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YELLOWJACKET ALUMNICelebration Marks Coach Pat Stark’s 50 Years at Rochester

(Photo: Ria Tafani for the University of Rochester)

FOOTBALL FORMATION: A record 65 former Yellowjacket football players gathered for their 14th annual spring “Dinner with the Coach,” a celebration to honor iconic Rochester coach, Pat Stark, and to reconnect with one another at Perlo’s restaurant in East Rochester in April. A Rochester and a Syracuse Hall of Famer, Stark is credited with elevating the stature of the football program during his coaching tenure at Rochester from 1969 to 1983, including a No. 1 NCAA Division III ranking in the East.

This year’s dinner also marked 50 years since Stark arrived on campus to head the football program. A member of each of his teams traveled from throughout New York, New England, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Delaware, Washington, DC, Virginia, and Georgia to join the celebration:

Kneeling: Bob Kulpinski ’71, Ron Haynes ’72, Frank Perillo ’73, Bill Hammond ’73, Mike Roulan ’71, Tony Daniele ’71, Joe Hymes ’75, ’77M (MS), Jerry Atwell ’75, Rick Magere ’72, Brian Heagney ’77, Ralph Gebhardt ’76, Mark McAnaney ’75, Erv Chambliss ’76, Kevin Maier ’78, Bill Falandays ’74.

Standing First Row: Jim Wesp ’74, ’76M (MS), ’78S (MBA), Brian Miga ’71, Dave Cidale ’71, Ron Spadafora ’77, Bill Monroe ’78. ’89S (MBA), Phil Chrys ’75, Pat Stark, Rick Stark ’79, Tony Cipolla ’81, Sam Guerrieri ’87, Sam Shatkin ’79, Andy Fornarola ’79, Mike Geer ’79, Mike Garritano ’76, Brian Pasley ’76, Loren Piccarreto ’73.

Second Row: Leo Fusilli ’80, Kevin Eldridge ’86, Roger Watts ’72, Bob Quirk ’72, Paul Macielak ’72, Jim Dunnigan ’73, Jim Juraska ’73, Paul Caputo ’73, Tyrone Southerland ’84, John Loiacono ’84, Mike Recny ’79, Steve Sloan ’78, Jim Mazur ’78, Herm Nied ’76, Chris O’Connor ’79, Phil Newman ’79.

Third Row: Bob Ford ’84, Rene Piccarreto ’71, Kurt Peterson ’74, Rick Basehore ’72, Don Barber ’79, John Kowba ’79, Mark Kirsch ’80, Jim Vazzana ’87.

Back Row: DJ Pritchard ’87, Bill Tretter ’86, Joe Novek ’73, Dave McNelis ’74, Rich King ’78, John Badowski ’77, Quentin Call ’76, Ed Heffernan ’76, Denny Hennigan ’75, Gary Miller ’84, Len Champion ’73.