Bill Racich graduated from West Chester State College in 1975. He was a four-year starter, a four-time conference finalist, and a two-time NCAA Division I Championships qualifier. Rachich was a Middle Atlantic Conference and East Conference champion and also captured the National Freestyle Team Championship in 1978. He was team captain of the WCSC team in 1975 that beat Northwestern, Minnesota, Purdue, Indiana and Illinois at the Mid-West Tournament.

He accepted his first head coaching job at Spring-Ford High School in 1978 and was named head coach at Ursinus College in 1981. He finished his 38th season at Ursinus in 2018. Through 2017 he had a career record of 532-120-8 and ranked sixth all-time and second among active coaches in wins. Racich coached seven East Region champions, 16 NCAA All-Americans, and 74 NCAA Division III Academic All-Americans.

He was named Centennial Conference Coach of the Year 11 times and NCAA East Regional Coach of the Year in 2014. Racich led his teams to 11 conference titles, 11 dual meet championships and 11 undefeated seasons.

Racich served as tournament director for the Centennial Conference and East Regional tournaments. He founded the North-South Duals over 30 years ago, the Fall Brawl over 15 years ago, and the Citrus Invitational.

He teaches in the Spring-Ford School District and is the chair for health and physical education, middle school athletics coordinator, and the head cross country and track coach at the middle school.

Racich is an exemplary coach who educates students about life through wrestling. He always keeps the big picture in mind, remembering students are there to learn, and get an education - and the coach is to foster that learning through sport.

He serves on the National Wrestling Coaches Division III executive committee and is as a mentor for the NWCA.

Rachich is a member of the West Chester Wrestling Hall of Fame, the Conshohocken Sports Hall of Fame, the Plymouth-Whitemarsh Distinguished Graduates Hall of Fame, the Ursinus College Athletics Hall of Fame, the Southeast Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall of Fame, the Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame, the NWCA Division III Hall of Fame, and the Montgomery County Coaches Hall of Fame.

And when not coaching wrestling, he has been a national and internationally recognized Rugby player for 25 years, retiring in 2000. In fact, he was honored in the Philadelphia-Whitemarsh Rugby Hall of Fame in 1999.

And, just to keep busy, he earned his doctorate in physical therapy from Temple University in 2012.

Bill and his wife, Julia Elaine, reside in Collegeville, PA. They had one son, Cole, a 2007 Ursinus grad too. Tragically, Bill unexpectedly passed away on September 21, 2018, just five short months after his induction.