Coach Bob Milloy – A Coach for All Time

Our Town with host Andy Ockershausen - Homegrown History

Coach Bob Milloy on Coach Morgan Wootten's coaching style ~ "He could have coached ping pong if you asked him to, but he was just a people guy. I just watched how he dealt with people and he very seldom raised his voice and he never cursed, but he would say to Adrian Dantley, 'Come on Mary Alice, you’ve got to try a little harder.' Those guys would go through the wall. He was the master of it." Coach Bob Milloy, Our Town Guest, and Host Andy Ockershausen in studio Andy Ockershausen: This is Andy Ockershausen and I cannot tell you, you listeners, I hope you all are paying attention, how important it is to me and how it important it is to Our Town to have this gentleman on our program. "The Coach of All Time," I call him. He's the most winningest coach in history for the state of Maryland, high school. He's won over 400 games. He's recently retired, although he'll never retire, and he'd still be winning games. Bob Milloy, the coach of all time. He's in the Sports Hall of Fame, the Maryland Hall of Fame, the Coaches Hall of Fame. He should be in everybody's hall of fame. He's a local guy. Welcome to Our Town, Bob Milloy. Coach Bob Milloy: Thank you so much for that terrific interview. Andy Ockershausen: You hear that all the time. Coach Bob Milloy: It kind of set me back on my heels. I don't know how to follow up on that. Andy Ockershausen: Don't tell me Milloy, you know what it is. You go to, I know, the sports banquets. You know what it is with the Sports Hall of Fame, I was there. You're even a member of the Jocks Hall of Fame, which is bigger to me than that, of course. That's all your guys, all those sports guys you grew up with, went to school with. You're a graduate of the University of Maryland, how about that? Coach Bob Milloy - Homegrown History Coach Bob Milloy: Yes, sir. I am a local guy. I was listening to your podcast with, was it Donald Graham? Andy Ockershausen: Yes. Coach Bob Milloy: He talked about McLean, I guess he was a big real estate guy around here, right? I grew up in McLean Gardens and it's obviously named after his family, right? Andy Ockershausen: That's right. You're Our Town guy. Coach Bob Milloy: No question, yeah. Andy Ockershausen: I knew your dad real well. He was in the automobile business for years. So respected by everybody. But way back, I did not know until today, that you were a St. John's guy. Education - St. Anne's | Blessed Sacrament | Little Flower | St. John's Coach Bob Milloy: Went to St. John's. I started off, went to St. Anne's then Blessed Sacrament when we moved and went to B.S. Andy Ockershausen: St. Anne's is right on Wisconsin Avenue, right? Coach Bob Milloy: Right. I don't think it's a school anymore. Andy Ockershausen: No, I don't ... It's gone. Coach Bob Milloy: The church is still there. Janice Iacona Ockershausen Yeah, church, yeah. Coach Bob Milloy: But then we went to Blessed Sacrament and we got a house out in Bethesda out Bradley Boulevard, which my mother still lives in. Andy Ockershausen: Is that right? How many ... That's a long time ago. Coach Bob Milloy: 1953 we moved in. I was 10 years old and she's still there. Andy Ockershausen: Must have been a dirt road. Coach Bob Milloy: Well there wasn't a lot of trees around in the neighborhood, that's for sure. So anyway, then I went to Little Flower for three years and after Little Flower I went to St. John's. I actually did not get in on the first try. The old man knew somebody and I got a chance to take another test and I got in and then made the honor roll. Andy Ockershausen: How were you commuting then? I know metro, of course, but did you take the bus? Coach Bob Milloy: No, no, no. We had about three families that went to Little Flower and then the other side of the street they all went to Lourde's in Bethesda. Dad went to Capital Cadillac every morning so he would drop us off three days a week and then Mr. Cuddy would drop us off another couple days and it all worked out.