Frank Amato, who spent 46 years at Loyola Academy and became one of the state’s most successful track coaches, died on Jan. 28 of aspiration pneumonia. He was 96.
Frank Amato at Loyola Academy. He was a former head track and assistant football coach, and during the next 46 years he became one of the state’s most successful track coaches.
Rebecca Grant was one of his athletes — a member of the track team who graduated in 2002 — and based on her experience, Amato was “more than a coach.” “I was wrong. I discovered girls are as good athletically and as dedicated and devoted as boys. It was a great honor to be able to coach the girls. Looking back, there would have been a void in my career if I hadn’t coached them.”Amato died of aspiration pneumonia at age 96 on Jan. 28 at Glenbrook Hospital, leaving a void in the hearts of the men and women he coached and members of the Loyola faculty.
Simon was an 800-meter runner and a miler who ran at Loyola from 1982-86 and he joined the coaching staff before the 1994 season. Amato’s coaching record speaks for itself. His teams won 19 Catholic League and Girls Catholic Athletic Conference indoor and 12 outdoor championships. From 1970-74 his teams were undefeated in 65 consecutive outdoor meets.In 1985 he was inducted into the Illinois Track and Field Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the Chicago Catholic League Hall of Fame, and in 2010 he was honored as National Boys Coach of the Year by the National High School Coaches Association.
After graduating from high school, Amato joined the Marines during the final years of World War II and engaged in combat in north China while awaiting orders to be part of the invasion force in Japan.
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