La Salle College High School is a Catholic, college preparatory school for boys located in Wyndmoor, a community in Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, outside Philadelphia, but within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The school is staffed by a lay faculty and the Christian Brothers. Its sports teams compete in the Philadelphia Catholic League and now also participate in the PIAA. History La Salle was founded in 1858 as St. Michael's School at Second and Jefferson Streets. It then became the Christian Brothers Academy. In 1863 it became the preparatory school to La Salle College (now La Salle University). The prep school and college shared the same campus up until the 1960s. In 1982 they formally became two separate institutions. Notable alumni J. Burrwood Daly (1890) US Congressman Gus Cifelli (1943) Michigan district court judge and NFL offensive tackle Paul Arizin (1946) member of Basketball Hall of Fame Jim Phelan (1947) member of College Basketball Hall of Fame Dick Bedesem (1949) College football coach Tom Gola (1951) |member of Basketball Hall of Fame John Lehman, Jr. (1960) |Secretary of the Navy (1981–87) and member of 9/11 Commission Chris Matthews (1963) television commentator on Hardball, syndicated columnist Michael McGinniss (1965) president of La Salle University Chuck Zapiec (1967) PA Sports Hall of Fame, Penn State All-American linebacker, pro football player Leonard Bosack (1969) founder of Cisco Systems Jack Bauerle (1970) U.S. Olympic and University of Georgia women's swim coach Brig. Gen. Joseph J. McMenamin (1970) Assistant Division Commander, 2nd Marine Division Steve Javie (1972) NBA referee Joe Mihalich (1974) Head Coach, Hofstra Men's Basketball George T. Kenney (1975) former member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 170th district Joe Webster (1976) Member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 150th district Fran McCaffery (1977) Head Coach, Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team John Waldron (1977) |American criminal defense lawyer John Schmitt (1980) senior economist, Center for Economic and Policy Research Hugh Panaro (1982) Broadway actor, Les Misérables, The Phantom of The Opera Michael J. Stack III (1982) Former Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania George Winslow (1982) Professional football punter Jim Poole (1984) relief pitcher for Philadelphia Phillies Tom Gizzi (1985) football player Charles McIlhinney (1985) Pennsylvania State Senator John Butler (1991) Defensive backs coach for the Buffalo Bills Sean McDermott (1993) head coach of NFL's Buffalo Bills Gregory Michael Hosmer (1999) actor, As the World Turns, Greek, How I Met