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Portrait of Andy Santos, 2017 ORR Athletic Hall of Fame inductee
2017

Andy Santos

Golf
Induction Year
2017
Category
Coach
Class of

Hall of Fame Plaque Biography

Andy has been a staple of Old Rochester since he first started here in October of 1972 as both the school business manager and assistant to the superintendent. He has been a key component to getting the school and athletics to thrive over his time here. He has always considered sports a building block towards success and was a key contributor to getting girls equal footing with the boys and helped build Old Rochester into the sports powerhouse it is today.

After retiring from the school in December of 1998, he realized he couldn’t stay away long from being a Bulldog. He returned as Interim AD from October 2001 until September of 2002 and kept the Bulldogs going strong. He jumped onboard with the golf team as an assistant in 2004 and took over as head coach for 2005. He created a force to be reckoned with and kept it going through his retirement after the 2012 season.

With Andy at the helm, Old Rochester golf went 119-17-3 and captured 4 SCC Championships, won the SCC tournament 5 times and made it into the post season many times over. He has coached many of the best golfers our school has ever produced from Anderson to Mills, Coucci to Oldham, Hickok to Augustine. He has coached the best. And with that, he has left an indelible mark on both our past and present school and athletics.

Original Hall of Fame Plaque

Original 2017 Old Rochester Regional Athletic Hall of Fame plaque for Andy Santos

THE COMPLETE STORY

Expanded Historical Profile

Andy Santos began serving Old Rochester Regional in October 1972 as the school business manager and assistant to the superintendent. During a period of growth and change, he helped the school and its athletic programs thrive and supported efforts to provide girls with athletic opportunities equal to those available to boys.

After retiring from the district in December 1998, Santos returned as interim athletic director from October 2001 through September 2002. He then joined the golf program as an assistant coach in 2004 and became head coach in 2005, leading the Bulldogs through the 2012 season.

Under Santos, ORR golf compiled a 119-17-3 record, won four South Coast Conference championships and five SCC tournament titles, and qualified repeatedly for postseason play. His decades of administrative leadership and coaching left a lasting mark on both the school and its athletic tradition.

ARCHIVAL MEDIA

Photo Gallery

Historical photographs, action images, team photographs and later-life images will be assembled here as verified source material becomes available.

INDUCTION CEREMONY

Watch the Hall of Fame moment

Timestamp from the Vimeo description for the 2017 ORRAHOF Induction Banquet.

SOURCES & HISTORICAL NOTES

Documenting the record

October 16, 2026: plaque biography reconciled directly against the existing photograph of the physical 2017 plaque. The inscription matches. Printed errors and induction-era claims remain part of the plaque record; this is not independent verification of every historical claim. No photographs were added or changed.

Formal ORR yearbook portrait supplied September 20, 2026. Primary image is a faithful cleaned and cropped derivative; original source retained as an archive reference.

October 2, 2026: physical plaque photograph IMG_1891.HEIC from the inductee's Drive folder visually matched by name and 2017 induction label and attached as the plaque reference. Original retained in Drive. Format conversion only; no crop, retouch or generated detail. Approved primary portrait and earlier biography wording retained. Word-for-word physical-plaque reconciliation remains pending.

The Hall of Fame archive also preserves the complete 2017 display (IMG_1890.JPEG), pairing the historical photograph and induction plaque. That original display is included in the profile gallery.

October 14, 2026: text-only editorial review against the existing Hall biography and source notes. Existing history covers the available Hall achievements; retained rather than padded. This review does not certify an exact physical-plaque match or current record status.

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