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Szarko steps down at C.B. South

Citing the heavy workload associated with being a head football coach and wanting to spend more time with his family, Bart Szarko has stepped down at Central Bucks South after six seasons.

Citing the heavy workload associated with being a head football coach and wanting to spend more time with his family, Bart Szarko has stepped down at Central Bucks South after six seasons.

"When I took the job six years ago, I really thought I wanted to do it until I resigned from teaching," Szarko said. "But the time demands became too much. I don't want to be there if I'm only giving the kids a 75 percent effort."

Szarko, a math teacher at C.B. South, compiled a 24-38 record. This season, the Titans went 3-7 overall and 3-4 in the Suburban One League Continental Conference.

"I'm not done coaching, but I'm done being a head coach," he said. "Being a head coach is a 365-day-a-year, 7-day-a-week commitment. It really takes a toll on you, especially when you have young kids at home."

Szarko added, "If the right person gets the job at South, I would certainly talk to him and consider being on the staff."

C.B. South's best season under Szarko came in 2007, when the Titans, after going a combined 6-24 in their first three varsity seasons, went 7-0 en route to the National Conference title, advanced to the second round of the PIAA District 1 Class AAAA tournament, and finished 11-1 overall.