ɐ ɹˈɛzᵻdənt ʌv bˈʌfəlˌoʊ, nˈuː jˈɔːɹk, nˈoʊæk hɐz ɐ dˈɔːɾɚ, daɪˈæn nˈoʊæk kˈɛnt, hˌuː ɪz ˈɔːlsoʊ ɪnðə kænˈɪsɪəs spˈoːɹts hˈɔːl ʌv fˈeɪm, ɪndˈʌktᵻd ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd tˈuː.
A resident of Buffalo, New York, Nowak has a daughter, Diane (Nowak) Kent, who is also in the Canisius Sports Hall of Fame, inducted in 2002.