On August 23, the football and soccer stadium will be named after him. As well it should be. After being a member of Allentown College's (now DeSales) first graduating class in 1969, Koury was hired by Notre Dame at an annual salary of $7,500. He stayed there for 43 years.
During his time with the Crusaders, Koury did it all. He was a gym and social studies teacher, traffic director and maintenance supervisor. He was also the school's athletic director. In that role, he was able to persuade Alberell Electric to contribute outdoor lighting for football games. He sweet-talked Young Volkswagon into building a scoreboard. He also lobbied for and finally succeeded in getting Notre Dame into a league. But the accomplishment of which he is proud is convincing the PIAA to allow small schools to join forces for a team sports. As a result, Notre Dame became the beneficiary of gifted football players from Moravian Academy. And Moravian Academy added some Notre Dame girls to its field hockey teams.
Koury is proud that, during his tenure as Athletic Director, he could rely on volunteers for everything, from the snack stand to the chain gang.
When Koury retired from Notre Dame in 2012, he organized a scholarship for students coming from Our Lady of Mount Lebanon. Koury was ordained a Deacon there in 1982.
He is also a tipstaff for his nephew, President Judge Michael Koury, Jr.
5 comments:
Congratulations and well deserved. What a nice man. He performed loaves and fishes miracles for decades at a school with no money. Deacon K is an American classic.
Easily one of my favorite people at the courthouse. Congrats Mr koury!
Very nice, deserving gentleman!
One of the nicest persons you could meet. He deserves this honor. Congratulations Mr. Koury!
Congratulations Deacon Koury.You dedicted your life to NDGP and I can think of no one better to name the Stadium after. You will always be a part of the ND Family
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