The Berks County Football Coaches Association will induct six into its Hall of Fame at its annual banquet Sunday, June 4, at Green Valley Country Club.
The Hall’s 20th Class is players Chad Henne, Matt Lytle, Greg Storr, James Bryandt and coaches Ron Zeiber and Bob Dudek.
The Hall has 131 members made up of players, head and assistant coaches, officials, special contributors and media.
Here’s a look at the Class of 2023:
James Bryant
Bryant, a Reading High grad, helped the Red Knights compile a 34-7 record and win two Lancaster-Lebanon League titles in his four seasons as a linebacker and fullback.
As a senior in 2003, he was the the Berks Player of the Year and earned All-State honors. He rushed for 910 yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior, averaging 7.9 yards per carry, and had 87 tackles. He finished his career with 314 tackles and 18 sacks. He played in the U.S. Army All-American Game.
He went on to play in college at Miami (Fla.) and Louisville.
Bob Dudek
Dudek has been an assistant coach at Muhlenberg for 57 years.
He began coaching kickers in 1966 under head coach Dick Koch and has remained on the staff with the next 10 head coaches. He has coached two-time All-State kicker Zach Hoffman and Chris Reed, who was an All-American at Muhlenberg College.
Dudek, one of the few assistants to be inducted into the Hall, started the school’s weight training program. He also was the school’s equipment manager for three decades.
Chad Henne
Henne, a Wilson grad, was a record-setting quarterback for the Bulldogs who was a four-year starter at Michigan before a 15-season NFL career during which he won two Super Bowls. He retired from the NFL in February.
Henne became Wilson’s starter in the second game of his freshman season. He ended up throwing for a then-District 3 record 7,071 yards in his career and led the Bulldogs to two Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 1 titles. As a senior, he threw for 1,743 yards and 19 TDs and was named Pennsylvania’s Gatorade Player of the Year and a Parade All-American.
At Michigan, Henne became just the second freshman in program history to start at quarterback. He finished his college career with 9,715 yards and 87 TDs, and remains the Wolverines’ all-time leader in passing yards.
He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the second round of the 2008 NFL draft. He spent four seasons (2008-11) with Miami before signing as a free agent with the Jacksonville Jaguars, where he spent the next six seasons (2012-17). He finished his career with Kansas City, where he signed as a free agent in 2018 and won Super Bowls following the 2019 and 2022 seasons.
Matt Lytle
Lytle, a Wyomissing grad, starred for the Spartans at quarterback before playing at the University of Pittsburgh and in the NFL.
Lytle, despite playing in the run-oriented Wing-T, passed for more than 3,500 yards, setting a program record and finishing fifth in Berks history at the time. He threw for a program single-season record 1,228 yards as a sophomore.
At Pitt, he threw for 3,738 yards in 27 games, including 2,092 yards with 16 TDs as a senior in 1998.
In the NFL, he appeared in two games for the Seattle Seahawks and three, including one start, for the Carolina Panthers. He also spent time in training camp with the Baltimore Ravens.
Lytle also played professionally for the Rhein Fire of NFL Europe, the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League and the Colorado Crush of the Arena Football League.
Greg Storr
Storr, a linebacker at Wilson, continued his football career at Boston College before playing in the USFL and NFL.
He was an All-Berks selection at linebacker in 1976. In four seasons at Boston College, he played defensive end and earned All-East and All-ECAC honors.
Storr was drafted in the sixth round of the 1982 NFL draft by the Vikings. He played for the New Orleans/Portland Breakers in the USFL in 1984-85, then with the Don Shula-coached Miami Dolphins in 1987.
Ron Zeiber
Zeiber, a Reading High grad, played quarterback for the Red Knights and at Mansfield University before embarking on a successful 34-season coaching career, including 24 as a head coach.
He was named Berks Coach of the Year in 1998 with Exeter and the Pioneer Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2006 with Boyertown.
Zeiber was at Exeter for nine seasons (1993-2001) and led the Eagles to the 1998 Inter-County League championship. In six seasons at Boyertown (2002-07), he led the Bears to their first PAC championship in 2006. He was the head coach at Hempfield from 2011-19, guiding the Black Knights to six District 3 playoff appearances.
