Tony Sweet is entering his 37th season coaching football overall. Coach Sweet has coached football and basketball for more than 30 seasons in multiple communities (majority being in GL), and during that time he has influenced the lives of many players, students, and community members in an immeasurably positive way. Coach Sweet has coached at some level of High School Football for nearly 40 years with more than 30 of those years coming at Grand Ledge High School. He has spent more than 30 years as an Assistant or Head Coach at various intervals at both the Freshman and JV levels, always willing to go where he was needed most within the program to best support the players. During his time coaching Freshman and JV Football, he helped coach many teams to undefeated seasons and conference championships in the 1990s and 2000s as very few of the JV or Freshman teams lost even 1 game per season during those stretches. He also assisted at the Varsity level for Grand Ledge Football for 3 seasons. 

Coach Sweet is a 1974 graduate of Grand Ledge High School. During his time as a student-athlete, he was a 3-sport Varsity athlete. He played Varsity Football, Basketball, and Baseball, and he was a 1st-team All-Conference selection in all 3 sports. Coach Sweet was a member of the first team in school history to go 9-0 in 1973 during his senior season. He was also a member of a few of the teams near the end of the incredible run of 6 straight conference championships in football (‘69-’74). 

While Coach Sweet has spent many years coaching football, he was also involved extensively in High School Basketball in the state of Michigan. Coach Sweet began his coaching career in basketball at Grand Ledge as a Head 8th Grade Basketball Coach for 1 season (‘83-’84) before becoming the Head JV Coach for 9 seasons (‘84-’91, ‘94-’96). He would then become the Head Varsity Basketball Coach at 3 different schools, coaching at that position for 20 seasons: Leslie High School for 3 seasons (‘91-’94), Grand Ledge High School for 13 seasons (‘96-’10), and Brighton High School for 4 seasons (‘10-’14). During his tenure as the Head Varsity Basketball Coach at Brighton High School, he continued to coach football as an Assistant for their Varsity Football Team, helping coach the team to 3 playoff appearances and a conference championship from 2010-2013. 

During his 20 seasons as a Head Varsity Basketball Coach, Coach Sweet coached 2 teams to conference championships (GL ‘02-’03, Brighton ‘10-’11), 6 teams to District Finals (GL ‘92,’94,‘98,’00,’04,’10), and 2 teams to District Championships (GL ‘98, ‘00). Coach Sweet also coached NBA veteran Al Horford, and additional college basketball standouts Jon Horford (UofM/Florida), Joe Estrada (CMU/LCC), and Brian Westrick (MSU).

Logan Costello is entering his 1st season coaching Grand Ledge High School Football. He is a 2023 graduate from Grand Ledge High School. He holds the rare distinction of being a 4 year varsity starter for the football team during his time at GLHS. He started on the Varsity Offensive Line for Coach Brya's first 4 teams from 2019-2022, primarily at Center. He was a 2x All-CAAC & 2x All-Area selection. He started 38 straight varsity games on the OL and also played sparingly on the DL over his 4 year varsity career. He helped GL to 3 straight playoff appearances, 3 playoff victories, including district & conference titles as a senior in 2022. He also threw shot & discus all 4 years for the track team earning multiple varsity letters, qualifying for states as a senior, and reaching 7th in school history in discus. Logan went on to play a season of college football for Heidelberg University in Ohio during the fall of 2023. As a freshman, he started the last 6 games of the season on the FG/XP unit and played sparingly as a backup OL.