Mt. Lebanon football coach Greg Perry resigns after 2 seasons

By: Chris Harlan
Thursday, December 18, 2025 | 5:54 PM

Greg Perry will keep mentoring quarterbacks as he’s done for decades and could be open to an assistant job somewhere, so the longtime WPIAL coach isn’t done with football.

But Perry, after resigning this week at Mt. Lebanon, said his days as a head coach might be winding down. The Blue Devils went 5-16 in his two seasons as coach.

“I don’t think we ever get out of coaching,” said Perry, who previously spent 28 years combined at nearby Keystone Oaks and Seton LaSalle, including 17 as a head coach.

Perry, 64, also has worked since the mid-1990s as a private instructor for some of the WPIAL’s top passers.

“I still enjoy doing my quarterback stuff,” he said. “And I think I would love to help somebody out with their quarterbacks or something. I don’t need to be the head guy anymore.”

Perry was head coach at three schools within three miles of one another, and all close to his Dormont hometown. He led Mt. Lebanon to a playoff berth in his first season there, but the Blue Devils missed the postseason on tiebreakers this year.

His career record is 123-74.

Perry said nothing was pushing him to resign. The players were “fun to work with,” he said, while the parents and the administration were supportive.

“I just thought it was time to get out,” Perry said. “Me and my wife (Kelley) talked about it. It’s time-consuming trying to run a 6A program, and I’m not getting any younger.”

Mt. Lebanon athletic director John Grogan said the school would post the job opening Friday and start a search for a new coach. Perry was the team’s third in three years when hired in 2024.

“We appreciate the time, effort and dedication Coach Perry has given to our football program and our student athletes,” Grogan said, “and wish him well in his future endeavors.”

Perry was working as a quarterbacks coach at Canon-McMillan prior to coming to Mt. Lebanon and spent 2022 as a college assistant at Duquesne. He said whoever becomes the next Blue Devils’ coach inherits a program with potential.

“Our numbers were up, our freshmen numbers are up, and our freshman class is pretty talented,” Perry said. “I think whoever comes in, the foundation is laid there. You just have to come in ready to work. And the kids will do anything you want of them.”

Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.

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