University of Delaware Athletics
New Delaware Stadium Press Box Will Embody Blue Hen Spirit
8/26/2019 9:54:00 AM | Football
For decades, Delaware Stadium has brought the University of Delaware community together to watch the Blue Hens and celebrate UD. As the Whitney Athletic Center comes to life, the passion and spirit that made Newark such a special place on game day remain the lifeblood of the new and improved Delaware Stadium.
One of the joys of sports is that their impact and meaning is unique to each person that enjoys them. The press box that will go online for the 2020 season specifically have a host of generous donors who each has a personal connection to UD athletics that makes the impact of their gift go well beyond monetary value.
Tubby Raymond's name is synonymous with the history of Delaware football. The Hall of Fame coach who won 300 games in 36 years at the helm of the Blue Hens was known for the impact he had on his players' lives as much as he was for the wing-T offense he pioneered with Dave Nelson.
That impact went beyond just football. In the 1960s, Raymond served under Nelson as the backfield coach and mentored quarterback Larry Catuzzi. But in the spring, Raymond was also the head baseball coach, where Catuzzi was the shortstop. Now Catuzzi is giving to name the coaches booth in Delaware Stadium in Raymond's honor.
"Even though Dave was the head football coach, Tubby was my mentor," Catuzzi said. "I thought a great deal of him and his family and that relationship grew over the years."
As the wing-T grew in popularity, football coaches around the country were seeking assistants to help implement the system for their own teams. When Nelson and Raymond got a call from the University of Dayton, they recommended Catuzzi. Catuzzi went on to coach at Dayton, Indiana and Ohio State, and eventually became the head coach of Williams College in Massachusetts. He also coached for the Houston Texans of the World Football League before entering a career in investment banking.
"Tubby was very instrumental in my career," Catuzzi said. "I think he felt strongly about my ability to run an offense and to coach. And I enjoyed it of course, very much."
Delaware athletics was a lifeblood for Bob Siemen. In the early 1940s, he remarkably lettered in four varsity sports in one year: basketball, soccer, tennis and track & field. Like many young men of his generation, he fought in World War II, serving in the Pacific Theater. When he returned to civilian life, he also returned to the Blue Hens, serving as an administrator and the coach for baseball, tennis and track & field.
Even when he eventually took a job with DuPont to provide more financial stability for his family, he remained involved by officiating track meets and spotting for public address announcer Elbert Chance during football games. His daughter Pat Anderson, and her husband John, are giving to name the PA booth in his honor.
"He loved being at the university," Anderson said. "Any time he had the opportunity he would be there when he could. It just gave him happiness, joy. That was the environment he liked the best."
Beyond a lifelong passion for athletics, Siemen gained lifelong friendships with the other coaches of the era, like Irv Wisniewski, Fred Emmerson and Dave Nelson.
"These are all people he valued," Anderson said. "Friends for his whole life, and they were a part of my [life] growing up."
Delaware Stadium has been a formative place for those off the field of competition as well. Growing up, Glen Weiss wanted to be a sportscaster. Luckily enough, the first day of his freshman year at UD the sports director at WXDR asked if anybody in his dorm was interested in sports radio. Weiss jumped at the opportunity, and was involved with student radio all four years.
In addition to broadcasting live baseball and hockey games, he expanded the student radio's coverage of Delaware athletics with more interviews and pre- and post-game shows. Although he didn't become a full-time sportscaster, the skills he developed on the mic in college help him every day in the world of business.
"Eighty percent of my job is presenting, negotiating, speaking, going to presentations, doing event talks," Weiss said. "So allowing me to publicly speak, learning how to publicly speak, learning how to address people, it was very, very helpful."
Weiss knows what a difference-maker the WAC will be for the Blue Hens, which is why he gave to the project and dedicated the student radio booth.
"The stadium improvements and a new Whitney Athletic Center, these are must haves," Weiss said.
As a photographer for Delaware athletics, Mark Campbell has captured images of some of the biggest Blue Hen moments over the last decade and a half. From packed football stadiums with Joe Flacco under center, to people lining up hours before tipoff to see women's basketball host North Carolina, to field hockey hoisting the national championship trophy in 2016, Campbell has witnessed firsthand the triumphs of Delaware student-athletes.
He's also witnessed firsthand the challenge of balancing the life of a student-athlete. In addition to a love for his alma mater, Campbell, a retired investment banker, chose to give because he knows how the WAC will improve the lives of student-athletes both academically and athletically.
"Now that I'm embedded and I get to know them better, I see what incredible people these student-athletes are," Campbell said. "If I was an employer, if I was running a company, I would hire a student-athlete. Just because they know how to do time management, they're disciplined, they're competitive. They have all the skills necessary to succeed in the real world."
The new state-of-the-art press box will feature 15 booths, housing television and radio broadcasts, coaches, game operations staff and members of print and digital media. The space will provide everything needed for the story of the Blue Hens to be told.
The people that have given to the WAC have all had different experiences, and different reasons why UD means so much to them. But what they all have in common is a generosity that will ensure future generations of Blue Hens not only develop those real-world skills, but make memories and friendships that last a lifetime.
One of the joys of sports is that their impact and meaning is unique to each person that enjoys them. The press box that will go online for the 2020 season specifically have a host of generous donors who each has a personal connection to UD athletics that makes the impact of their gift go well beyond monetary value.
Tubby Raymond's name is synonymous with the history of Delaware football. The Hall of Fame coach who won 300 games in 36 years at the helm of the Blue Hens was known for the impact he had on his players' lives as much as he was for the wing-T offense he pioneered with Dave Nelson.
That impact went beyond just football. In the 1960s, Raymond served under Nelson as the backfield coach and mentored quarterback Larry Catuzzi. But in the spring, Raymond was also the head baseball coach, where Catuzzi was the shortstop. Now Catuzzi is giving to name the coaches booth in Delaware Stadium in Raymond's honor.
"Even though Dave was the head football coach, Tubby was my mentor," Catuzzi said. "I thought a great deal of him and his family and that relationship grew over the years."
As the wing-T grew in popularity, football coaches around the country were seeking assistants to help implement the system for their own teams. When Nelson and Raymond got a call from the University of Dayton, they recommended Catuzzi. Catuzzi went on to coach at Dayton, Indiana and Ohio State, and eventually became the head coach of Williams College in Massachusetts. He also coached for the Houston Texans of the World Football League before entering a career in investment banking.
"Tubby was very instrumental in my career," Catuzzi said. "I think he felt strongly about my ability to run an offense and to coach. And I enjoyed it of course, very much."
Delaware athletics was a lifeblood for Bob Siemen. In the early 1940s, he remarkably lettered in four varsity sports in one year: basketball, soccer, tennis and track & field. Like many young men of his generation, he fought in World War II, serving in the Pacific Theater. When he returned to civilian life, he also returned to the Blue Hens, serving as an administrator and the coach for baseball, tennis and track & field.
Even when he eventually took a job with DuPont to provide more financial stability for his family, he remained involved by officiating track meets and spotting for public address announcer Elbert Chance during football games. His daughter Pat Anderson, and her husband John, are giving to name the PA booth in his honor.
"He loved being at the university," Anderson said. "Any time he had the opportunity he would be there when he could. It just gave him happiness, joy. That was the environment he liked the best."
Beyond a lifelong passion for athletics, Siemen gained lifelong friendships with the other coaches of the era, like Irv Wisniewski, Fred Emmerson and Dave Nelson.
"These are all people he valued," Anderson said. "Friends for his whole life, and they were a part of my [life] growing up."
Delaware Stadium has been a formative place for those off the field of competition as well. Growing up, Glen Weiss wanted to be a sportscaster. Luckily enough, the first day of his freshman year at UD the sports director at WXDR asked if anybody in his dorm was interested in sports radio. Weiss jumped at the opportunity, and was involved with student radio all four years.
In addition to broadcasting live baseball and hockey games, he expanded the student radio's coverage of Delaware athletics with more interviews and pre- and post-game shows. Although he didn't become a full-time sportscaster, the skills he developed on the mic in college help him every day in the world of business.
"Eighty percent of my job is presenting, negotiating, speaking, going to presentations, doing event talks," Weiss said. "So allowing me to publicly speak, learning how to publicly speak, learning how to address people, it was very, very helpful."
Weiss knows what a difference-maker the WAC will be for the Blue Hens, which is why he gave to the project and dedicated the student radio booth.
"The stadium improvements and a new Whitney Athletic Center, these are must haves," Weiss said.
As a photographer for Delaware athletics, Mark Campbell has captured images of some of the biggest Blue Hen moments over the last decade and a half. From packed football stadiums with Joe Flacco under center, to people lining up hours before tipoff to see women's basketball host North Carolina, to field hockey hoisting the national championship trophy in 2016, Campbell has witnessed firsthand the triumphs of Delaware student-athletes.
He's also witnessed firsthand the challenge of balancing the life of a student-athlete. In addition to a love for his alma mater, Campbell, a retired investment banker, chose to give because he knows how the WAC will improve the lives of student-athletes both academically and athletically.
"Now that I'm embedded and I get to know them better, I see what incredible people these student-athletes are," Campbell said. "If I was an employer, if I was running a company, I would hire a student-athlete. Just because they know how to do time management, they're disciplined, they're competitive. They have all the skills necessary to succeed in the real world."
The new state-of-the-art press box will feature 15 booths, housing television and radio broadcasts, coaches, game operations staff and members of print and digital media. The space will provide everything needed for the story of the Blue Hens to be told.
The people that have given to the WAC have all had different experiences, and different reasons why UD means so much to them. But what they all have in common is a generosity that will ensure future generations of Blue Hens not only develop those real-world skills, but make memories and friendships that last a lifetime.
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