Bio

You earned three letters in football and served as a team captain in 1966 and 1967. You were also a member of the Adelphic Alpha Pi fraternity.

For more than 40 years, you have been in the education field. Upon graduating from Olivet, you were a teacher and coach in Muscatine, Iowa, from 1968-70. You returned to Michigan and became a teacher and assistant coach at Burr Oak High School from 1970-72. From there, you served as teacher, head football, head softball and assistant wrestling coach at Stevensville Lakeshore High School from 1972-84.

You then decided to enter the leadership ranks, serving as the athletic director at Concord (Ind.) High School from 1984-89, Rockford High School from 1989-2001, Caledonia High School from 2001-03, Olivet College from 2003-05, Wyoming Schools from 2005-10 and Plainwell High School from 2010 to present.

You have served on many Michigan High School Athletic Association sport committees. You received numerous awards for your accomplishments over the years, including induction into the Rockford High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004. You earned a master’s degree in educational leadership from Western Michigan University in 1975.

Olivet honors you and is proud to induct you into the Olivet College Athletic Hall of Fame this 28th day of October, 2011.