Lou Sorrentino served Lebanon Valley College as a student-athlete, coach, and athletic director for nearly 60 years from 1950 until his passing in November of 2010. A member of the Lebanon Valley College, Central Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania athletic halls of fame, Sorrentino began his involvement with LVC athletics as a star three-sport student-athlete, then as athletic director and coach for four different sports.

Sorrentino earned 12 varsity letters while starring all four years in basketball, football and baseball. In football, he was named first team All-State and second team Little All-America, and later had his #21 jersey retired (one of just six football numbers retired). He played in the Blue-Grey Senior All-Star game in Alabama, earning game MVP honors at quarterback. In basketball, Sorrentino was a starter on the legendary "Seven Dwarfs" team that played in the NCAA Tournament and upset Fordham to advance to the Sweet Sixteen.

He signed contracts with the Baltimore Orioles and Philadelphia Eagles, but returned to school to get his master's and coach high school football before returning to LVC as football coach in 1971. He also coached men's basketball and baseball along the way, and became athletic director in the early 1980's, a position he held until his retirement in 2001. For the final 22 years of his life, he coached LVC's men's golf program.