Take a bow, Dan Thorpe. A well-deserved bow. It’s fanfare like this Thorpe may have been trying to avoid last winter when he decided to retire from coaching football at Marmion following the 2023 season, his 19th at the school. At the same time, he chose to hold off announcing the decision until the season had ended. A farewell tour? Nah.
For the last 10 years, she has commuted to her job in South Carolina. Thorpe’s teams at Marmion have made the state playoffs 10 times. His 103-84 record with the Cadets gives him a career mark of 223-144 for a .608 career winning percentage. The highlight was his 2010 team that finished second in state in Class 6A. Nine players from that 12-2 team went on to play in college, including linemen and brothers Graham and Ryan Glasgow , running back/linebacker T.J.