WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Peccatiello came to the College out of Newark, N.J., and went onto a standout-playing career that spanned from the 1954 through 1957 seasons. He ended his junior season for the Tribe as the team's leading receiver, with 19 receptions for 216 yards and two scores (a figure that also tied him for the league lead). He was elected as a co-captain for his senior season, which also saw him named to All-Southern Conference honors.
After his graduation, and a two-year stint in the Army, he returned to Williamsburg for the 1961 season to become an assistant coach for his alma mater, and later served as an assistant coach for Navy, Florida State and Rice before heading for the NFL.
The first part of his career, Peccatiello enjoyed much success with the Houston Oilers and the Seattle Seahawks. In 1981, he joined the defensive coaching staff of the Washington Redskins where he remained through 1993 claiming three Super Bowls (1983, 1988, 1992) under head coach Joe Gibbs. While with the Redskins, he developed some of the team's finest linebacker talent; with the likes of Neal Olkewicz, Mel Kauffman, Monte Coleman and Wilbur Marshall all playing during his tenure. He coached for the Cincinnati Bengals from 1994-1996 and finished his coaching career with the Detroit Lions before retiring in 2001.
Another 2010 inductee with campus connections is Jim Ducibella, a writer with William & Mary's Office of University Relations. Ducibella came to the College in September after spending 30 years as a sportswriter, first for The Washington Star in the nation's capital, then at The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, which he left in February 2008. At The Pilot, he covered a variety of sports before settling in as their primary beat writer for the Redskins and major golf championships like the Masters and U.S. Open. Ducibella was voted sportswriter of the year in Virginia multiple times, won several national writing awards from the Associated Press and other news organizations, and has authored two books.
Other inductees include former NBA basketball great Alonzo Mourning (who attended Chesapeake's Indian River High School); Jim Dombrowski, a former lineman for the University of Virginia and the NFL's New Orleans Saints; Herman Moore, a former U.Va. player who at one time held the NFL record for most receptions in a season while he was a member of the Detroit Lions; Dave Robbins, the winningest college basketball coach in Virginia history from Virginia Union University; Whitney Hedgepeth, a swimmer who earned All-America honors at the University of Texas and an Olympic gold medal; and Helmut Werner, an All-America soccer player at Lynchburg College who coached at Randolph-Macon College for 43 years.
