They were highly motivated in all activities – in sports, in drama, music, clubs. “The best job I ever had was being athletic director at Washington Township High School because I organized play,” he said. If you are organized and dedicated, you can be successful. I became a leader in the NJSIAA on various committees, including the eligibility committee and the appeals committee. “It just shows that you have made many friends and influenced other athletic directors. “It’s a heck of an honor to be recognized by my peers from around the state,” said Earling, a former high school and college baseball competitor, a New Jersey State Athletic Director of the Year, an Eastern Regional Athletic Director of the Year and one of five national finalists for Athletic Director of the Year. Directors of Athletics Association of New Jersey Hall of Fame (2022 inductee).Atlantic City High School Athletic Hall of Fame (2017 inductee).Rowan University Athletic Hall of Fame (2001 inductee).WTHS Sports Hall of Fame (1999 inductee).Gloucester County Sports Hall of Fame (1998 inductee).The latest honor makes Earling a Hall of Famer five times over: He will become only the fifth athletic director from South Jersey to be so recognized.

Earling, who spent 27 years as the athletic director at Washington Township High School (1973-1999), will be honored on March 17, 2022, as an inductee into the Directors of Athletics Association of New Jersey Hall of Fame. The philosophy has served the now-retired teacher/coach, assistant principal, athletic director and facilities coordinator (all in Washington Township), principal (Collingswood High School-1999-2008), superintendent (Monroe Township- 2008-2018) and nine-year Washington Township Board of Education member well. He calls it “living the Walt Disney way.” And after making his 80 th trip to the happiest place on Earth this October, Earling knows of what he speaks. Washington Township” as he is sometimes and proudly addressed, likes to keep things simple.

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