse and in the NFL.
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