William J. Russo ’69

William J. Russo ’69, of Asheville, N.C.; Sept. 29, of cardiac arrest. He was a member of Brown’s Athletic Hall of Fame as an all-conference linebacker and continued to have a career in football as an assistant coach at Brown from 1970 to 1977, which included being part of Brown’s 1976 Ivy League Championship team. He was a head coach for Wagner College from 1978 to 1980 and then Lafayette College from 1981 to 1999. Among his many accolades, he was honored with the Stan Lomax–Irving T. Marsh Coach of the Year Award and the Eddie Robinson I-AA Coach of the Year Award, and was inducted into the Lafayette College Maroon Club Hall of Fame with 103 wins. He completed his coaching career at Wyoming Seminary from 2000 to 2002 in Kingston, Pa. He is survived by a daughter, two sisters, and a brother.