Terry Henry and Hall of Fame. The two are becoming synonymous.

The former East Brady and Seneca Valley football coach will be inducted into his fourth Hall in four years June 17 when he joins the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Hall of Fame at the Harrisburg Holiday Inn.

Henry was inducted into the Seneca Valley Athletic Hall of Fame and Butler County Sports Hall of Fame in 2014. Last year, he entered the Western Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame with legendary NFL quarterback Jim Kelly, who Henry coached at East Brady.

Kelly will be presenting Henry at the latter's latest Hall of Fane induction.

“That means so much to me that Jim would take the time out from his schedule to come do that for me,” Henry said. “That man is busier than ever.”

A 1967 East Brady graduate, Henry was 23 years old when he took over as head coach of the Bulldogs. He guided the team to a 69-16-3 record in nine years, reaching the Little 12 Conference championship game seven times.

Among other Little 12 Conference coaches in the PSFC Hall of Fame are Charles Zoffuto (Brockway), Bernard McQuown (East Brady), Sever “Tor” Torretti and Ray Reckner (Brockway), Rich Vidunas (Union), Clyde Conti (Clarion-Limestone), Larry Wiser and Norm Zwald (Clarion).

“There were always good coaches in that league,” Henry said. “The big difference in coaching at a small school was that we had maybe three coaches on the whole staff.

“At Seneca Valley, we had eight coaches and each specialized at a certain position.”

Henry took over a Seneca Valley team in 1984 that was coming off four consecutive 1-9 seasons. He won four games in his first season and took the Raiders to the 1989 WPIAL championship game.

Henry was 74-48-2 and had just two losing seasons in his 12 years as Seneca Valley coach. He served as athletic director there for 22 years.

“We had good athletes. That's why we won at both schools,” Henry said of his coaching career. “You can't win without them.”

Henry became head coach at East Brady almost by default. The Bulldogs' head coach from the year before retired and the other assistant on the staff, Harry Beckwith, left to become head coach at Kittanning.

At age 23, Henry was the only coach left.

“I wasn't even sure if I wanted to stay in coaching at that point in my life,” he said. “But I was young and I could relate to the kids that way. I really think that helped me.

“And the kids were so dedicated. We were the smallest school in the Little 12. We had 90 boys in the entire school (grades 10-12) and a third of them played football.”

Kelly said the way Henry treated his players helped him more than his youthful age.

“He just earned your respect,” Kelly said. “Terry was more like a counselor to everybody than a football coach. You could go to the man with any problem at any time.

“His age made no difference. I had the same respect for him as my coach as I would have had if he was 20 years older than me.”

Kelly, of course, went on to quarterback the Buffalo Bills to four Super Bowls and gained induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

“The respect factor just grew and grew over the years,” Kelly said. “Now he's my best friend. Terry Henry helped me get that gold jacket (in Canton). I wouldn't have gotten there without him.”

Henry recalled walking with the team for a half-mile or more from the school to practice at the field in East Brady.

“We never thought anything of it back then,” he said. “On Halloween, the kids stopped at houses for trick-or-treat on the way back to the school after practice.

“Then, as athletic director and coach at Seneca Valley, it was nothing for someone to walk on to the practice field and ask me a question pertaining to another sport, or I'd be trying to solve something for them, whatever the case may be.

“I coached at a small school and big school and loved my time at both. The challenges were different and I feel like we met them,” Henry added.