Episode 53 - Roger McEldowney - Head Basketball Coach - Arcanum High School (Arcanum, Ohio) - a podcast by Jon Cook

Not many coaches have ever had their very first head coaching opportunity slip through their fingers because budget cuts result in the elimination of their teaching position.  It happened to Roger McEldowney at Arcanum High School in the early 1990's.  Very few high school coaches are ever fortunate enough to win a state title. Roger McEldowney did, with the girls at Jackson Center High School in 1995.  An even smaller number are able to lead both a girls program and a boys program to the final game of the season. Roger McEldowney was able to do that when he led Versailles High School to the title game in 2004.  It is perhaps equally rare that a coach would have the opportunity to guide his alma mater to that championships game.  Did I mention that Roger McEldowney graduated from Versailles High School in 1983?  He also served as the Principal at Versailles when his brother Scott led the Tigers to the only other final four appearance in school history.  To cap off his remarkable journey in coaching, McEldowney was hired to be the head coach at Arcanum High School in the summer of 2019, coming full circle more than 25 years after losing his first head coaching opportunity because of the aforementioned budget cuts!  Coach McEldowney shares his full story and more with me today.  Please enjoy my visit with Roger McEldowney of Arcanum High School.  

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