Sayyida Lynn Mileto, the mother of a 16-year-old football player Joshua Mileto, who was killed during a summer training camp exercise at Sachem East High School in 2017, said she still has nightmares about her son’s death.
So when she heard that the Sachem School District was bringing back one of the coaches from that team, Mileto was in shock.
Anthony Gambino, one of the assistant coaches at the time, was named Sachem East’s head football coach, according to a statement from the school’s superintendent.
Ryan Coope, who was the captain of the team in 2017, said Gambino was instrumental in helping the team deal with Mileto's death.
“We would have never been able to get through the season without the leadership of Coach Gambino,” said Coope, 25, who played offensive tackle. “He guided us through the darkest of times with a lot of compassion. It was a tragic accident — the worst thing ever in a training drill. We lost a teammate.”
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