Meet…
Professor Jack Giambrone, better known as Coach G by many Sinclair students and faculty—many people agree he is one of the most motivated and inspirational people.
Why he’s interesting…
Giambrone is a professor of athletics, as well as a coach at Sinclair Community College. He was born in Upstate New York, where he was raised into a blue collar family—his mother and father only had eighth and sixth grade educations. He was the oldest of five children and said he remembers growing up where kids played together and looked out for one another.
“Family is very important to a Latin family,” Giambrone said. “We have a saying, it’s like this, ‘we clean outside of the pot for visitors and the inside for family.’”He said this means that family sticks together—sticking together emotionally, and literally because his aunts, uncles and cousins would live on the side street.
But he didn’t have it easy growing up according to Giambrone. He said he comes from a hard working family that stood by hard work because they grew up poor—even though they didn’t feel poor. His challenges as a young man in the 1960’s and 1970’s was based on financial issues because they didn’t have money to support themselves for what they needed, such as school.
“Mom believed that education is power,’’ Giambrone said. “I went to school with guys that had a lot of money.”
His parents worked hard for him to attend M. Judgment High School, and he’s glad that they did because that school made him the man that he is today, according to Giambrone.
“It taught us how to work together and stay disciplined,” said Giambrone.
He said his school taught him that discipline is important. After graduating in 1977, he attended University of Dayton where he studied as an undergraduate. He later went on to study at the Ohio State University to receive his Master’s degree in 1991. Giambrone said he is taking his mom’s advice about the power of education. He is currently working on his Doctorate at University of Dayton.
Giambrone said he wants to impact the lives at Sinclair because he has been coaching for nearly 25 years and teaching for 10 years.
“Coaching and teaching are like the same thing—it’s good to serve students on field with coaching, but it made me step into the classroom to have more of an impact on students,” said Giambrone.
He said students inspire him everyday with their hard work and dedication to their studies.
“It’s the way the students are compassionate about their learning every day,” said Giambrone.
He believes in hard work, and that’s what has lead him to where he is now, according to Giambrone. He said it’s important to make the best out of every day and be proud of what you accomplish.
“Let every day be your victory, let every day be something that you can be proud of, and be the best you can,” Giambrone said.
De ’Andre Stringer
Reporter