Milford announces retirement of head football coach Tom Grippa

Milford High School announced on Oct. 30 that head coach Tom Grippa was retiring as head football coach after 10 seasons at the school and previous stints at Elder, Fairfield, La Salle and as an assistant coach at Mount St. Joseph.“The Milford High School community is appreciative of Coach Grippa’s 10 seasons leading our football program,” Milford Director of Athletics Mark Trout said in a release. “I had the pleasure of hiring Coach Grippa for the position and I’ve seen the positive impact he has had both on and off the field for the last decade. He elevated the Milford program into a regular contender in one of the area’s top conferences and renewed prominence in Southwest Ohio. We wish Tom all the best in whatever his next steps of life may be.”Grippa was 57-51 at Milford and has a career head coaching record of 232-150 with nine wins coming in the postseason, including a pair in 1996 to lead Elder to the school's first regional championship and state tournament appearance.Grippa won his 200th career game as a head coach in 2021, putting him in the Ohio High School Athletic Association record book.In 2023, he received the Paul Brown Excellence in Coaching Award from the Cincinnati Bengals.“In those 49 years, I have had many championships and a lot of wins, but my fondest memories are being around outstanding assistants and awesome young men who loved the great game of football,” Grippa said in a release from Milford. “To all my assistant coaches, players and head coaches that I have worked under, I say, 'thank you!' It was a wonderful ride, and I love you all.”The coaching search to replace Grippa is underway.This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Milford announces retirement of head football coach Tom Grippa