Jerry Blazick

Coach Blazick

Coach Blazick is a graduate of Northwest Area High School where he was a member of the two-time PIAA Class A State Championship basketball team. After high school graduation, Coach Blazick began his coaching career at Hanover Area High School as a junior high girls basketball coach. For three seasons Coach Blazick established a strong foundation for a program struggling to field a varsity squad. After his third season he was appointed Head Coach of the varsity girls program at Hanover. From 1992-1997, Blazick’s Hanover girl’s teams recorded 5 consecutive winning seasons, setting many school records along the way including first winning season in 1992 and wins in a season in 1996. Coach Blazicks 1996 squad captured the Wyoming Valley Conference D-2 Championship. Twice his Lady Hawks qualified for the PIAA playoffs with his 1996 team being ranked #1 in the state heading in.

After the 1997 season, Coach Blazick stepped away from coaching for 3 seasons to earn his B.A in Psychology at Wilkes University. In 2000 he returned to his high school alma-mater as the varsity boys head coach. Taking over a program that had fallen on hard times the previous two seasons, Blazick was able to register 5 consecutive winning seasons from 2001-2006. His 2003 and 2004 squads had twenty win seasons with the 2004 team bowing out in the PIAA Eastern Semifinals.

A firm believer in fundamentals, skill development, and teamwork, Coach Blazick has coached five 1000 point scorers and 2 all-state players and accumulated an overall record of 173-110.