David Sladky (Wadsworth, OH) Dave and Carol Sladky have two married children, Mike and Matt and two grandchildren Marisa and Addison and the have lived in Wadsworth, Ohio for the past thirty-five years. Both Carol and Dave have retired from the teaching profession and now are entrepreneurs with many small businesses. Carol taught home economics and physical education and Dave was a guidance counselor, after teaching government and  economics. Son Mike is a teacher in Wadsworth and Matt who graduated from the Navel Academy, is now employed by Battelle Institute as a Homeland Security planner living in Anna polis, Md

Dave Started his coaching career at Oberlin High School after graduating from Wittenberg  University. He received his M.S. Degree at San Diego State and there honed his basketball coaching skills. He returned to Ohio and became a counselor and basketball coach at Strongsville High and also assisted with the basketball program at Baldwin Wallace College. He then accepted a teaching position along with and head basketball coach and assistant football coaching job, where he continued coaching for twenty two years. Retirement from teaching was in the works but he continued to coach part time for four years at Walsh University in Canton.  The next four years found him being the athletic director and basket ball coach at the Naval Academy Prep School in Newport, R.I. He then returned to Wadsworth and coached the girl’s team at Northwest H.S. in Canal Fulton.

Dave is a member of the Wadsworth, Medina County and Ohio High School Coach’s Hall of Fame and currently is a regional vice president for Primerica Financial Services. The many fond memories of Brecksville High academics and athletics go back to the quality teaching and coaching lessons of Jerry Becker, Joe Vadini, Ed Sustersic, Jack Mercer and Jack Cominsky.  It’s been a pleasure staying in touch with many of our classmates and teammates over the years. It’s been the foundation of a wonderful life .. . Thank you Brecksville!!!!