Springfield College

- Head football coach at the University of Albany from 1970 to 2012

- Longest-tenured head football coach with over 240 wins at the time of induction. His 247 career victories (entering 2012) ranks him first among active NCAA Division I Football Championship subdivision (FCS) head coaches

- Named to the Athletics Hall of Fame at Wachusett Regional High School in 1986

- A Member of the American Football Coaches Association Board of Trustees since 1994

- The outgoing President of the AFCA at the time of induction

- Received the New York State Athletic Administration Distinguished Service Award in 2005