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Homer Football coach Gary Podsiedlik retires after 41 years of coaching the Homer Football program. (Photo from The Cortland Voice’s Fall 2023 Media Day).
After 41 years, longtime Homer football coach Gary Podsiedlik has decided to retire and turn the Homer football program onto the next generation.
Out of his 41 years coaching the Homer football program, 34 of those years Podsiedlik has served as the head coach.
Coach Podsiedlik started his career as a teacher and assistant coach of the Homer football team in 1983 after getting a degree at SUNY Cortland. He then went on to take the head coaching job from the 1990 season until now (2023-24).
Even though he retired from teaching in 2017, Podsiedlik kept on coaching the Homer Trojans.
Coach Podsiedlik has now ended his high school football coaching career with a 183-108 record, along with multiple sectional titles.
He was part of the Homer Football coaching staff for all seven of the Trojans’ sectional titles, and he was the head coach for five of those title years.
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Message from Coach Podsiedlik:
“I have always loved practice. I am one lucky man to have always had a dedicated football staff, dedicated school staff at all levels, a sincerely dedicated community, a massive number of dedicated student-athletes, our athletes’ committed families, and most importantly a dedicated wife and family that have supported me throughout this unforgettable 41 years!”
A special thank you goes to Visions Federal Credit Union for partnering with us to provide the greater Cortland County community with additional sports coverage
