Bancroft School community stunned by death of beloved coach and teacher Mark O’Brien

WORCESTER — Bancroft School teacher and coach Mark O’Brien saw something special in Emmanuel “Manny” Bangandozou back in 2013.Likewise, Bangandozou — then only 13 years old and an eighth-grader at Worcester’s Nativity School — saw something special in O’Brien, the varsity boys’ basketball coach at Bancroft.“I remember this very tall man when he came to my house, talking to my mom about the benefits of going to high school at […]