Hall of Fame
Tony Severino excelled in basketball, football and baseball earning eight varsity letters for the purple and gold. He was a three-year starter for the Lions as a forward in basketball, a two-year starter at tight end in football, and a three-year starter at catcher in baseball. In his junior and senior years, Tony led the basketball team in three consecutive wins over the powerful East Tech teams - including the game that handed the Scarabs the first loss on their home court in 10 years. During his senior year he was selected to the All-East Senate team, The Plain Dealer’s 1966 Basketball Dream Team, the Cleveland Press Star Team, and the Call and Post’s All-Scholastic Team.
Tony received a football scholarship to Kansas State University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in education. He later received his master’s degree in education from the University of Kansas. He has continued his winning ways as a high school football coach and teacher at Rockhurst High School in Kansas, Missouri. His teams have won five state championships, and have qualified for state playoff competition 20 of the last 22 years. In addition to winning the Missouri state crown in 2000, Severino garnered his fourth Missouri coach of the year honor, and was named the 2000 USA Today National Coach of the Year.
He joins classmates Larry Eiben and Frank Titas in the hall.
