Stan Berkman was inducted into the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame
for his long successful career as a high school basketball,
football, and baseball coach. But he could have earned the honor on
his athletic prowess alone. During his student days, Stan was a
star baseball, football, and basketball player at Monaca High School
and Thiel College and was also a football
quarterback at Slippery Rock State College and the University of
Pittsburgh during the
1920s. Stan coached basketball and football at Monaca High School
from 1935 to 1944, guiding the Indians to WPIAL Class B cage
titles in 1939 and 1942 and runners-up status in the 1940
WPIAL Class B title game. Next, Stan served as head basketball and
football coach and assistant baseball coach at Wilkinsburg High,
where his cagers won sectional titles in 1947 and 1948. In 1951, he
moved to Clairton High, where he was head basketball coach and
assistant football coach. In 1952 his cage team brought Clairton its
first section title in basketball. Stan's coaching career ended when he
left Clairton to become superintendent of schools at Baltic, Ohio,
where he died in 1974 at age 70.
Stan Berkman was inducted into the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame
for his long successful career as a high school basketball,
football, and baseball coach. But he could have earned the honor on
his athletic prowess alone. During his student days, Stan was a
star baseball, football, and basketball player at Monaca High School
and Thiel College and was also a football
quarterback at Slippery Rock State College and the University of
Pittsburgh during the
1920s. Stan coached basketball and football at Monaca High School
from 1935 to 1944, guiding the Indians to WPIAL Class B cage
titles in 1939 and 1942 and runners-up status in the 1940
WPIAL Class B title game. Next, Stan served as head basketball and
football coach and assistant baseball coach at Wilkinsburg High,
where his cagers won sectional titles in 1947 and 1948. In 1951, he
moved to Clairton High, where he was head basketball coach and
assistant football coach. In 1952 his cage team brought Clairton its
first section title in basketball. Stan's coaching career ended when he
left Clairton to become superintendent of schools at Baltic, Ohio,
where he died in 1974 at age 70.