NOTEWOR They say Yankee Stadium is “The house that Ruth built.” If that’s the case, there’s no doubt that the stadium that encapsulates David Person Field inside the Robert L. Shangraw Athletic Complex is certainly the house that Frank Girardi built. Now that stadium will bear his name, as Girardi Stadium will officially be dedicated on Sept. 9, 2023, during the football team’s home opener. The College’s board of trustees, chaired by D. Mark Fultz ’80, released an official proclamation honoring the 2016 inductee into the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame and announcing the naming of the College’s football stadium in Coach Girardi’s honor, which until now had not had a name attached to it. Over the course of his 36 years as the head football coach, Girardi cobbled together one LYCOMING COLLEGE TO DEDICATE GIRARDI STADIUM of the finest resumes in the history of the game. He won 257 games, which still ranks 24th all-time in NCAA history and 10th in Division III annals. He helped Lycoming win 13 Middle Atlantic Conference titles and make 11 appearances in the NCAA Division III Tournament. “I am personally honored to recognize Coach Girardi by announcing that the football stadium will now bear his name,” said President Kent Trachte. “Frank’s records as football coach place him among a small elite group of college coaches, and his accomplishments as athletics director were instrumental in growing our athletic program. His greatest legacies, however, are his commitment to excellence and his impact upon the lives of countless student athletes. For four decades, he sustained Lycoming’s culture of excellence and changed lives.” SAVE DATE THE GIRARDI STADIUM JOIN US for Lycoming College Football’s home opener as we officially dedicate the stadium in honor of FRANK GIRARDI. DEDICATION September 9, 2023 6 LYCOMING COLLEGE 2023 SPRING MAGAZINE
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