After spending the last three seasons as Greater Latrobe’s offensive coordinator, Tom McIntyre was hired last week to serve as the Wildcats football head coach.

McIntyre began his second stint as an assistant with the Wildcats when Ron Prady was hired to lead the Wildcats prior to the 2022 campaign. During the past three seasons, Greater Latrobe has achieved nearly unparalleled success in program history, qualifying for the postseason each year, and winning two playoff games during that span.

“I wanted to kind of take what we’ve done and keep on that upward trajectory moving forward; some of the goals that we accomplished – reflecting on that and being happy with it – but also some of the goals that we set and haven’t quite reached yet and are still out there for us,” said McIntyre.

A 2005 grad of Southmoreland, McIntyre has been an eighth-grade math teacher at Greater Latrobe for nearly two decades. It was then that his relationship with Prady began.

“When I started working at Greater Latrobe 16 years ago now, he was one of the first guys that I clicked with, and we both had the passion for football,” McIntyre detailed of his predecessor. “I’ve, kind of my whole career, tried to emulate the things he does.”

After taking the program to new heights, Prady stepped down from his position after the 2024 season, during which GL went 5-6 overall, falling to Bethel Park 42-7 in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs.

With the position open, McIntyre knew he wanted a chance to oversee his own program for the first time. In addition to two stints with GL, he also served as an assistant coach and defensive coordinator at Mount Pleasant Area.

Despite that, he doesn’t anticipate drastic changes, as Prady laid the groundwork for success going forward.

“I think that expectation needs to be held high, and that’s the only way that we’re ever going to reach it,” McIntyre stated. “Ron put together a great staff, and I’m really fortunate to have all of those guys back.”

McIntyre, who played collegiately at Washington & Jefferson College, has realized for years that Latrobe is the place he’s wanted to coach. This past week has simply solidified that notion for him.

“I can’t say enough about the support and how good that’s felt from the community, the staff, and the school,” he said. “This is a football town, and I think football plays a big part in the history here at Latrobe.”