In February of 1993, I was hired as a teacher at St. Francis Xavier Secondary School in Mississauga. I know one of the reasons why I was hired was because of my willingness to coach sports. Hiring coaches seemed to be a priority for administrators back then. I distinctly remember that when I started teaching at that school, we had at least 6 or 7 coaches for BOTH the senior and junior teams. At almost all high schools, those days are long gone. At my school, I have had to rely on past players as volunteers just to field a program. Anyway, back in 93, one of those coaches was Randy Rybansky. Randy was only at STFX for a few years while I was there and I didn’t know him very well, but I tracked him down for this interview. Randy played for Laurier in the early 1980s. In 1983,he was selected as the Team MVP and in 1984 he was a 2nd Team OUA All Star. He was selected as the OUAA and CIAU player of the week on September 16, 1983. After a brief career in the CFL, Randy became a science teacher and taught in Mississauga before moving back home to Chatham to continue his teaching career there. He was enshrined in the Chatham Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.
