Curtin was a favorite both as a coach and administrator, but also a physical education teacher at CHS where he still worked this past school year. He had also recently served as an assistant football coach at Livingston High School.
"To know him was to love him, he was a very good man, he was a good friend," said Wright, herself a former coach in the district who worked under Curtin. "He loved children and he loved coaching and his family was extended."
Wright said Curtin also was a strong proponent for Title IX rights for women.
Curtin won the Star-Ledger Essex County coach of the year award in 2009 after taking the football team to an 8-2 mark the previous fall, and giving them their first winning season since 1993.
He resigned the coaching post in 2011 just days before the season began, saying he suffered from high blood pressure and gave up the athletic directorship in 2012. He returned to coach in 2013, but left the post again a year later.
An online fund was created earlier this year to help raise money for his medical needs.
See our 2013 pre-season interview with Curtin HERE.
We will provide memorial service information as it becomes available.
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