Carol Allan not only had the privilege of teaching hundreds of students over the years, she also had the opportunity to coach dozens and dozens of gifted athletes over her career as teacher/coach for Bellevue Senior High School.

In fact, Carol was the first-ever girls basketball coach at BSHS, finishing with an overall record of 95 wins and 42 losses. She won the school’s first-ever Northern Ohio League girls basketball title as well in 1975-76, guiding the team to its first-ever state tournament experience. The team finished the season at 14-1 overall.

In addition, Carol guided the Lady Redmen tennis team to two Northern Ohio League championships, and was 23-5 overall as tennis coach. The team won the NOL title in both 1976-77 (9-1 overall) and 1977-78 (10-1 overall).

Carol was also the first-ever coach for the girls golf team in 1974.

Carol graduated from BHS in 1963 and started teaching in Bellevue in 1969. She taught for 30 years (28 of those years in Bellevue) and was part of the committee that set up girls’ sports teams when Bellevue decided to begin interscholastic sports for girls.

Carol still lives in Bellevue and works part-time at Mudbrook Golf Center which is a driving range and pro shop. She still loves golf and enjoys watching football, basketball, and baseball on television.