•
Harold Amos, microbiologist and professor •
Rocky Aoki, founder of
Benihana •
Peter Avdoulos, All-American diver who coached the Springfield College diving team for two decades, leading them to seven national championships •
Mark Banker, safeties coach for the
Washington State Cougars football team •
Stanley F. Battle, American educator, author, civic activist, and former leader of
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University,
Coppin State University and
Southern Connecticut State University, 1973 •
Marilyn Bevans, the first Black American female to earn a medal at the Boston Marathon (1977) •
Vaughn Blanchard, 1912 Olympian in Track and Field and Baseball •
Rick Blangiardi, 15th mayor of
Honolulu and former television executive •
Jeff Blatnick, 1984 Olympic gold medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling, 2015
UFC Hall of Fame inductee •
Roscoe Brown, flew 68 missions as part of the Tuskegee Airmen •
Kevin Cahill, head football coach at
Lehigh University, 2023–20215,
Yale University, 2026-present. •
Raymond Castellani, actor, activist on
Los Angeles'
Skid Row •
John Cena, professional wrestler and actor •
J. Howard Crocker, Canadian
YMCA educator, and sports executive for the
Amateur Athletic Union of Canada and the
Canadian Olympic Committee; granted an honorary master's degree in physical education in 1916 for work in China and establishing the
Far Eastern Championship Games •
Nancy Darsch, women's basketball coach in college, the WNBA, and the Olympics •
Tony DiCicco, head coach of USA Women's Soccer National Team 1994–1999, coach of the FIFA Women's Soccer 1999 Championship Team •
W. Dean Eastman, educator (graduate assistant track coach 1974–76, MSE 1976, CAGS 1977) •
John Forslund, TV play-by-play announcer for the
Seattle Kraken of the
NHL •
Richard F. Garber, Hall of Fame college lacrosse coach •
Nancy E. Gary, dean of
Albany Medical College and executive vice president of the
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and dean of its F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine. •
Dave Gettleman, pro football executive,
general manager of the
New York Giants •
Wayne Granger, former
Major League Baseball relief pitcher and
National League saves leader in 1970 •
Sally M. Hage, professor of psychology •
Charles Hapgood, professor of history, originator of the
pseudoscientific cataclysmic pole shift hypothesis •
Don Ho, Hawaiian musician and entertainer (attended for one year) •
Dan Hunt, head football coach at
Colgate University, 2014–2021 •
Rusty Jones, strength and conditioning coach for the
Chicago Bears • Peter V. Karpovich, professor of physiology (1927–1947), director of health education (1947–1955), research professor of physiology (1955–1969); founder of the
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). •
Leslie Mann,
Major League Baseball outfielder and founder of the
International Baseball Federation •
James A. McLane, American coach and athletic director. •
William G. Morgan, inventor of
volleyball. •
James Naismith, Canadian faculty member, invented
basketball while teaching at the college in 1891 •
Max Nacewicz, professional football player •
Erin Pac, bronze medal winner in bobsled at the
2010 Vancouver Olympics •
Boris Pash, commanded the
Alsos Mission during World War II •
Lee Patton, legendary basketball coach who launched WVU's golden age of basketball. His record of successive home wins there remains unbroken. •
Fernando Picó, historian, expert on the
history of Puerto Rico •
Albert I. Prettyman, head coach of the United States Hockey Team at the
Winter Olympics in
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany •
John Quinlan, model and actor, former professional wrestler •
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, documentary photographer; attended classes at Springfield College as part of the Massachusetts Migrant Education summer program, where he was offered his first courses in photography and film development. •
Angela Salem, professional soccer player and coach •
Ted Shawn, adjunct faculty, 1932–1933; founder of the Denishawn Dance School and
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival and a key figure in establishing male
modern dance •
Craig Shirley, political consultant and author, associated with
Ronald Reagan •
Justine Siegal, baseball coach and sports educator •
Charles Silvia, International Hall of Fame swimming coach, Springfield College All-American swimmer and 1934 alumni who coached Springfield College swimming from 1937 to 1978, winning ten New England Interscholastic Team Championships. •
Stacy Sims, exercise physiologist, nutrition scientist, author, and women's health and fitness advocate. •
Steve Spagnuolo, former head coach of the National Football League's
St. Louis Rams •
Amos Alonzo Stagg, head football coach, 1890–1891; later head of multiple national champion teams at the
University of Chicago •
Sue Thomas, the first
deaf person to work as an undercover specialist doing
lip-reading of suspects for the
Federal Bureau of Investigation •
Tom Waddell, physician and founder of the
Gay Games •
Glenn Warner, president of National Soccer Coaches Association of America in 1953, head coach of the Naval Academy's men's soccer team from 1942 to 1975 •
Scotty Whitelaw, former Commissioner of the
Eastern College Athletic Conference •
Mike Woicik, football coach (1978–79) and strength and conditioning coach for several professional football teams •
Bill Yorzyk, physician and only USA swimming gold medalist in 1956 Olympics, 200 m butterfly ==References==