Lindy Remigino
Hartford Public High School
Impact Statement
“I used to tell my sprinters, ‘If you can beat me, you make the team, I could beat every sprinter until I was 42.”
-Lindy Remigino
Biography
A graduate of Hartford Public High, Remigino returned to his alma mater as a physical education teacher in 1953 after winning gold medals in the 100-meter dash and the 4×100-meter relay at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland.
Remigino has coached the boys and girls cross country, indoor and outdoor track teams, winning over 85 per cent of his dual meets over his 43 year career. His track teams have won a total of 31 state titles – 21 outdoor and 10 indoor – and 25 city championships, including the last 18 in a row. A two-time Connecticut Track Coach of the Year, Remigino was named by Sports Illustrated as one of the 10 best high school coaches in the nation in 1973, and also by Runners World in 1983.
He is a 2002 inductee of the National Federation of State High School Association’s Hall of Fame this year.
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