Greg Vitello
De Smet High School
Impact Statement
“I wanted to help the young men grow into good friends, good parents and good citizens.” -Greg Vitello
Biography
Greg Vitello outlasted eight United States presidents while coaching 45-years at De Smet Jesuit High School.
During those four-plus decades, Vitello coached boys’ soccer, baseball, football, swimming and track & field. Vitello retires fourth on America’s all-time boys’ soccer wins list with 763 victories. His career record is 763-296-135 in soccer. Five of his players played on the U.S. National Soccer Teams.
In baseball he coached two future MLB players – 2003 American League batting champ Bill Mueller and Bob Keppel- over his 35 years.
Vitello retired at the end of the 2013-14 school year leaving a legacy in baseball and soccer behind. He has been inducted into the Missouri High School Soccer Coaches, Missouri High School Baseball Coaches, St. Louis Amateur Baseball, and the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame.
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