Waynesburg community mourns death of football coach Chad Coss

By:
Monday, December 21, 2020 | 6:23 PM


Devastating is the word West Greene athletic director Bill Simms used to describe the sudden death of Waynesburg football coach and close friend Chad Coss on Monday.

A cause of death was not immediately known. Coss, 45, had been Waynesburg’s coach for the past three seasons.

“It’s a shocker,” Simms said, “especially because it happened and the time of the season.”

Waynesburg athletic director Justin Stephenson confirmed the unexpected death but did not want to issue a statement about his close friend because he didn’t know all the details.

“Chad and I coached softball ‘Dirt Dawgs’ in the summer,” Simms said. “Our daughters were on the team. I’m not sure of all the facts. It’s not a good day.”

Coss, a 1993 Waynesburg grad, took over the program in 2018.

He was also as assistant coach at Mapletown, West Greene and Waynesburg.

Paul Schofield is a TribLive reporter covering high school and college sports and local golf. He joined the Trib in 1995 after spending 15 years at the Daily Courier in Connellsville, where he served as sports editor for 14 years. He can be reached at pschofield@triblive.com.

Tags: , ,

More High School Football

2024 TribLive HSSN Terrific 25 Football All-Stars
After leading Latrobe’s football resurgence, coach Ron Prady steps down
Trib HSSN 2024 WPIAL Football Player of the Year: Fort Cherry’s Matt Sieg
Trib HSSN Head of the Class 2024: Football coaches of the year in each classification
Trib HSSN Head of the Class 2024: Football players of the year in each classification