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Dr. Franklin J.
Peterson ’70–’99
Inducted 2005
Frank Peterson coached
36 teams in four different sports—baseball, soccer, tennis, and
golf—during his 32 years at the College. At the Takoma Park Campus, he
coached the soccer team to six JUCO Division championships and the co-ed
tennis team to six JUCO Conference championships; four of these were
undefeated teams. He had 17 national medalists in golf at the Rockville
Campus, with teams finishing fifth nationally in 1999 and third
nationally in 2000. As the College’s first full-time coach to hold a
Ph.D., he was named Maryland JUCO Conference Coach of the Year 14 times
and Region 20 Coach of the Year three times; he coached eight NJCAA
All-Americans—five in soccer and three in golf; and he was voted into
the Who’s Who of College and University Professors.
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