Pittsburgh Gazette
Sunday North: NA's Walker selected to Big 33 staff
Sunday, January 13, 2008
By Rich Emert, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Like father, like son.
In 1970, Mt. Lebanon High School football coach Art Walker was selected to lead the West All-Stars in the Big 33 Classic in Hershey, Pa.
Now comes Walker's son, Artie, the head coach at North Allegheny High School. He will be an assistant for the Pennsylvania team that will take on the Ohio All-Stars in the Big 33 Classic at 7 p.m. June 14 at Hersheypark Stadium.
These days a coach can't be the Pennsylvania squad's head coach in the Big 33 Classic without first serving as an assistant. After this year, Walker will be eligible to be Pennsylvania's head coach, although that probably will not happen for a while.
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