prior to taking the position at geneva, he was the head track coach and assistant football coach at ohio northern university in ada, ohio from 1960 until 1967. where he completed a "turnaround season" in 1962. after coaching at geneva and a brief stint at a high school, he would return to ohio northern in 1971 for the remainder of his career, where he retired in 2002 as an admissions counselor. he has been credited with recruiting more students than any other person to ohio northern.