SUNY Cortland Athletics

* The Levittown, N.Y., native graduated from Cortland in 1980 with a bachelor's degree in physical education
 
* Competed as a men's lacrosse midfielder at Cortland for four seasons from 1977-80 and a football inside linebacker for two seasons from 1977-78
 
* Two-time lacrosse All-American (first team in 1980, third team in 1979), runner-up for USILA national Midfielder of the Year in 1980, and chosen to compete in the 1980 USILA North-South Classic
 
* Finished lacrosse career with 69 goals and 60 assists for 129 points; led team in assists (32) and points (48) in 1979 and second in goals (27) and points (35) in 1980; team advanced to the 1980 NCAA Division III championship game, the 1978 NCAA Division II semifinals, and both the 1977 and 1979 NCAA Division II quarterfinals
 
* Football starting linebacker and defensive captain as a sophomore and a junior; did not play as a senior to concentrate on lacrosse, and was a men's lacrosse player at the University of North Carolina in the fall of 1976
 
* Law enforcement professional with a 22-year career in the New York City Police Department
 
* Worked in the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as a detective and received the Medal of Honor from DEA and a medal of valor from the NYPD for a DEA shooting and drug bust operation in 1988
 
* Detective Sergeant in the Smuggling Unit, U.S. Customs Federal Task Force, from 1999-2002, where he spearheaded investigation and successful prosecution of drug traffickers resulting in more than 75 arrests in the U.S., Israel, Colombia and Holland
 
* Supervised search and rescue teams at the World Trade Center Ground Zero following 9/11
 
* Director of Corporate Security and Safety for 1-800-Flowers.com from 2002-09, Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety Enforcement for the Town of Islip in Suffolk County from 2009-12, Director of Security and Safety for Portledge School in Locust Valley, N.Y., from 2012-17, and Director of Security for Nationwide Insurance Company, LLC from 2017-21
 
* Served as a tactical consultant for the television show Blue Bloods, starring Tom Selleck
 
* Held lacrosse, football and soccer youth coaching positions from 1995-2017, including five years as boys' lacrosse head coach from 2013-17 at Portledge School, where he earned two Coach of the Year awards
 
* Played 30 years of club lacrosse from 1985-2015 (Different Road Patriots and Sailin' Shoe Lacrosse Clubs) and 12 years of semi-pro football for the NYC Police Department from 1982-94