| Title: | Class of 1995 |
Robert Devlin devoted 42 years of his life to athletics as a
competitor, coach and athletic director. As an athlete and coach,
Bob displayed a fiery competitive spirit and influenced the lives
of many student-athletes.
Bob was the athletic director at WSC for 18 years before retiring
in 1988. For 19 years he coached baseball. basketball and football
at St. John's High School in Shrewsbury. During his tenure as
athletic director, the teams racked up more than 800 victories and
six undefeated seasons, three each in football and basketball.
Under Bob's direction the teams won the state baseball championship
and many titles in the New England Catholic Tournament.
At WSC, Bob served as the head coach for men's and women's
basketball, tennis and golf. The 1984 golf team won the New England
Championship, finished second in the Eastern College Athletic
Conference (ECAC) and fourth in the NCAA national tournament in
Division III. In 1983 and 1984, Bob was named the NCAA Golf Coach
of the Year. In addition, Bob coached tennis and men's basket- ball
for five years at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Bob has received many prestigious awards including the Paul N.
Johnson Memorial Award for basketball and was inducted into the
Massachusetts Coaches Hall of Fame for football and basketball. He
was the first Little League commissioner for the City of Worcester,
past president of the Massachusetts State College Athletic
Conference and a member of numerous ECAC selection committees.
Bob is enjoying his retirement playing golf in Worcester and in
sunny Florida.