Donald W. Cragle

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2007
About This Inductee
Tunkhannock’s beloved golf coach. Thirty-four years in education, guidance counselor at Tunkhannock Area School District. Don received his B.S. at Mansfield University and Masters at the University of Scranton. Don is a 1966 Kingston High School graduate.
Don began coaching golf in the Lackawanna League in 1979 and made the playoffs his third year. In 1982, Tunkhannock went to the Wyoming Valley Conference. His accomplishments by the numbers: 300 wins, 123 losses, and 6 ties in 27 years of coaching.
His teams made 16 trips to the playoffs. He had 10 individual state qualifiers, Four undefeated seasons. He was Coach of the Year in 1991, 1997, and 1998. and had only 3 losing seasons in 27 years. He had two district champions in 1996. He won 2 Wyoming Valley Conference championships in 1991 & 1998, He had one District II Team Champions in 1998 and one District 2nd Place finish in 1991. His career winning percentage is.702.
Don is enjoying retirement and playing golf and dabbling in wine making. He resides at Mt. View Terrace, Tunkhannock, PA.