MANSFIELD – Former Mansfield University men’s basketball coach Tom Ackerman and track/cross country standout Terry Stanley are among four men selected for induction into the school’s Alumni-Athletic Hall of Fame this fall.
The induction ceremony will be held at the Hall of Fame dinner on Oct. 19 at North Manser Hall. Online registration for the dinner will be available in the coming weeks.
Ackerman, a Bradford native, was head coach of the men’s basketball program from 1989 to 1999 where he led Mansfield to 127 wins in his tenure. In 1997, Ackerman guided the Mountaineers to a PSAC East title, PSAC Championship, and NCAA Tournament berth coaching PSAC East Player of the Year Louis Judson and PSAC East Rookie of the Year Tommy Harvey. He also guided the Mounties to an ECAC playoff berth in 1995 and was twice named PSAC East Coach of the Year (1995, 1997).
Ackerman left Mansfield with the second most wins in program history. Five of his former players would go on to be inducted into the Mansfield Alumni Athletics Hall of Fame.
Stanley, from Eldred, was a four-year letter winner in cross country and three-year letter winner in track & field under Hall of Fame head coach Robert T. Maxson before graduating in 1974. A distance specialist, Stanley held school records in the 3-mile and 6-mile runs.
After Mansfield, Stanley qualified for the 1980 Olympic Marathon Trials and became one of just 20 runners in the world to run a sub 3-hour marathon during five different decades. Stanley held the world record for longest time span between marathon wins (1978-2012).
He has competed in over 100 marathons and is a five-time winner and course record holder of the God’s Country Marathon (2:25.14) in Potter County, He is also a five-time winner and course record holder of the Presque Isle Marathon (2:19.30), three-time winner of the Wineglass Marathon, and two-time winner of the Skylon Marathon.
Stanley was the Pennsylvania state marathon record holder from 1981-87 with a time of 2:17.34 set at the Penn Relays.
He also spent 14 years as an assistant coach at Division I St. Bonaventure University.
Also being inducted are men’s basketball standout Ken Bianchi ’67 and longtime voice of the Mountaineers Chris Vaughn during Homecoming Weekend 2018.
