As a Private First Class, I belonged to the 224th Engineer Battalion of the lowa Army National Guard, and my service ended with an Honorable Discharge for medical reasons in August 1983, owing to recurrent knee problems that also shortened my football career at ISU.
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After graduating from lowa State, I had a long career in public school education as a classroom teacher, athletic coach, and school administrator. For the last 25 years of my career, I held the position of elementary school principal. I worked in several school districts in lowa, including Muscatine and Spencer. While teaching in the Ottumwa School District, I obtained a master's degree from Truman State. I was also a school administrator for the Brandon Valley School District, located near Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
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Following my prep football career at Fairfield [lowa] High School, I signed with lowa State, where I played linebacker. A major knee injury in the 1979 Cardinal and Gold spring football game [ACL, MCL and meniscus tears] as well as subsequent injuries brought an untimely end to my career as a redshirt sophomore. Despite this setback, I remained on scholarship, completed my degree, and pursued a career in education, thanks to the support of the ISU football coaching and athletic administration staff. The support I received from Iowa State’s football coaches and athletic administration after my career-ending injury showed me the impact a strong staff and administration can have on an individual's life and moved me to provide similar support within a school setting.
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