Lehigh University Athletics
Yadush talks it up at Lehigh games
9/11/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football
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Of the Morning Call
Mike Yadush was whooping it up along with the rest of the
But Yadush,
He had to save his voice for Saturday afternoon.
Yadush spent Saturday as the color analyst on Service Electric's coverage of the Villanova-Lehigh game at Goodman Stadium.
Throw in the fact that Yadush also coaches his son Jack's 75-pound team at Hokendauqua and that he also has Eagles season tickets with his brother, Jim, and you can understand why he's more on the move in the fall than the Zephyrs' do-it-all star Matt Hamscher.
Yadush, a Northampton High and
''I've always been a football guy growing up,'' he said. ''In fact, one of the reasons I wanted to become a teacher was so that I could coach. It's tough on my wife and she puts up with a very hectic schedule, but I always say that she knew what she was getting into when she married me.''
Yadush got into broadcasting by virtue of being such a good interview during his playing days.
''I was the one that Glenn Hofmann [Lehigh's former media relations director] put out there for interviews after games,'' Yadush said. ''After I graduated, they needed a fill-in on radio broadcasts once or twice and I helped out.
''I just kind of fell into the TV stuff. I was down there with
Yadush remembers playing pickup games with his long-time pal Andy Simock [now
''I never planned on a career in TV,'' he said. ''And, I don't know where it will go from here. When you look at the color analysts on the networks, they're all former pro athletes. It's different for play-by-play guys.
''If someone called me from, say, the Big East Conference to say they would like me to be a part of their national package, I'd have to listen and consider it,'' he said. ''But I'm very happy doing what I'm doing. Sometimes, with the Lehigh road games that I do for Channel 69, it's hard to be away from my family and miss my own son's games.
''This year, I'm lucky because
Being an active coach allows Yadush to stay up with the latest trends and newest schemes as well as being able to relate well to the players and everyone on the sidelines.
''I'd like to think I know the game, but I also try to have a little fun, add a little humor,'' Yadush said. ''I try to prepare for the games the best that I can, but as the color analyst, you can get away with a little B.S. now and then.''
This story originally appeared in the Tuesday, September 11, 2007 edition of The Morning Call. Used with permission.
