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William Daskarolis Memoriam
May 21, 1938 - Sept. 25, 2021
The Daskarolis Family and friends lost a lot of love and laughter with the passing of Bill on September 25, 2021. Bill was a proud son of Greek immigrants, Maria Avarli and Pangnotis Daskarolis, who taught him that loyalty and dedication are the values of a good life. Bill nurtured these characteristics throughout his full life, and generously shared his sincere smile and sense of humor.
Bill was an Aragon Don to the end, sharing 55 years of sage advice and silly comments with thousands of students/athletes, supporting coaches and anyone near to hear his silliness keeping one on their toes. Bill will be missed by Aragon Dons, Saint Ignatius and San Francisco State Alumni, thousands of students, athletes, collegues and all others fortunate to have been graced by his endearing sincerity.
He leaves behind his wife, Jacqueline, daughter Alisa, granddaughter Renee Marie, and his great granddaughter Noelle. Nephew Peter, niece KayMaria, sisters in law Elizabeth Daskarolis and Judy Ryan, and brother in law, Norm Ryan. He will be missed forever.
A service in his honor, will be held at Aragon High School track, San Mateo, October 23, 2021 at 11:00 a.m.
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Anthony Aguiar
May 6, 2024
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!!!!!!!!!!!
bart becker
April 14, 2023
Coach!
Andy Rose
February 14, 2023
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.
Tom Jonsson
December 26, 2021
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.
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Peter Ryner
October 16, 2021
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.
Katie Dornand
October 10, 2021
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.
Dan Sullivan (Aragon '77)
October 9, 2021
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 volunteering unpaid time to shuttle us to Golden Gate Park, Half Moon Bay beaches, and Lake Merced, where we would soon find out whom among us (ahem) hadn´t kept up with their summer training.
I didn´t look to Coach Dasko to be a father figure or mentor, but he was certainly one of the finest gentlemen I´ve known and the epitome of the perfect high school coach, especially for sports like cross-country and track, in which no one gets cut and everyone participates.
Coach - may the wind be at your back as you run a Heavenly 3R wearing the #1 Red-Hot windbreaker.
Susan Hermann Peisker
October 8, 2021
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.
Andy Rose
October 8, 2021
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 had. You helped me to create a reasonably high self-esteem, and gave me the courage and belief that I can do just about anything that I set out to do with my life. Since your passing, I have been in touch with many of your students, and they all learned the same lesson as me; just strive to be the best version of yourself in every endeavor, and you can be proud of yourself. Rest in Peace, Coach.
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