Kevin Sherrington has the details on the DMN’s high school sports blog. Sherrington mentions that Zoffuto was living at a veterans home in Amarillo, and had been diagnosed with early onset dementia in 2008. He died, sadly, en route to the hospital after choking.
Keith Whitmire highlighted Zoffuto’s LH career a few years ago, mentioning that the Boneyard nickname came about during Zuffuto’s tenure, and that he “became known for the ‘Jerseygate’ game against Richardson in 1992 when a speedy Lake Highlands punt returner switched jerseys with a teammate to throw off the defense. Zoffuto said the player’s original jersey was torn.”
The DMN obit doesn’t mention that he was an LH coach, and the headline notes that he was known for his calls during a TV broadcast of the 1994 Plano East-John Tyler playoff game. A post from Steve Ulmer on the 5atexasfootball.com forum says that Zoffuto was “one heck of coach at Lake Highlands and brought them back as a state power in the late ’80s through the mid ’90s.” Ulmer lamented the focus on his commentating. “He was so much more to many, many student athletes.”
