Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1997
- Class:
- 1975
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER: A 1970 graduate of Akron’s Kenmore High School…Earned three letters in football…Named to the All-City and All-District teams in his junior and senior seasons…Led his team to the league championship as a senior…KSU CAREER: Earned three Varsity “K’s” for coach Don James (1971-73)…Was the leading receiver on Kent’s 1972 Mid-American Conference Championship Team, grabbing 34 passes for 477 yards and three touchdowns…Also led Kent in receiving as a senior with 36 catches for 409 yards and a TD as the Flashes posted the best record in school history (9-2-0) and finished second in the MAC…Named First team All-MAC at tight end in 1972 and 1973…Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American in 1973…Team captain and MVP as a senior…Earned his BS in Health and Physical Science from Kent in 1975…POST KSU CAREER: Earned a tryout with the Pittsburgh Steelers…Served as a graduate assistant at Kent (1974-75) and Washington (1976), assistant coach at Bowling Green (1977-78)…Returned to Washington where he spent five years as the wide receiver coach and seven seasons as offensive coordinator under James…Was named the head coach at Toledo following the 1990 season…Has coached the Rockets to a 41-23-3 record in six seasons at the helm, the best in Toledo history for coaches with a least five years as head coach of the Rockets…Became the fastest Rocket coach to reach the 40-win plateau…His 1995 team won the MAC Championship with an 11-0-1 record and was ranked 24th in the nation by the Associated Press and CNN/USA Today polls…PERSONAL: Born on April 27, 1952, in Akron, Ohio…A member of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the National Football Foundation…He and his wife, Vicki, have three children: Erin, Geoff, and Blake.
