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Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Alumni News - Walsh, Zwaan to ChesCo Sports Hall of Fame

Former Golden Ram football player and coach Joe Walsh, and former head football coach Bill Zwaan have been inducted into the Chester County Sports Hall of Fame.

Walsh played for West Chester State College from 1967 to 1970 when the Golden Rams reached the Pennsylvania State College Athletic Conference (PSCAC) championship game three times, and won it in 1967 and 1969. He served as head football coach of West Chester Henderson High School for 20 years, and during his tenure there was named Ches-Mont League coach of the year three times and Chester County Area Coach of the Year four times. He later served as defensive line coach at West Chester University for seven seasons. Walsh was previously inducted into the Ches-Mont League Hall of Fame, the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association (PSFCA) Hall of Fame and the Killinger Hall of Fame.

Zwaan played quarterback for the University of Delaware from 1973 to 1975, including 1974 when the Blue Hens reached the Division II national championship game. After various assistant football coaching positions, he served as the head football coach at Widener from 1997-2002 where he compiled a 54-14 record and won the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC)/Commonwealth League in four of his six seasons there. Zwaan then coached the Golden Rams from 2003 to 2023, compiling a record of 163-76, claiming a share of the PSAC East seven times, and an outright PSAC title in 2018. He led West Chester to the playoffs ten times, advancing to the Division II semi-finals in both 2004 and 2013.

The 2025 Annual Induction Banquet was held on Saturday, November 8th.

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