Frank Wolf (above) is in his second year as Academy Park’s head coach, in his 14th season with the program. (Photo: Josh Verlin/CoBL)
By Austin Petolillo
Frank Wolf truly started from the bottom inside the Academy Park basketball program.
Back in 2004, Wolf began his coaching career as an assistant freshman basketball coach at the Sharon Hill (Pa.) high school. Fast-forward 14 years, and Wolf is in the middle of his second season as the varsity head coach.
“I just kind of worked my way up,” he said. “Can’t get anymore lower than the assistant freshman boys basketball coach.”
After starting as assistant freshman coach, Wolf became head freshman coach, then head JV coach, then assistant varsity coach, then finally head varsity coach in 2016-17 after serving as an assistant for four seasons under Allen Brydges.
In Brydges’ final season as head coach at Academy Park, the Knights reached the PIAA AAAA state tournament, where they fell to the defending (and eventual repeat) champion Roman Catholic in the first round.