National Football Foundation

Joe Mewhiney was a football coach, physical education teacher, athletics director and vice principal over his long 37-year tenure at Westborough High School in Westborough, Mass.
 
Mewhiney, 76, graduated from Butler High School in Butler, N.J., in 1956, where he played football, basketball and baseball. He went on to play football at Springfield College (Mass.). Following graduation in 1960, Mewhiney went to St. Lawrence University (N.Y.) for his master's. He was an assistant coach in football there for two years. The placement center at Springfield College then set up an interview for Mewhiney at Westborough.
 
Mewhiney became the head football coach in 1962, and he took on the duties of an assistant principal and remained in that capacity until his retirement in 1999. Mewhiney also worked countless hours on MIAA committees for Central Massachusetts high school football. The Central Massachusetts Chapter of the National Football Foundation is now known as the Joseph R. Mewhiney Chapter in his honor. After his retirement, Mewhiney did some substitute teaching. He was also a sub contractor for National Grid, going into area elementary schools and talking about electricity.