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High school notebook: Date published: 8/17/2006
By TAFT COGHILL JR. There was only one thing that could make Ron Prady leave Fredericksburg--an opportunity to return home. Prady got just that when he was hired as a math teacher at Latrobe High School, which sits about 10 minutes from his hometown of Jeannette, Pa. Prady, 34, spent 10 years in the Fredericksburg area as a football coach at Stafford, North Stafford, Caroline and most recently James Monroe. In between assistant coaching stints at North Stafford and James Monroe, Prady was the head coach at Caroline for three years. For the past two years, he was an offensive assistant at James Monroe and a math teacher at Walker-Grant Middle School in Fredericksburg. Prady, who has already begun his job as the offensive line coach at Latrobe, said his choice to leave was a "family decision." "That's what the entire decision was based on," Prady said in a telephone interview yesterday. "I want my kids to be around their grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. We weren't leaving Fredericksburg for anywhere but home." Prady and his wife, Liz, have a 6-year-old son, Jake, and a 3-year-old daughter, Allison. Prady said he got a thrill when he received an ovation when he and Jake arrived at the youngster's youth football league practice two days ago. "It was pretty cool," Prady said. "I got a warm welcome. It felt nice to be back home." Prady was a standout at nearby Penn Trafford High School and later at Thiel College. His new team plays in the same conference as his high school alma mater. Latrobe also competes against Pittsburgh Central Catholic, which has produced Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino and current St. Louis Rams signal-caller Marc Bulger. Latrobe has had a topsy-turvy run of late. "It's been kind of up and down," Prady said. "It's been nothing real consistent. One thing I want try to do is develop some consistency." Prady said his stay in Fredericksburg was successful personally and on the field. He said it was an honor to work under former Stafford coach John Kraus, North Stafford ex-coach Chris Beatty and longtime James Monroe coach Rich Serbay. He said he also enjoyed competing against rivals like Tim Coleman, who once coached at Spotsylvania, but is entering his third season at Colonial Forge.
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