Longtime coach (football, baseball and hockey) and referee (hockey) whose resume includes off-field officiating, administration and volunteerism.
41 seasons as a National Hockey League off-ice official.
29 years as a NHL crew supervisor; 4 as the assistant director of amateur hockey for the Detroit Red Wings; 5 as a game night assistant; 4 as the assistant director-coaching achievement program, Michigan Amateur Hockey Association; 5 instructing hockey schools; 10 as an equipment manager/athletic trainer for Little Caesars Midget AAA Hockey Club; and one season as student manager of the Oakland Community College hockey team.
Spent 34 seasons coaching hockey in the Taylor, Plymouth Canton, Ann Arbor, Art Van AAA and Little Caesars AAA organizations.
Served for 11 seasons with the Taylor Cobras Junior Football and Taylor North Central Little League programs.
As an administrator, he spent lengthy terms on the leadership groups of the Taylor North Central LL, Taylor Junior Football, Truman High School Booster Club, Taylor Hockey Association, Truman High School/Taylor Unified High School Hockey Program, Little Caesars Midget AAA Hockey Club and Art Van AAA Hockey Club.
Appointed Taylor Recreation Commission, Detroit Lions Youth Football Forum and various positions for the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association, Little Caesars Amateur Hockey Association and Adray Community Hockey League.
Overall helped teams to five national titles and two second-place finishes, along with nine state titles and two state runners-up.