Bio

Outstanding football player and later defensive football coach for the Comets, he brought honor to Olivet in a period when victories were scarce.

During the 1961 and 1962 seasons, he was a mainstay of the Comets defensive backfield. In 1963, he was shifted to quarterback and led the team in total offense with 253 yards while passing for 610 more. In 1964, his senior year, he was shifted again to tailback and led the MIAA with 495 yards rushing and 360 passing for a total of 855. He ranked 13th among the small college players of the nation in total offense. MIAA coaches picked him as Most Valuable Player in 1964, first time in history that a Comet had been selected. He was an officer of Phi Alpha Pi Fraternity.

He taught and coached football at Bellevue High School in 1965-66, then coached and taught physical education at Central Michigan University from 1967 to 1969. He returned to his alma mater to serve as defensive football coach, taught physical education and was an admission counselor from 1970 to 1971. He was head football coach at Benton Harbor from 1971 to 1974, and since 1974 has been head football coach at Cheboygan High School.

Reflecting his conviction that training of the body must be teamed with training of the mind and heart, he received a master’s degree from Central Michigan University in 1967.

His fellow high school coaches recently acknowledged his coaching competence by choosing him as one of six Michigan coaches to select the Detroit Free Press All-State Teams.

In appreciation of his achievements on the campus and his continued excellence in his career, Olivet is proud to induct him into the Olivet College Athletic Hall of Fame.