john gagliardi

The man who left one of the largest impressions on college football was laid to rest Monday.

I talked with longtime friend, Jim Gagliardi today and the recent passing of his 91-year old father, legendary former St. John's Football Coach John Gagliardi. John Gagliardi died Sunday at the age of 91 with family by his side.

St. John's University football coaching legend John Gagliardi has died.

A new athletic field at St. John's University will be named in honor of their legendary football coach. Gagliardi Field will be next to the soccer venus.

The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has named its annual Coach of the Year award for football after the recently retired John Gagliardi.

Tune in to the Morning News Watch from 5-10am Monday with Jay Caldwell. Jay talks with former St. John's football John Gagliardi at 8:15 about the Senior for Expo Event at Whitney Senior and Recreation Center August 17. Gagliardi will speak at the event.

Recently retired St. John's football coach John Gagliardi remembers Denis McDonough as "an awfully sharp guy" and "a very good safety" when he played for the Johnnies.

We continue with our countdown of the Top 10 Local News Stories of 2012, and today (Thursday) we're at our #4 story of the year. It's a story we all new was going to happen eventually, but nobody really wanted to hear it. Most of us were not alive the last time someone other than John Gagliardi coached the St. John's University football team.

John Gagliardi joked with reporters and acted surprised by the attention he was getting at a news conference this (Monday) afternoon. Earlier in the day St. John's University announced Gagliardi's retirement on the school's website.

St. John's football coach John Gagliardi has retired as head coach after 60 seasons and 489 victories. Gagliardi is the all-time winningest coach in college football history. The Johnnies were 5-5 overall and 3-5 in the MIAC in 2012.