Barbero takes over Charleroi football

By JEREMY SELLEW

jsellew@yourmvi.com

Charleroi didn’t have to search far and wide to find its new football coach after Lance Getsy tendered his resignation near the end of February.

Current Charleroi athletic director and former California head coach Brady Barbero was hired Tuesday with a unanimous vote of the school board.

“This is something that has been in the works for the past couple of weeks,” Superintendent Dr. Ed Zelich said. “Brady said he wanted to take some time to think about it and discuss it with his family, so we gave him that. We’re ecstatic to have him on our sidelines.”

Barbero, 41, was the Trojans head coach from 2009 to 2012, guiding them to an overall mark of 19-19 in his four seasons. After taking 2013 off, he joined the Ringgold staff under head coach Nick Milchovich for the next three seasons. He coached the wide receivers for the first two seasons and was named offensive coordinator in 2016 when the Rams advanced to the WPIAL semifinals.

Barbero said he wanted to make sure family came first before making the decision to commit to another head coaching job. He and his wife, Katie, have two children Quinn (11) and Rocco (8).

“It’s a struggle at times so I talked with the family and it’s something that we thought we could make it work,” Barbero said. “Coaching here is something that was always on my mind. When Lance left, it became more of a reality.”

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