Services for former Maryland high school coach Jacovitte

Services for Mark Jacovitte, former Maryland high wrestling coach for 50 years, have been announced.

Visitation for Jacovitte will take place Saturday, July 28 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at McComas Funeral Home, 1317 Cokesbury Road, Abingdon, Md. The funeral service will begin at 3:30 p.m. at the funeral home.

Jacovitte died on July 21 from cancer at age 68.

Born in Baltimore, Mark Nicholas Jacovitte coached in Maryland area schools for a half-century. From 1974-1982 Mark was the head wrestling coach at Bel Air High where he also coached football. In the 1990's he coached wrestling and football at C. Milton Wright High.

Just this year, Jacovitte was honored at the Maryland State Wrestling Tournament with a Lifetime Service to Wrestling Award for his 50 years of service to the sport.

Mark graduated from Bel Air High School in 1967, and was a 1970 graduate of Harford Community College. In 1971 he attended Towson State University and also took graduate classes at Morgan State University.

�"Mark Jacovitte was a fixture of Harford County high school sports. His wit and unique way of looking at the world was always funny and refreshing,” Keith Watson, one of Jacovitte's wrestlers, told the Baltimore Sun. �"His personality drew me and many others into a new sport (to us) called wrestling, because he was so much fun to be around.”