School Committee holds moment of silence for Coach Bob DeFelice

The school committee held a moment of silence in honor of Bob DeFelice at the beginning of its meeting Monday night.

DeFelice, the former Winthrop High football coach, Boston College baseball player, and legendary baseball coach and athletic director at Bentley University died at the age of 82 on Sunday.

“(DeFelice) was a 1963 graduate of Boston College, and very importantly, a teacher and a coach here in Winthrop who touched many students’ lives,” said committee Chair Jennifer Powell.

Superintendent of Schools Lisa Howard said the district would be taking more steps to honor DeFelice and his legacy in the coming weeks.

“I know tonight we did a moment of silence in honor of Coach DeFelice, but this news is very new to us, as of yesterday,” Howard said at Monday’s meeting. “We wanted to make sure we took that moment tonight for us and for the school community, but we will have a more personal and descriptive overview of the life of Coach DeFelice at a later meeting. We want to give his family time to have a moment of grieving and for them to be able to see this.

“There was a beautiful article today in the Bentley Falcon Facebook page that spoke eloquently about his time, not only at Bentley, which was long, but his time in our community, too.”