Three coaches with strong SOL ties were inducted in the Montgomery County Coaches Hall of Fame on Tuesday night. (Photo provided courtesy of Kevin Burke/Montgomery County Coaches Hall of Fame)
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Inductees, from left, Bob Lorence, Jim Romano, Dick Beck and Richard Swanker with Montgomery County Coaches Hall of Fame President Dale Hood and First Vice President Jim Serratore. (Photo by Kevin Burke)
Four coaches – three with strong SOL ties – were inducted into the Montgomery County Coaches Hall of Fame on Tuesday night at Presidential Caterers in East Norriton.
The newest class of inductees includes Dick Beck, who has built North Penn High into a perennial state football powerhouse; Bob Lorence, who spent five years at Springfield (Montco) and 27 years at Plymouth Whitemarsh High as the head wrestling coach, winning 357 matches; Jim Romano, who has won 630 games as the Jenkintown High girls’ basketball coach, including his first PIAA Class A State Championship this year; and Richard Swanker, who posted a 176-9-1 dual meet record as track coach at North Penn High, including 16 undefeated seasons.
Bruce Williams, an official for four decades, received the Lifetime Achievement Award, and four volunteer coaches were in this year’s class named to the Community Honor Roll: Elise Baker (Ambler Junior Baseball and Softball), Ken Constable (Nor-Gwyn Baseball), Ed Molnar (Harleysville Baseball) and Mark Siefer (St. Margaret’s CYO).
Former Eagles coach Dick Vermeil was the guest speaker at Tuesday’s banquet.
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