In 1969, Bishop William G. Connare began to develop plans to build a new, modern high school that would serve students from Northern Fayette and South-Central Westmoreland Counties.

Geibel has also had much success with their golf program, which won the divisional title 4 years in a row (2004–07) under three different head coaches and reaching the WPIAL finals in 2007.

The golf team also had a great deal of success in the early 1990s, winning the WPIAL Championship in 1994 under coach John MacFarland.

The Geibel football team has a 13–87 record over the past 10 years, one of the highest numbers of losses in the WPIAL during that period.

[4] Geibel's football team used to hold the record for the longest losing streak in PIAA history of 38 games.