Al DODDS
‘67 - ‘68
Inducted 1999
You will remember Al Dodds as the 4 event man, a track and field star, and football
player for Montgomery College. His feats included long jump, triple jump, javelin, and
mile relay. The team in 1967 was Tri State Champion, Region 15, NJCAA - 2ND place. He was
voted Most Improved Player by his teammates that year. 1968 again saw Al as the 4-event
man, and he was voted co-captain of the team. The team made Tri-State Champions, and Al
won the Individual Triple Jump and Mile Relay. Al's best day as a track and field man at
Montgomery College was April 27, 1968, when MC scored 96 and Frostburg State College
scored 47. Al placed 1st in the mile relay, long jump, triple jump, and javelin!
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1966 and 1967, Al was the quarterback for the football team, but his second season was cut
short when he broke his ankle. During these years '67 and '68, Al was on the Gymkhana Team
where under coaches Phil Adams and Ted Babski, exhibitions of gymnastics were performed at
local schools. In addition to his tenure as a sports athlete and student, he came back to
MC as the Assistant Coach for the MC Track and Field teams from 1975 to 1977.
After Montgomery College, Al went on to Towson State
College (now Towson University) where he earned the Bachelor of Science degree in Physical
Education in 1971. He was the All State, All Conference Quarterback at Towson. He was also
the Division III National Decathlon Qualifier.
Upon graduation from Towson, Al took physical education to the classroom in the Howard
County School system, first as a P.E. teacher for six years at Hammond Middle School. In
1977 he moved on to teaching high school P.E. at Centennial High School also in Howard
County. In 1979, he became the Department Chair of Health and Physical Education at
Centennial. Over thirty championships have been garnered under his tutelage, 11 county, 17
regional, 3 state.
Coaching was never far from the instructional side of life for Al. In 1972 he coached
the boys' track team at Mt. Herron High School in Howard County. In 1975, in addition to
his teaching duties at Mt. Herron, Al became the track coach at MC! From 1977 to 1981 Al
coached the Centennial High School varsity wrestling team. From 1981 to 1997, he was coach
of the boys' indoor track team. In 1989, while coaching indoor track, Al took on the job
of coaching the boys' and girls' cross county team which he is still coaching today. Al
was recognized as the Howard County Cross Country Coach of the Year in 1992 and in 1993.
Al resides in Ellicott City with his wife Rosemary and his son, Chris, and two daughters.
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