Dr. and Mrs. Edmond J. Gicewicz Family UB Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees
Serotte, Arthur L.
Arthur L. Serotte
- Induction:
- 2012
Distinguished Alumni Award
EdB 1962, EdM 1966
- Art is one of the most successful coaches in the history of Buffalo public high school competition, and equally successful as a teacher, motivator, and counselor for his students at a school considered, at that time, one of the most challenging in the system.
- After an impressive tenure as a junior varsity basketball and softball coach at Woodlawn Junior High School - championships were won in both sports - he was named the football coach at Grover Cleveland High School in 1964 - at the age of 24, the youngest high school coach ever in the Buffalo public schools system.
- When he left the sidelines in 1992, the Grover Cleveland Presidents had captured 12 Harvard Cup football championships, had a 28 game winning streak along the way in the 1970s and collected 160 victories, which at the time was 10th among all high school football coaches in WNY.
- Amazingly, Art also coached varsity basketball concurrently with football, beginning in 1978, and that 1st season produced a 16-4 record, as well as a Section VI title; the Presidents went on to win more than 240 games.
- 9 other sectional titles followed and Grover Cleveland went on to win 3 outright Buffalo Schools' Yale Cup basketball championships and were co-champions twice.
Coach Pete Lembo talks who could be under center and learning from last years matchup with UConn
Friday, September 26
UB Women's Soccer vs. Ball State
Friday, September 26
Nickel Corner Jalen McNair on what happened in the loss to Troy and his new nickname
Thursday, September 25
Kicker Jack Howes on dealing with weather conditions and if 90s are the cool numbers for kickers now
Wednesday, September 24
