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AL LAHOOD
Al Lahood, a 1956 graduate of Hofstra, was a
four-year letterwinner in both football and
lacrosse and a highly-decorated student-athlete
during his tenure with the Pride.
A three-year starter on the offensive and
defensive line, Al was named to the 1953 All-
America team, and was also an honorable
mention All-East selection and a Long Island
Press All-Star. He also earned Hofstra’s
Outstanding Lineman Award.
Al followed his 1953 campaign by earning
honorable mention All-America and Long Island
Press All-Star honors as a senior in 1954. He
also repeated his selection as Hofstra’s
Outstanding Lineman.
On the lacrosse field Al was a four-year starter
and an honorable mention All-American in
1954 and 1955. He was selected to start in the
1955 North-South Senior All-Star Game.
Al served as an assistant football coach in 1955
before completing six months of military
service. He then returned to Hofstra to earn a
master’s degree in education administration.
Al began his teaching career in the Bethpage
School District on Long Island where he
coached and founded what has become the
highly-successful lacrosse program. He left
Bethpage to begin a 34-year career in the
Reading, Massachusetts, School District. Starting
as a history and philosophy teacher at the high
school level, Al also was an assistant football
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coach and started
the wrestling
program. He then
served as a middle
school guidance
counselor until
being appointed
principal of
Coolidge Middle School in 1974. Al was the
1990 Massachusetts Middle School Principal of
the Year and retired after 20 years as principal
in 1994. In retirement, he served as a consultant
to the Massachusetts Department of Education
for 10 years.
Al has been married to his wife, Linda, for 25
years. The couple has four children – Albert, Jr.,
Mark, Deanne and Joyce – and 12
grandchildren.