Ed Klum - Lagacy 2003

Ed's life began in Benton Harbor, Michigan.   He joined
the US Navy for the final year of World War II, after
which he earned his Bachelor's Degree from the
University of Michigan (1950).  He earn a Masters in
1966.  He taught and coached high school sports at
Decatur and Fremont High Schools before working for
Ann Arbor High starting in 1954.
Ed taught in the social studies department and coached
basketball, baseball, football, and tennis for AAHS.  In
1959, Ed joined his for high school coach, Bill Perigo, as
an assistant basketball coach at U of M.  Realizing that
college coaching was not really his dream job, he
returned to the Pioneers and resumed his teaching and
coaching careers there until the school divided into
Pioneer and Huron.  Ed became the AA Huron River
Rats first athletic director and basketball coach.
Klum's basketball coaching tenure included one state
runner-up (1966), two state semi-finals.  He was
assistant head coach on the Ann Arbor High state
football champion staff in 1962.
Ed served as assistant golf coach at U of M for 16 years
and has been a successful and highly respected teacher
of golf for 14 years.
Ed is particularly proud of his former student athletes
who have pursued careers in education.  He is
particularly proud of Harold Simons, Jim Dutcher,

Jerry Gonser, Bill Frieder, Bill Yearnd, and Neil
Benford, among others.
"More importantly, I have been blessed to teach,
counsel and advise a group of wonderfully talented
emerging young adults, both in the classroom and on
the court and playing field, for more than 50 years.  I
have been surrounded by a masterful group of mentors,
teachers, coaches and friends who have contributed
immensely to whatever professional success I have
enjoyed."