JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (pacathletics.org)--The Board of Directors of the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame announced Washington & Jefferson College head football coach Mike Sirianni as an inductee into the Class of 2021. The announcement was made in the organization's monthly newsletter released on Monday.

Sirianni is one of 11 individuals who will be formally inducted at a time to be determined. Current New York State Covid-19 restrictions prevent the annual Induction Banquet on Presidents' Day in February 2021. The new honorees will bring the total number of CSHOF inductees to 220.

A 1990 graduate of Southwestern Central High School in Jamestown, N.Y., Sirianni earned four letters in track and field, three letters in basketball and two letters in football while competing for the Trojans. Sirianni then went on to be a three-year starter and two-time All-Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) honoree for the University of Mount Union. He was a member of the Purple Raiders 1993 NCAA Division III national championship team. He was also a four-time OAC triple jump champion at Mount Union.

Sirianni served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at W&J from 1999 through 2002 before taking the reins as head coach. Sirianni has put together one of the top winning percentages among collegiate football coaches during this time. He has compiled a 156-36 record during his 17 seasons as head coach.

A seven-time Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Coach of the Year, the 2012 D3football.com South Region Coach of the Year and the 2017 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Region 2 Coach of the Year, Sirianni has led W&J to the postseason in 15 of his 17 seasons, including 11 Division III playoff appearances. His squads have won at least nine games 12 times, including three-straight, 10-plus win seasons from 2006-08. Sirianni has led W&J to eight PAC championships during his tenure. 

The Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, incorporated in 1981 to honor and preserve the sports history of Chautauqua County, N.Y. The CSHOF is an all-volunteer group governed by a 30-member Board of Directors elected annually.

Contributed by the Washington & Jefferson College sports information office