Although Carl Aschman was a star center during his football
playing days, he is best known as a high school coach. Carl
played football at Charleroi and then went on to
Washington and Jefferson College, where he earned All East honors
and was selected to play in the 1929 East-West Shrine Game. His
first coaching job was at California (PA) High School from 1929 to
1933. He then coached at Brownsville High School from 1934 to 1940,
and his last Brownsville team won the WPIAL Class AA title. But it was at Aliquippa High School that Carl Aschman found his
real coaching home, guiding the Quips to a
189-88-10 record from 1941 to 1964. His teams brought Aliquippa High its first WPIAL
football championships in 1952, 1956, and 1964, with WPIAL
runners-up status in 1942 and 1959. Carl retired from coaching in 1965
because of ill health, but retained a keen interest in Aliquippa
High School’s football fortunes until his death from a heart attack
at the age of 68 in November 1971. A month later, the Aliquippa
football stadium was renamed the Carl Aschman Memorial Stadium in
his honor.
Although Carl Aschman was a star center during his football
playing days, he is best known as a high school coach. Carl
played football at Charleroi and then went on to
Washington and Jefferson College, where he earned All East honors
and was selected to play in the 1929 East-West Shrine Game. His
first coaching job was at California (PA) High School from 1929 to
1933. He then coached at Brownsville High School from 1934 to 1940,
and his last Brownsville team won the WPIAL Class AA title. But it was at Aliquippa High School that Carl Aschman found his
real coaching home, guiding the Quips to a
189-88-10 record from 1941 to 1964. His teams brought Aliquippa High its first WPIAL
football championships in 1952, 1956, and 1964, with WPIAL
runners-up status in 1942 and 1959. Carl retired from coaching in 1965
because of ill health, but retained a keen interest in Aliquippa
High School’s football fortunes until his death from a heart attack
at the age of 68 in November 1971. A month later, the Aliquippa
football stadium was renamed the Carl Aschman Memorial Stadium in
his honor.