He has been a lifetime supporter of soccer in New Waterford and the community of Cape Breton. He has coached soccer at all levels and in 1966 he captained New Waterford Trojans to the Cape Breton championship in the inaugural Cape Breton Senior Men’s League. In 1967 he coached the first high school soccer team in Cape Breton. For the next 30 years, he coached high school soccer in New Waterford. This included numerous high school championships and three Provincial championships. This was highlighted by the 1974 Breton Education Centre Girls’ team, the first Nova Scotia championship in female soccer in Cape Breton.