Beloved Plainfield Coach Dies, Mourned By Community

PLAINFIELD, CT — The Plainfield community and beyond is mourning the death of beloved coach and educator Bob Arremony, who died Tuesday at the age of 68.

Arremony was one of the winningest boys basketball coaches in Connecticut history and ranked 10th all-time with 555 career wins when he retired this past fall, according to the Norwich Bulletin.

Arremony also started the Plainfield High School girls volleyball program and served as the school’s athletic director, according to GameTimeCT.

He also served as the assistant softball coach at Griswold High School with his brother Rick Arremony, the team’s head coach. They had coached together since 2006, according to the Norwich Bulletin.

Rick Arremony told Jimmy Zanor of the Norwich Bulletin that his brother had been diagnosed with multiple myeloma in September and had months of chemotherapy and rehabilitation.

Rick Arremony said Bob’s death at Hartford Hospital following blood clot surgery was a “shock,” according to Zanor.

Arremony told Zanor the surgery was a “success and the doctor told me I could see him in about 10 minutes. But those minutes never came. His heart had stopped.”

Read more at the Norwich Bulletin here.

For the full story at GameTimeCT, visit here.

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