Leonard Scaduto

Leonard (Len) Scaduto, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, teacher, and legendary basketball coach, passed away peacefully of natural causes in Honolulu at the age of 93 on May 13, 2025.
Born on April 18, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois to Fred and Josephine
(Calandra) Scaduto, Len grew up in a home four blocks from Wrigley Field, home of his beloved Cubs. Sports became a life-long passion for Len, and he enjoyed a great deal of success as an athlete and a coach. He played football at DePaul Academy (his high school) and then was awarded a scholarship at Northern Illinois University and set many records there as a running back and played on an undefeated team which was inducted into the Northern Illinois University Hall Of Fame. He earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Northern.
Len went on to coach basketball, which brought him even greater success, beginning with a brief stint at Marmion Military Academy. He then moved on to teaching and coaching at Oak Lawn Community High School in Illinois. His most memorable season was in 1970-71 when he led his team all the way to the Illinois State Championship game, where they lost to legendary Thornridge 52-50. Len was inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Hall Of Fame.
Following his retirement from Oak Lawn, Len and his wife, Lynn, moved to Honolulu where he went on to being Assistant Basketball Coach at Chaminade University (assisting Daryl Lauderdale). An expert on the match-up defense, Len then went on assisting various other teams in Hawaii, with 13 years at the University of Hawaii (helping Riley Wallace), followed by Farrington High School and Saint Louis School (helping Allan Silva), and helping Artie Wilson and Geremy Robinson with the Hawaii Swish (semi-professional team).
Len is preceded in death by his parents and sister Irene, and is survived by his loving wife of 42 years, Lynn, his daughter Sandy (Ken) Dalka, sons Steve (Peggy), Ron (Marge) and Bruce (Cindy) Scaduto, step-daughter Laura (Rick) Rodrick, step-sons Lawrence and Jack (Sheryl) Danilewicz, 18 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Private services were held.