Long Beach Teacher Coach Makes Hofstra Hall of Fame

The Long Beach School District congratulates teacher and coach Ian “Rocky” Butler on being selected to the Hofstra Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2015. Butler achieved many triumphs during his time playing on the Hofstra football team and will be formally honored alongside eight other inductees at a special ceremony in April.

Butler served as quarterback from 1997 through 2001 and was a two-year starter. He earned a total of 54 touchdown passes in his career, the second-highest in Hofstra history, and set a record with 30 touchdown passes in one season. He also took third on the team’s all-time list for total offense yards. In addition, Butler was named a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, a first team All-American selection and the I-AA Independent Offensive Player of the Year. He was included on All-American lists developed by the Sports Network and USA Today.

Butler teaches physical education at Lido Elementary School and Long Beach High School. He is in his seventh year of coaching the varsity football team, which made it to playoffs for the last five years and competed in the Big Four Championships for the first time since 1989. Butler has served as head coach for the boys varsity winter track team for the past four years and has seen two students qualify for the state championships. For the past three years, he has also been an assistant coach for the boys varsity spring track team.

Courtesy Long Beach Schools

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