John Potsklan, Albright College
Football and Baseball Coach – 1955-1985
John Potsklan served as head football and baseball coach for the Lions for 30 years. The longest tenured football coach in school history, Potsklan coached Albright to seven MAC championships (1959, 1960, 1968, 1972, 1975-1977) and two NCAA quarterfinal appearances (1975, 1976). He recorded three one-loss seasons and two consecutive undefeated season in 1960 and 1961, leading the lions on a school record 17-game win streak. He was recognized as the MAC Northern Coach of the Year (1975, 1976), the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) District II Coach of the Year (1960), and the Berks County Officials’ Association Coach of the Year (1959, 1960). Under his tutelage, 18 players were named All-Americans for the Lions football program. The success continued on the baseball diamond for Potsklan, as he guided his program to MAC Northern Division titles in 1961, 1966, and 1967, winning NCAA District II College Division Coach of the Year in 1967 along the way. He retired as Albright’s all-time winningest coach in both football (144-125-5) and baseball (209-263-4). He was inducted into the Lions Hall of Fame in 1991.
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