Jan. 18—The Cardinal football team will be under new leadership next season, as Rich Turner has accepted the spot left vacant by the recent resignation of former coach Chris Perrotti.
The hiring of Turner, who spent this past season as an assistant at Warren JFK, is pending board approval at the next meeting, which is scheduled for Jan. 24.
Turner, 53, has a vast history of coaching success, including a run at Normandy from 2003-2009 when he brought the Invaders to prominence. He spent three years in Florida, most recently coaching the high-octane offense at Hagerty High School in Oviedo, Fla. before returning to Ohio to be a line coach and defensive coordinator at Warren JFK.
“It’s great. I’m excited for this opportunity,” said Turner, an alum of Austintown-Fitch. “I hope to take the program to the next level.”
Turner is expected to be hired as a social studies teacher at Cardinal. He has a master’s degree in educational leadership and has a history of teaching AP government for more than a decade.
Turner’s pending hiring checks off all the boxes Cardinal Local Schools was looking for since Perrotti stepped down to devote more time to his family. Cardinal athletic director Jimmy Soltis raves of the credentials Turner brings to Middlefield, both as a coach and as an educator.
“He turned Normandy’s program around and was successful in Florida,” Soltis said.”He is a social studies guy with a lot of experience, which was a priority for us during our search. It’s going to be great to have somebody in the building. That’s huge for us.”
Soltis glowed over the job Perrotti did in his tenure with the Huskies’ football program, including three straight playoff berths and wins over Cuyahoga Heights and Harvey, which had been difficult to come by in previous years.
“He was a pleasure to work with and the kids responded well to…
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Publish date : 2024-01-19 04:46:00
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