Before graduating from St. Lawrence University in 1954, Frank Shields was a quarterback and kicker for their football team and set a scoring record with 34 consecutive extra-point kicks. He next served as a United States Army officer from 1955-1957, after which he accepted a position teaching and coaching at Watertown High School, where he began a high school lacrosse program in 1958. Mr. Shields moved on to coach football at Manlius-Pebble Hill Military School, where he established a lacrosse team in 1960, and then to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to coach at Lehigh University. He later accepted an assistant coaching position at the University of Massachusetts, during which time the football team made the Tangerine Bowl and several of the players went on to the NFL.

In 1966 he returned to St. Lawrence University to coach football and lacrosse while pursuing a master’s degree in education. Upon completion of his degree, he accepted a position as an assistant in lacrosse and football at Hobart College. In 1975 he left coaching to become a school guidance counselor in Victor, New York. .

In 1981 Mr. Shields once again returned to St. Lawrence University, this time as the Director of Alumni Relations, where he remained until his retirement in 1993. In 1994, St. Lawrence University awarded Frank its highest award, the Distinguished Alumni Award, for his service to the university.



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