Gilmour athletics: Sam Kukura named associate AD, assistant football coach

Sam Kukura is back in Northeast Ohio. A former All-Ohioan who helped lead Kirtland to two state championships in football, Kukura has been named associate athletic director and assistant football coach at Gilmour. Kukura, 29, comes to Gilmour from the University of Pittsburgh, where he was the Panthers’ director of player personnel. He also has college coaching experience at Case Western Reserve, Akron, Slippery Rock and Michigan State. “It’s unbelievable,” Kukura told The News-Herald. “Being home and my dad being a head coach in the area for so long, this is a dream for me to come back...