Plymouth State University

BILL SAVAGE ('61):  A former two-sport athlete at Plymouth Teachers College, Savage played three years of varsity soccer and four years of varsity baseball in a Panther uniform.  He was a student leader, serving as the first president of the Plymouth Men's Athletic Association and helped organize the first southern trip for the baseball team in 1958.

A native of North Stratford, N.H., Savage enjoyed a distinguished career as a high school athletic administrator.  He started his career as a coach and athletic director in New Hampshire at the Carpenter School and Governor Wentworth School District (1962-68) before spending nearly 20 years as athletic director for schools in Vienna and Fairfax, Va., and six years as an assistant principal in Fairfax.

Savage returned to New England in 1994 as assistant principal at Keene High School, where he served until becoming executive director of the Council of New England Secondary School Principals Association in 2003. He has served on numerous  council and committees in his career, including several with the NHIAA, benefiting the advancement of youth in physical education and sports.