William Peter Daskarolis

Coach was the one who showed me that endurance was important in life thru cross country and track. Yes he was tough on us all but he prepared us for life ahead. Thank you coach!!!!!!!!!!!

Coach!

Coach Daskarolis was the guiding inspiration for me and many of my teammates. He taught us to do our best in every aspect of our lives. Coach respected our efforts and taught us to be proud of ourselves. His memory will serve as a blessing to everyone who knew him.

Coach Daskarolis was my very first track coach in what ended up being for me a successful college track career. He was a pleasure to have been coached by and was always a positive person on the track. I would not have been successful at track if he had not opened the door for me and given me confidence in my abilities. He will be missed.

Mr. D - Was an important voice in my life at a volatile time. He provided me with confidence and guidance to be the person capable of being. I miss him.

That was very well written, Dan Sullivan, I couldn't agree more. You were a little before my time at Aragon but I have the same memories of Coach Daskarolis so he must not have changed at all. He will be missed by many.

So many memories of Coach Dasko ... The post-season awards ceremonies he would emcee, making sure to say something special about every single athlete on the team. Me staggering near the end of some cross-country race, going up some God-forsaken hill, on the verge of collapse, suffering near-death hallucinations - and Dasko standing there clapping and yelling "Looking good, Sully! Keep it up! Finish strong!" The cross-country workouts just before the start of school, with Dasko...

My condolences to Coach Daskarolis's family. I was privileged to have him as a PE teacher in the late 1970s, and with his encouragement, ran track and cross country. Really appreciated all I learned from him and his support to us students.

The story is about my first 2 mile time trials, when I came in 43rd out of 43 kids going out for the track team. After the trials, you brought us all into the coach´s room and showed us the freezer full of cream-sickles. You told us that it didn´t matter where we ended on the list, because we were only racing against ourselves, to be the best we could be. Every time we beat our PRs, we got a cream-sickle, and I got one nearly every week. You were the best and most important teacher I ever...