AM 1240 WJON » john gagliardi http://wjon.com Fri, 24 May 2013 21:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Gagliardi: McDonough 'Sharp Guy' http://wjon.com/gagliardi-mcdonough-sharp-guy/ http://wjon.com/gagliardi-mcdonough-sharp-guy/#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2013 13:50:57 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=163968 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.

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]]> http://wjon.com/gagliardi-mcdonough-sharp-guy/feed/ 0 Denis McDonough, Getty Images Top 10 – #4 John Gagliardi Retires http://wjon.com/top-10-4-john-gagliardi-retires/ http://wjon.com/top-10-4-john-gagliardi-retires/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2012 06:59:44 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=157160 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.

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]]> http://wjon.com/top-10-4-john-gagliardi-retires/feed/ 0 John Gagliardi Calls it a Career after 60 Years at St. John's [AUDIO,VIDEO] http://wjon.com/john-gagliardi-calls-it-a-career-after-60-years-at-st-johns-audio/ http://wjon.com/john-gagliardi-calls-it-a-career-after-60-years-at-st-johns-audio/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:12:37 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=149343 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.

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]]> http://wjon.com/john-gagliardi-calls-it-a-career-after-60-years-at-st-johns-audio/feed/ 0 John Gagliardi, photo by WJON.com's Jim Maurice John Gagliardi Retires as St. John's Football Coach [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/john-gagliardi-retires-as-st-johns-football-coach/ http://wjon.com/john-gagliardi-retires-as-st-johns-football-coach/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:26:04 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://1390thefan.com/?p=98354 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.

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]]> http://wjon.com/john-gagliardi-retires-as-st-johns-football-coach/feed/ 0 John Gagliardi (St. John's University) Gagliardi Era Enters 60th Season at St. John's [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/gagliardi-era-enters-60th-season-at-st-johns-audio/ http://wjon.com/gagliardi-era-enters-60th-season-at-st-johns-audio/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2012 05:07:46 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=125108 St. John's University football coach John Gagliardi is preparing to start his sixth decade at the helm of the Johnnie football program. That's right the Gagliardi era at Collegeville began 60 years ago in the fall of 1953. I recently had the opportunity to sit down with coach Gagliardi and visit with him about his early coaching years, and have him look ahead to his future.

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]]> http://wjon.com/gagliardi-era-enters-60th-season-at-st-johns-audio/feed/ 0 John Gagliardi (St. John's University) Gagliardi, Paterno Top Two in Coaching Wins http://wjon.com/gagliardi-paterno-top-two-in-coaching-wins/ http://wjon.com/gagliardi-paterno-top-two-in-coaching-wins/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:28:52 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=49606 Penn State football coach Joe Paterno has decided to retire at the end of the season, his long career brought down by his failure to do more about an allegation of child sex abuse against a former assistant

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]]> http://wjon.com/gagliardi-paterno-top-two-in-coaching-wins/feed/ 0 Gagliardi: GoJohnnies.com, Flickr | Paterno: Getty Images Gagliardi Becomes Winningest Coach – On 'This Date In Central Minnesota History' http://wjon.com/gagliardi-becomes-winningest-coach-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/ http://wjon.com/gagliardi-becomes-winningest-coach-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:41:43 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=49244 John Gagliardi began coaching collegiate football at Carroll College in Montana. In 1953, after 4 seasons at Carroll, he became the head coach at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, where he has remained ever since. Gagliardi, who turned 85 on November 1st, has had a very success head-coaching career covering more than six decades.

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]]> http://wjon.com/gagliardi-becomes-winningest-coach-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/feed/ 0 Stearns History Museum Famous Sports Figures and Athletes from the St. Cloud Area — Our Top Ten http://wjon.com/famous-sports-figures-and-athletes-from-the-st-cloud-area-our-top-ten/ http://wjon.com/famous-sports-figures-and-athletes-from-the-st-cloud-area-our-top-ten/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 06:32:58 +0000 Tim Lyon http://wjon.com/?p=24475 Central Minnesota has produced a number of high-caliber athletes that have left their marks on the sports world. Pro athletes in baseball, football and hockey as well as college football and hockey coaches are represented in our top 10 list of famous sports figures and athletes from the St

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