Tyrone Area School District Athletic Director Tony Yaniello has decided to step down following a four-year tenure.
\nYaniello, a Physical education teacher, Yaniello will remain as a full-time teacher according to Dr. William Miller, Tyrone Area School District Superintendent.
\n\u201cI believe (his decision) included the workload in terms of his reason, that was indicted in the resignation,\u201d said Dr. Miller. \u201cWe\u2019re very appreciative of the service that he\u2019s provided to the district as an athletic director over the years.
\n\u201cHe will certainly remain on as a full-time phys-ed teacher,\u201d said Miller.
\nYaniello came to Tyrone in 1979 and served as the school\u2019s varsity wrestling coach for 20 years. He still coaches the boys and girls track and field team and has served as a voluntary coach for the Eagles football team for several years.
\nYaniello said he still enjoys coaching and cited the desire to be more involved in coaching and the chance to \u201cmold young minds\u201d among the reasons for the decision. In addition to being track coach, he said he planned to get more involved in Tyrone Area\u2019s football and wrestling programs.
\nFor now, Yaniello will finish out the school year as Athletic Director and plans on helping the new athletic director to \u201cget up to speed\u201d whenever the position is filled, likely before the next school year.
\n\u201cBasically, it\u2019s a lot of work for one man,\u201d said Yaniello. \u201cThe work load was becoming gruelling. Being an athletic director is like being a full-time coach for every sport. It is a full-time job all by itself. I will miss the camaraderie with the other athletic directors, but I enjoy coaching. I have not been able to devote the time to coaching football that I feel is needed. Since the 1999 championship season, I haven\u2019t been able to really enjoy coaching the football team. Coach Franco has indicated there is a full-time assistant position open.
\nAt the same time, he indicated he appreciated the efforts by others in the department. He said it was \u201cenjoyable working with the coaches\u201d over the years.
\n\u201cI would like to thank the Tyrone Area School Board and the administration and all the people who have made it possible for me to get the job done over the four years, I have been the athletic director. I wanted to do this early enough to get the new AD \u2018over the peak.\u2019\u201d When I took over four years ago, the previous athletic director, Mike Burket had already left. It\u2019s always better to have someone close who can help the new guy out.\u201d
\nThe Tyrone Area School District will advertise internally first for a new athletic director, then open the search outside the district if no suitable candidate is found.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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