Haverford College track coach Tom Donnelly is retiring at the end of the 2023 fall season after a highly successful coaching career, writes the Delco Times staff for the Daily Times.

It marks his 49^th cross-country season with the Fords.

Donnelly was a 2014 inductee to the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

He’s led Haverford to 77 conference titles in track & field and cross country, including 65 since 1993.

In 2010, the Fords won the NCAA men’s Division III cross-country title. The Fords have qualified for the NCAA team competition for 28 straight seasons, finishing in the top 10 18 times.

He led the Fords to 176 All-American honors and 29 NCAA championships, plus a title-winning relay team.

“His boundless, positive impact on decades of student-athletes here at Haverford is clear. The College is forever grateful for his unwavering dedication to the personal, academic, and athletic success of his student-athletes for nearly 50 seasons,” said Director of Athletics Danielle Lynch in a university statement.

Donnelly graduated from Villanova in 1969, where he was an All-American in track and cross country.

Read more about the coaching career of Tom Donnelly in the Daily Times.