span class="large"Coach Joe Palone/spanbr/br/ span class="large"A fixture on the Army sports scene for a period spanning four decades, Joe Palone retired as Army's all-time winningest men's soccer coach in 1978. He compiled a 228-80-35 coaching record over a highly successful 29-year career./spanbr/br/ span class="large"Palone guided the Black Knights to 11 NCAA berths and three Eastern titles (1950-52), while building a .715 career winning percentage that still ranks among NCAA career leaders. He directed Army to the semifinals of the NCAA Championship on four occasions and registered 26 winning seasons in all. /spanbr/ br/span class="large"Coach Palone was inducted into the Army Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. He was inducted into the United Soccer Coaches Hall of Fame in 2021./spanbr/ br/span class="large"In addition to his accomplishments on the soccer field, Palone served as Army's baseball coach from 1955 to 1957./span