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Joe 'Jazz' Diminick

 
 
Joe 'Jazz' Diminick Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 13, 2024
1. Joe 'Jazz' Diminick Marker
Inscription.
Educator-Athlete-Coach
Kulpmont High School 1942-1946
Boston College 1946-1950
All-East and All-American Honorable Mention 1948-1949
Head Coach-MCA 1962-1992
Coal Twp 1956-57 • Susquenita 1958-59
Ended career as winningest active coach in PA 287-96-9
MCA record 267-81-7 • Leading MCA to become the winningest
high school football team in PA with 608 wins and the
5th winningest team in the nation.
Eastern Conference Champions 1969-1972-1973
Southern Division Eastern Conference Champion 1968-69-70-72-73
Eastern Conference Semi-Finalist 1983-1984-1986-1989
District XI Runner-up 1988
Ed Romance Chapter PA Sports Hall of Fame 1987
Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame 1988
Boston College Sports Hall of Fame 1989
Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Hall of Fame 1991
National High School Sports Hall of Fame 1995

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Sports. A significant historical year for this entry is 1988.
 
Location. 40° 47.739′ N, 76° 25.324′ W. Marker is in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, in Northumberland County. It can be reached from Brett Veach Way. Marker is just inside the Mount Carmel
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Area Silver Bowl stadium entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 798 Locust Gap Highway, Mount Carmel PA 17851, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region and in the Susquehanna Valley. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: G. Walter Diehl - Leonard C. Eshmont (here, next to this marker); Jose Gonzalo (here, next to this marker); Gerald R. Breslin (here, next to this marker); Michael A. Terry (here, next to this marker); World War Two and Korean War Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); St. John the Baptist Church World War II Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away); War Memorial (approx.
Joseph 'Jazz' Diminick image. Click for full size.
via Mount Carmel Area Public Library, unknown
2. Joseph 'Jazz' Diminick
half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mount Carmel.
 
Also see . . .
1. Joseph “Jazz” Diminick. Mount Carmel Area Public Library website entry (Submitted on December 1, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.) 

2. Ed Romance Hall of Fame. (Submitted on November 20, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
Mount Carmel Area Athletic Honors Markers image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 13, 2024
3. Mount Carmel Area Athletic Honors Markers
Mount Carmel Area Athletic Honors Markers image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 13, 2024
4. Mount Carmel Area Athletic Honors Markers
Mount Carmel Area Silver Bowl Entrance image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 13, 2024
5. Mount Carmel Area Silver Bowl Entrance
Markers visible through entrance gate
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 1, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 20, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 234 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on November 20, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.   2. submitted on December 1, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.   3, 4, 5. submitted on November 20, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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