The Wilkes-Barre Area School Board filled two varsity football-coaching openings Monday night.
Wilkes-Barre GAR hired Paul Wiedlich Jr. and Wilkes-Barre Meyers hired Dwayne Downing. Both were hired by an 8-0 vote.
Wiedlich is a 1991 Wilkes-Barre GAR graduate and former player. He was a GAR assistant coach for 16 years.
Downing coached at Bishop Hoban from 2002-2006. He was a assistant coach at King’s College the past three years.