VERDUN, Quebec City — His football stops have been plentiful. His first one may be the most memorable.

Scott Milanovich has seen football take him from Butler to the University of Maryland, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Cleveland Browns, NFL Europe, Alfred University, the XFL, the Calgary Stampeders and Montreal Alouettes.

Still only 38 years old, Milanovich is the offensive coordinator for back-to-back Grey Cup championship teams in Montreal.

Now football is taking Milanovich to enshrinement in the Butler Area School District Athletic Hall of Fame. He will be one of nine inductees Friday, prior to the Golden Tornado's home football game with Canon-McMillan.

“Some of my best memories were when my dad (Gary Milanovich) was coaching and I was the ball boy on the sidelines,” Milanovich said. “I looked up to players like (quarterback) Jamie Smith as if he was an NFL guy.”

Milanovich said his biggest win in high school was a WPIAL playoff victory at Upper St. Clair on a rainy night on a mud-soaked field.

“They had something like a 30-game winning streak going into that game,” he said. “We played near-flawless football in horrible conditions to beat them.

“That was one of those magical nights. We had a lot of those at Butler.”

A 1991 Butler graduate, Milanovich recalls with pride some of the teammates he threw the football to on those Friday evenings — Justin Kearns, Ron Zawrotuk, Kip Collins and Jeremy Rock, to name a few.

“That was a great ride, playing football with guys you grew up with, guys who loved the game as much as you did,” he said. “We got to Three Rivers Stadium and the WPIAL championship game.

“North Allegheny beat us and they had nine or 10 Division I players on that team. If I had played better that night, we might have beaten them. We gave everything we had every night, every year. ... I'm so grateful I had a chance to play high school football in western Pennsylvania.”

He's played plenty of football since.

Milanovich set records at Maryland, completing 66 percent of his passes for 7,301 yards and 49 touchdowns during his collegiate career. He threw for 3,499 yards in 1993. He threw for 498 yards in one game.

While with the Terrapins, Milanovich put together four five-touchdown pass games, five 400-yard passing games and 10 300-yard passing games.

He did the punting there as well, averaging 41.4 yards per boot and being named first team, All-Atlantic Coast Conference.

“I worked under some great coaches,” Milanovich said. “Joe Krivak sent six consecutive Maryland quarterbacks on to the NFL at one point.

“(Former Tampa Bay coach) Tony Dungy should get into the Hall of Fame someday. I played long enough to meet enough people to stay in this game.”

With the Canadian Football League season in full swing, Milanovich will not get to Friday's induction ceremony in person. He doesn't take the honor lightly, however.

“Whether this is the second (HOF) class, the 10th, whatever. ... It's a thrill to be selected,” he said.

Milanovich also feels grateful to be coaching one of the greatest quarterbacks in CFL history in Anthony Calvillo.

“This is Canada's NFL,” he said. “Up here, the CFL is a big deal. I still have other aspirations in coaching, absolutely, but I'm very happy where I'm at.

“These players know what it takes to win. Even though we're off to a slow start (5-4 through nine games), these guys could make it happen again.

A reception for all nine inductees will take place at 5 p.m. Friday in the high school cafeteria. The inductees will be recognized on the field prior to kickoff as well.