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Knoch boys basketball coach Alan Bauman steps down after 5 years, 1st PIAA berth in 19 years

Alan Bauman resigned recently as Knoch boys basketball’s head coach after five years. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

Knoch boys basketball coach Alan Bauman has stepped down following a 19-8 season in which the Knights reached the PIAA Tournament for the first time in nearly two decades.

In five seasons as the program’s head coach, he reached the WPIAL playoffs four times.

“It was a family decision,” said Bauman, the Butler Eagle’s 2023-24 Boys Basketball Coach of the Year. “It just got to a point (where) there was a lot of stress. I just thought it was what’s best for me and our family.”

Bauman said he appreciated the support athletic director Josh Shoop, Knoch High School principal Todd Trofimuk and assistant principal Kurt Reiser gave his program. Bauman said his sons, Jackson and Brody, were disappointed to hear of the decision, but understood his reasoning.

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