Professional Baseball Player, Coach. He was an American professional baseball player along with being a coach, and manager. With his career starting in high school, he was inducted into the 2015 Grand Island High School Football Hall of Fame, and later, the 2019 Grand Island Athletic Hall of Fame and 2002 Nebraska Sports Hall of Fame. He was honored to be named Athlete of the Year by the "Lincoln Journal Star" and "Omaha World-Herald" for his outstanding performance in baseball, basketball, football and track. The night of his high school graduation, he signed a professional baseball contract with Whitey Herzog and the Kansas City Athletics. He played for the Kansas City A's, Boston Red Sox, and New York Mets organizations during his professional playing career. He graduated with a Master's Degree in Economics from the University of Northern Colorado. After his professional playing career, he taught business and coached baseball at Chemeketa Community College in Oregon and Arizona Western College. Former Nebraska football Coach Bob Devaney brought him back to coach at Nebraska where he led the Cornhuskers successful program, achieving an overall ranking as the 16th winningest program of approximately 250 Division 1 schools during the decade. The program produced a total of 18 All-Americans, including freshman All-Americans. Nearly 100 players went on to sign professional baseball contracts. He spent 20 years as the head coach for the Cornhuskers. He served on the national committee to select the first Olympic baseball team in addition to coaching the USA National Baseball Team with legendary USC baseball coach Rod Dedeaux. Within the Red Sox organization, he managed the Gulf Coast League in Florida and Instructional League in Florida and Arizona as well as instruction at the Red Sox Dominican Republic Academy. He worked as a professional scout at the major and minor league levels for the Red Sox and later for the Los Angeles Dodgers, including advance playoff scouting at the major league level and free agent scouting in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. He was instrumental in player trades between the Red Sox and the Dodgers. He was part of the historic Boston Red Sox 2004 World Series championship, the 2007 Boston Red Sox World Series championship, and the 2017 Los Angeles Dodgers National League championship.