PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IN CHICAGO AT ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL. MADE ALL-STATE IN SENIOR YEAR AND PLAYED AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY. MEMBER OF  1968 ROSE BOWL TEAM .

BEGAN COACHING CAREER IN 1969 AT MANUAL HIGH SCHOOL IN LOUISVVILLE KY. RETURNED TO CHICAGO AND COACHED  AT ROOSEVELT FOR 5 YEARS. IN 1975 BECAME LINE COACH AT NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AND EVENTUALLY BECAME HEAD COACH FOR 5 YEARS.

GOT OUT OF COACHING FOR A YEAR AND THEN RETURNED TO JOHN HERSEY HIGH SCHOOL IN ARLINGTON HTS. ILLINOS AS VARSITY OFFENSIVE LINE COACH. IN 1987 HERSEY WON STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. CAME TO ELK GROVE AS VARSITY LINE COACH AND NOW WORK WITH SOPHOMORES. TWO SONS PLAYED AT ELK GROVE, BRYAN WAS AN ALL-AMERICAN AT CARTHAGE COLLEGE AND ERIC IS CURRENTLY PLAYING AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY. GO GRENS…….