Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame News
The Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame is a non-profit established in 1990 to honor outstanding people, living or deceased, who gained prominence and have made substantial contributions in the fields of professional and amateur sports on behalf of themselves and Suffolk County. The Hall of Fame has exhibits at Fairfield Properties Ballpark, (home of the Long Island Ducks), Town of Huntington Townhall, the Section XI offices in Farmingville, Long Island Sports and Rehabilitation in Holbrook and Long Island MacArthur Airport.
Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame: Club 395
Congratulations to the current Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame Inductees, who have made major contributions to professional and amateur athletics.
As of 2023, there are 395 inductees across multiple categories.
We are in the process of updating our website and building out individual profile pages of all inductees, so check in frequently for more multimedia, information and highlights!
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February 8, 2018
Tony Cerullo Induction Year: 2006 Category: Football Location: Elwood-John Glenn Cerullo was head football coach and athletic director at Elwood-John Glenn High School in East Northport. […]
February 8, 2018
Tom Cassese Induction Year: 2003 Category: Football Location: Comsewogue Tom Cassese began as the head football coach at Comsewogue High School in 1973 and retired in […]
February 8, 2018
W. Homer Ball Induction Year: 1992 Category: Football Location: Amityville Homer Ball was football coach at Amityville High School for 22 years from 1929-51, during which […]
February 8, 2018
Judy Kopelman Induction Year: 2008 Category: Field Hockey Location: Miller Place Miller Place girls’ varsity field hockey coach for 31 years, with a record of 493 […]
February 8, 2018
Nancy Cole Induction Year: 1998 Category: Field Hockey Location: Centereach Cole has been the Centereach High School field hockey coach for 32 years, since they opened […]
February 8, 2018
Harold Cooley Induction Year: 2015 Category: Bowling Location:East Islip Harold Cooley has been the girls bowling coach at East Islip H.S. since 1985. He is the […]
February 8, 2018
Risa Zander Induction Year: 2013 Category: Basketball; Coaches Location: Sachem Zander started her teaching and coaching career at Sachem High School in 1971. She was the […]
February 8, 2018
Rich Wrase Induction Year: 2005 Category: Basketball Location: Westhampton Beach, Eastport & Suffolk Community College Rich Wrase is the former head coach of the men’s varsity basketball […]
February 8, 2018
Bob Wenzel Induction Year: 2004 Category: Basketball/Coach Location: West Islip Bob Wenzel was an athlete himself before beginning his distinguished basketball coaching career. A 1967 graduate […]
February 8, 2018
John Veryzer Induction Year: 1990 Category: Basketball Location: Islip Veryzer graduated Sayville High School in 1939 and played basketball for LaSalle Military Academy and Manhattan College. […]
February 8, 2018
Joe Romanosky Induction Year: 1998 Category: Basketball Location: Southampton Joe Romanosky coached at Southampton from 1960 to 1983 and earned a record of 342-84. In a […]
February 8, 2018
Ed Petrie Induction Year: 1996 Category: Basketball, Coaches Location: East Hampton Legendary high school basketball coach at East Hampton High School, where be began coaching in […]
February 8, 2018
Joe Maniaci Induction Year: 2009 Category: Basketball Location: Connetquot, Dowling, St. Joseph’s Before beginning his coaching career, Joe was an outstanding basketball player himself at Connetquot […]
February 8, 2018
Jim Mahoney Induction Year: 2013 Category: Basketball Location: Copiague After graduating from high school in 1950, he began studying to become an Irish Christian Brother. He […]
February 8, 2018
Frank Layden Induction Year: 1990 Category: Basketball & Professional Sports Location: Seton Hall (H.S.), Dowling Long before Frank Layden coached in the NBA he was at […]