List of Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh) alumni

This is a list of notable people associated with Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

Notable alumni Athletics Cal Adomitis – long snapper for the Cincinnati Bengals John Babinecz – football player drafted in the second round in 1972 by Dallas Cowboys Marc Bulger – NFL quarterback for Baltimore Ravens and St. Louis Rams Jeff Dugan – football player for Minnesota Vikings Michael Grady – Olympic gold medalist rower for the U.S. Men's coxless four at the 2020 Olympics and for the U.S. Men's coxless four at the 2024 Olympics Tim Grgurich – basketball head coach, University of Pittsburgh and UNLV Damar Hamlin (Class of 2016) – safety for the Buffalo Bills Perry Hills – former college football quarterback for the Maryland Terrapins Kurt Hinish – defensive tackle for the Houston Texans Gavin Kelly – catcher for the West Virginia Mountaineers Justin Kurpeikis – football player for four NFL teams Tony LaCava – baseball player and executive Dan Marino – Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback, Miami Dolphins and television commentator Sam McDowell – known as "Sudden Sam," Major League Baseball pitcher, primarily Cleveland Indians, six-time American League All-Star Alex Miklasevich – Olympic rower at the 2020 Summer Olympics for the U.S. Men's eight Joe Moorhead - Akron Head Coach George Patterson – basketball player Neal Shipley - Professional golfer Danny Smith - NFL and NCAA coach Sal Sunseri – former All-American linebacker for University of Pittsburgh Panthers, assistant coach for University of Colorado Cole Sullivan – college football linebacker for the Michigan Wolverines Rodney Thomas II – safety for the Indianapolis Colts Jack Twyman – Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame guard/forward, Rochester/Cincinnati Royals Ed Vereb – former NFL football halfback for Washington Redskins Stefen Wisniewski – guard for Kansas City Chiefs Kris Wright - Stock car racing driver, 2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge LMP3 class champion

Arts, entertainment, and media Joseph Bathanti – Poet Laureate of North Carolina, author, professor Liam Bonner – baritone opera singer Regis Cordic – radio personality Bill Deasy – singer/songwriter Frank DiLeo – music executive and actor Bill Hillgrove – sports journalist, radio personality, broadcaster. Robert Lee "Rob" Penny – playwright and poet Tom Savini – special effect and makeup expert John Tierney – science columnist for The New York Times Zachary Quinto – Emmy nominated actor and director August Wilson – playwright (dropped out after one year)

Military, politics and public service

Martell Covington – Pennsylvania State Representative William Coyne – US congressman Eugene DePasquale - Former auditor general of Pennsylvania Rich Fitzgerald – Allegheny County Executive Thomas E. Flaherty – Judge, Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Conor Lamb - Former assistant U.S. attorney, Marine, and U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 17th district Donald J. Lee - United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Lewis C. Merletti – director of the United States Secret Service Thomas M. Nolan – Pennsylvania State Representative and State Senator Corey O'Connor – Mayor of Pittsburgh Ralph Pampena – Pittsburgh Police Chief 1987–1990 Devlin Robinson – Pennsylvania State Senator Stephen Zappala Sr. – Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Stephen Zappala – Allegheny County District Attorney

Science, education, and business G. Marcus Cole – Is the Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law at the Notre Dame Law School Timothy M. Devinney – Professor, Alliance Manchester Business School John F. "Jack" Donahue – founder and Chairman of Federated Investors, Inc. David Lucchino – co-founder and CEO of Frequency Therapeutics, a biotechnology company Henry J. McAnulty – President of Duquesne University (1959–1980) Michael New – is a Visiting assistant professor at the Busch School of Business at The Catholic University of America L. Timothy Ryan – President of The Culinary Institute of America James Sinegal – co-founder and CEO of Costco

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