| Richard Albert Pugh II |
Richard A. Pugh II, Fairfax Woodson
coach, teacher
Published: January 20 The Washington Post
Richard A. Pugh II, 85, an athletic coach and teacher who worked in
Maryland and Virginia schools before moving to Florida in the mid-1970s,
died Jan. 5 at a hospice in Fort Myers, Fla.
He died of complications related to Parkinson’s disease, said his
daughter Debbie Glakas.
Mr. Pugh, who went by Dick, began his career as a coach and teacher
at Southern High School in Anne Arundel County in the early 1950s. Over
the years, he taught history and physical education. He also coached
football, basketball and baseball.
Later in the 1950s, he coached at Western Maryland College, which
now is McDaniel College in Westminster, Md. He led the college’s baseball
team to a Mason Dixon Conference championship in 1960.
From the late 1960s and into the 1970s, he was head football coach at
Fairfax County’s W.T. Woodson High School. In 1973, he coached the
football team to a 10-0 season.
He also was a past president of the Northern Virginia Football
Coaches Association.
After moving to Florida, he continued his teaching and coaching
career in Naples, where his 1979 football team was undefeated. He retired
about 15 years ago.
Richard Albert Pugh II, who lived in Fort Myers, was a District native
and a graduate of Eastern High School. He served in the Army Air
Forces during World War II and in 1951 graduated from Wilson Teachers
College in the District, where he was captain of the football team. In 1961
he received a master’s degree in education at Western Maryland College.
His first wife, Mary Elizabeth Wood Pugh, died in 1972.
Survivors include his wife of 37 years, Carol Mask Pugh of Fort
Myers; four children from his first marriage, Debbie Glakas of Oakton,
Richard Pugh III of Cape Coral, Fla., Donna Padeletti of Hunt Valley,
Md., and David Pugh of Lexington, Ky.; a daughter from his second
marriage, Kori Pugh of Fort Myers; nine grandchildren; and six great
grandchildren.
— Bart Barnes
coach, teacher
Published: January 20 The Washington Post
Richard A. Pugh II, 85, an athletic coach and teacher who worked in
Maryland and Virginia schools before moving to Florida in the mid-1970s,
died Jan. 5 at a hospice in Fort Myers, Fla.
He died of complications related to Parkinson’s disease, said his
daughter Debbie Glakas.
Mr. Pugh, who went by Dick, began his career as a coach and teacher
at Southern High School in Anne Arundel County in the early 1950s. Over
the years, he taught history and physical education. He also coached
football, basketball and baseball.
Later in the 1950s, he coached at Western Maryland College, which
now is McDaniel College in Westminster, Md. He led the college’s baseball
team to a Mason Dixon Conference championship in 1960.
From the late 1960s and into the 1970s, he was head football coach at
Fairfax County’s W.T. Woodson High School. In 1973, he coached the
football team to a 10-0 season.
He also was a past president of the Northern Virginia Football
Coaches Association.
After moving to Florida, he continued his teaching and coaching
career in Naples, where his 1979 football team was undefeated. He retired
about 15 years ago.
Richard Albert Pugh II, who lived in Fort Myers, was a District native
and a graduate of Eastern High School. He served in the Army Air
Forces during World War II and in 1951 graduated from Wilson Teachers
College in the District, where he was captain of the football team. In 1961
he received a master’s degree in education at Western Maryland College.
His first wife, Mary Elizabeth Wood Pugh, died in 1972.
Survivors include his wife of 37 years, Carol Mask Pugh of Fort
Myers; four children from his first marriage, Debbie Glakas of Oakton,
Richard Pugh III of Cape Coral, Fla., Donna Padeletti of Hunt Valley,
Md., and David Pugh of Lexington, Ky.; a daughter from his second
marriage, Kori Pugh of Fort Myers; nine grandchildren; and six great
grandchildren.
— Bart Barnes
