Southern New Hampshire University

Phelps served as the second coach in program history for both the men’s soccer and baseball programs, coaching soccer from 1969-77 and baseball from 1970-78.  In soccer, Phelps guided the Penmen to an 8-4-1 record in 1976 and an appearance in the NAIA District 5 playoffs, while in baseball his 1970 squad captured the NEIBA championship.  A longtime professor at SNHU, Phelps served the University from 1968-2005, starting his career in the mathematics department.  In the early 1990s, he started then-New Hampshire College’s Sport Management program, one of the first of its kind in the region and now one of SNHU’s most popular majors.