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4 • GradNewsCounseling from TeachersCollege, ColumbiaUniversity.In 1957, one year afterteaching Biology at St.Francis Prep, Mr. O’Connorreturned to Manual HighSchool as a teacher of physicaleducation. After nineyears he was appointed as aguidance counselor at G.Westinghouse High School.One year later, Mr.O’Connor was selected as theguidance counselor for the“College Bound” program atS.J. Tilden High School.During this same period,Mr. O’Connor served ascoach of field events at St.Francis Prep for eight years(1953-61). He also was headtrack coach at John Jay High School for four years (1962-66).In January 1971, Mr. O’Connor was appointed asAssistant Principal (supervision) for Health and PhysicalEducation in School District 19, in the East New York areaof Brooklyn. Over the years, he has served on many committeesassociated with the field of Health and PhysicalEducation, and has also been a member of a variety of professionaland social organizations.The Varsity Football Program at St. Francis Prep hasachieved an outstanding record of success under Mr.O’Connor’s leadership, and he attributes much of this tothe dedication and skill of the assistant coaches who haveserved with him these past fifty years.Under Coach O’Connor,the St. Francis Prep VarsityFootball Team has recorded285 victories and they havewon 14 CHSFLChampionships (includingundefeated seasons in 1957,’64, ’66, ’72, ’73, and ’83).Coach O’Connor washonored as National Coachof the Year in 1992, and hasbeen named New York’sCatholic High School Coachof the Year on twenty occasions.He has also served asPresident of the CHSFL.In 2000 he was the recipientof The Frank McGuireFoundation Award which recognizeshigh school coacheswhose dedication and skillhave a positive impact onyoung lives.His lovely wife, Mary, his son, Martin, his daughter,Maryrose, son-in-law Patrick, and his three wonderfulgrandchildren, Connor, Patrick and Dylan, have been hisinspiration, and he wears the label “Devoted Husband,Father, and Grandfather” as well as he does his title of“Coach.”For all these reasons, plus many more not recorded inthis space, and in celebration of fifty years of extraordinaryservice, St. Francis Prep is very pleased and proud toestablish The Vincent and Mary O’Connor ScholarshipFund which will benefit many deserving Prep students inthe years to come.Brother Leonard Conway, O.S.F., Principal,welcomes everyone to the Golf Classic DinnerCo-Chair, Walter Riebenack ’57, shares histhoughts about Coach O’ConnorMike Henning ’57 leads the group in songfor old St. Francis.
GradNews • 5The Vincent and Mary O’Connor Scholarship Fund Leadership Challenge:"To match the extraordinary generosity of Co-Chairmen, Walter Riebenack ’57 and Jack Schneider ’57, by securingat least twenty additional gifts of $5,000, each of which would represent $100 for every year of Coach O’Connor’sservice at the helm of Prep Football."These twenty (or more) gifts would, in turn, provide a "challenge" to members of select Prep football teams,football alumni in general, and all who value the excellence in education and athletics as fostered by Coach VinceO’Connor, thereby building the scholarship fund that bears his name and providing many more deserving studentswith greater access to an outstanding St. Francis Prep education.Coach O’Connor addresses the gatheringon June 21 at the Cherry Valley Club.Former Coach, Frank Nastro, with Vince O’ConnorWalter Riebenack ’57 (third from left) and Jack Schneider ’57 (fifthfrom right), Co-Chairs of the Golf Classic and the O’ConnorScholarship Fund, flanked by their fellow grads and supporters.Vinny Testaverde, Bill Parcells, Mike Henning ’57, and Dan Henning’60 at the June Golf ClassicBill Parcells rises to accept his“Longest Drive” award.Bill Parcells and Dan Henning ’60
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