Frank Kaufman was a key member of the 1967 Ambridge High School State
Champion squad coached by
Chuck
DeVenzio that included such notables as
Denny Wuycik,
Dick DeVenzio,
and Walt
Ostrowski Jr. But basketball was not Frank’s only sport: a three year letter
winner in track and field, he won three WPIAL championships in the
high jump (1965, 1966, and 1967) and in 1967 held the state record
and was named Scholastic Coach Magazine All American. Frank spent
five years at Purdue University and coached on the
collegiate level for six years at Georgia Southwest College, North
Central College, and St Francis (IL). In 1977 he returned to
Kentucky Christian High School in Hermitage and coached the
basketball team to the 1987 state semifinals. Returning to his alma
mater in 1979, Frank coached the junior high team for three years
and in 1982 became coach and athletic director at the Community
County of Allegheny County Boyce campus.
Frank Kaufman was a key member of the 1967 Ambridge High School State
Champion squad coached by