Steve Specht reaches 200 wins as St. Xavier beats Elder

With a 31-29 win over undefeated Elder, St. Xavier coach Steve Specht has reached 200 career wins. His career record stands at 200-83.

>St. Xavier is 3-3 this season with wins over Huber Heights Wayne, Westerville North and Elder.

>"It means I've had a lot of really good coaches and really good players that played hard and won a lot of football games," Specht said after the walk-off winner at The Pit.

>Since taking over in 2004 for his high school coach and mentor, Steve Rasso, Specht has led the Bombers to nine outright Greater Catholic League-South titles and four Division I state championships (2005, 2007, 2016 and 2020). He passed Rasso as the winningest coach in program history in week 4 of the 2025 season as St. X went on to finish as the DI state runner-up.

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>According to the Ohio High School Athletic Association record book, he is the 14th coach from Southwest Ohio to reach 200 wins, joining Terry Malone, Pat Mancuso, Dan McSurley, Jay Niswonger, Rasso, Doug Ramsey, Tom Grippa, Bob Lewis, Tim Dunn, Ron Byrd, Tom Bolden, Chip Otten and Ken Osborne.

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