Inducted 1989

EXCELLED AS A COACH AND A PLAYER IN FOOTBALL; PLAYED THREE YEARS AS QUARTERBACK, POSTED A 104-48-4 MARK OVER 15 SEASONS AS A HEAD COACH.

BUILT SHEPHERD INTO A TRADITIONALLY STRONG POWER IN THE WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. WON THREE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1972, 1982, AND 1983.

TOOK THE RAMS TO THE FIRST POST-SEASON FOOTBALL APPEARANCE IN 1983.

VOTED WVIAC AND NAIA DISTRICT 28 COACH OF THE YEAR THREE TIMES (1972, 1982, 1983).

MOST VICTORIOUS HEAD FOOTBALL COACH IN THE 66-YEAR HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM.

ELECTED TO THE NAIA HALL OF FAME IN JANUARY OF 1989.