2018 CONTRIBUTION TO AMATEUR FOOTBALL AWARD

DOMENIC MARCONE

 Domenic N. Marcone is a graduate of La Salle Academy class of 1967. Domenic had the pleasure of playing two sports and lettering in both football and serving as a captain his senior year as a member of the La Salle baseball team. It was there that learning from coaching legends Jack Cronin, Lou Cimini and Carl Toti that his passion for teaching and coaching began. Upon graduating from La Salle, Dom received a baseball scholarship from Kentucky Wesleyan College. At Kentucky Wesleyan, Domenic lettered all four years in college and in his senior year had the honor of being named captain of the baseball team.

After graduating college, Domenic began his teaching and coaching career in 1972 at Winman Junior High School teaching health education and physical education. During his tenure at Winman, he served as the freshman wrestling coach - winning Freshman State Titles in 1976, 1977 and 1978 while also serving as the freshman baseball coach. During the fall he served as offensive line coach for 10 seasons at Toll Gate High School. A big year for Dom was in 1982 when he was appointed Head Wrestling Coach at Toll Gate High School and Head Football Coach at Pilgrim HS. In 1985 he became Head Wrestling Coach at Pilgrim High School. During his tenure as wrestling coach-- Pilgrim won multiple divisional titles and in 1993 his team went undefeated in dual matches. Domenic coached multiple state champions in his time as a wrestling coach both at Toll Gate and Pilgrim. In football Domenic’s teams were always competitive and well prepared. Pilgrim competed in two Super Bowls in 1992 and 1995. Dom retired from both football and wrestling in the year 2000 and became the athletic director of Pilgrim HS, but his coaching career continued. In 1993 Dom was appointed Head Golf Coach of North Kingstown HS --a position he still holds today. While he has been head golf coach at NK, his teams have always been in the running for State Titles. In 1998-1999 his golf team won back to back State Championships. What is truly amazing is that Dom is still coaching football as an assistant at La Salle Academy where he has served as the Defensive Coordinator. It is at LaSalle that his coaching profession came full circle. Not only did Dom get to coach his son, have his son coach with him and now coaching for his son at La Salle Academy --something he truly enjoys. Even more amazing is that Domenic has coached over 100 seasons with the various sports and he is still coaching at the young age of 68. In 2012 Domenic decided to retire from teaching after 40 years in the Warwick School System.

Through his career as a coach, he has served on numerous committees and has been President of both Football and Wrestling through the Rhode Island Coaches Association. He along with Bruce Mastracchio started the Rhode Island High School Football College Fair which began in 1992 and is still going on today. He has been inducted in Sons of Italy Hall of Fame, Rhode Island Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame and The Providence Gridiron Hall of Fame.

Domenic and his wife Donna are proud parents of Geoffrey Marcone and Stephanie Sinclair. They are grateful to have the privilege of enjoying their 4 grandchildren; Jacob, Brooklyn, Janelle and Haley.

PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS

1988 – Dr. Americo S. Savastano

1989 – Jack Cronin

1990 – Frank Maznicki

1991 – Dick Reynolds

1992 – Jack Zilly

1993 – Ambrose Smith

1994 – Steve Furness

1995 – John Huntington

1996 – Bernie Buonanno, Sr.

1997 – John Toppa

1998 – Domenic DiLuglio

1999 – Frank Navarro

2000 - Mark Whipple

2001 – Bob Griffin

2002 – Maurice Zarchen

2003 – Ron Petro

2004 – Chet O’Neill

2005 – Richard Lynch

2006 – Tony Centore

2007 – Bill Stringfellow

2008 – Mickey Kwiatkowski

2009 – Phil Estes

2010 – John Gillooly

2011 – Charlie Gibbons

2012 - Dick Downey

2013 - Robert "Bob" Wylie

2014 - Gregg Drew

2015 - Anthony "Tony" Rainone

2016 - Edward "Ted" Stebbins

2017 - Robert Murray

2018 FOOTBALL OFFICIAL AWARD

BRUCE GUINDON

Bruce Guindon is a graduate of Tolman High School in Pawtucket, RI and also a graduate of the Career Academy School of Broadcasting. Bruce worked at Major Electric for nine years but has also spent the majority of his life as an account manager at WW Grainger (thirty years) and the Kaufman Company (ten years).

Bruce’s officiating resume is quite extensive. Although Bruce is being recognized for his contribution as a football official, his career as a hockey official is quite impressive. Bruce has been a member of USA Hockey since 1976, The National Federation of Ice Hockey Officials since 1983, the ECAC from 1985-1995 and an NCAA member from 1983-2002. Bruce has had many memorable moments throughout his hockey officiating career. He has officiated two USA Hockey National Championships, one Women’s College Final Four Championship, and several RIIL State Championship games.

From 1998-2003 Bruce has served as an official scorer for the Boston Red Sox and currently serves as the official scorer for the Pawtucket Red Sox which he started doing in 1995.

Bruce is well recognized for his work as a longtime football official throughout the State of RI. During his career as a football official, Bruce has officiated in five Super Bowl Games along with several Youth Football Super Bowls. Bruce was selected to officiate a Pop Warner Super Bowl in Orlando, Florida. Currently Bruce serves as the RIIL Football Commissioner.

Bruce and his wife Jo-Ann have been married for 49 years. They have two children, Bruce Jr. and Mark. Bruce and Jo-Ann have six grandchildren (Nicole, Kyle, Kyle, Dylan, Harrison and Madison) and one great grandchild (Janyel).

PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS

1997 – Irving Scott

1998 – Peter Capirchio

1999 – George Tracy

2000 – Lou Cimini

2001 – Bob Benz

2002 – Vin Sclama

2003 – Thomas Mulvey

2004 – Clint Robertson

2005 – Ted Gilmartin

2006 – Phil Kershaw

2007 – Raymond Beattie

2008 – Charles Lehourites

2009 – Bob Flick

2010 – Edward “Bud” Conley

2011 – Philip “Bob” Caito

2012 - James Peluso

2013 - John Pagano

2014 - John A. Abbate

2015 - Edward Hanley

2016 - Joseph Schwab

2017 - William Phillips