BEVERLY – (Radio Interview) Beverly High School named their updated weight room in honor of former Beverly High School football coach Bill Hamor. The Beverly native also played high school football in Beverly. The ceremony took place Saturday morning at Beverly High School.
Radio Interview with former Beverly coach Roger Rosinski – Served as Hamor assistant coach (w/ Tim Kearns)
Photo– Beverly coach Dan Bauer, Hamor, Former coach Roger Rosinsk
Hamor Biography
William “Bill” Hamor, a member of Beverly High School’s Class of 1959, played football, ice hockey and baseball.He later spent 12 seasons as the BHS head football coach (1978-89), 10 straight of which were winning campaigns.He subsequently became the school’s athletic director.
After a successful athletic career in Beverly, Hamor played football for Northern Michigan University, where he was named an Associated Press All-State defensive tackle.He earned a master’s degree from Eastern Michigan University, while serving as a graduate assistant for the football program there.Hamor returned to Massachusetts in 1968 to coach football at Lynn Classical High School, and served as an assistant in Beverly and Danvers before being named the Panthers’ top man.
Hamor guided the Panthers to the Northeastern Conference crown three times, earning a trip to the Division 2 Super Bowl in 1988, the first year Beverly rolled up a 10-0 regular season.
Hamor coached the Agganis All-Stars (’82) and the Shriners All-Stars (’85), and was named NEC Football Coach of the Year in 1988.He was inducted into the Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1999.
