William R. Wagner, the recently retired head coach of the University of Pennsylvania Sprint Football program, will receive a Special Recognition Award from the Maxwell Football Club. The club will present Coach Wagner with his award during the 83rd Annual Maxwell Football Club Awards Gala, which will take place at the Tropicana Casino & Resort on March 6 in Atlantic City.

The face of Penn Sprint Football, Mr. Wagner completed his 50th and final season as head coach of the Quakers in the fall of 2019. Mr. Wagner is a five-time champion of the Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL) since taking over the team in 1970. During his time at Penn, he also spent 35 years as an assistant coach on Penn’s baseball team.

“Bill Wagner is a coaching icon at the University of Pennsylvania,” said M. Grace Calhoun, the T. Gibbs Kane, Jr. W’69 Director of Athletics and Recreation at Penn. “Our sprint football program is truly his program—he has coached nearly every living member, and he has been the driving force behind everything that makes it one of the top programs in our division.”