NJCAA Baseball Coaches Association Coaches Hall of Fame
Symonds is head baseball coach at Oakton CC, Des Plaines, Illinois, for the past 27 years, He served as president of the NJCAA BCA from 1994 to 1996. Symonds was an All-American baseball player at Wayne State College and inducted into its Hall of Fame. He has written numerous baseball articles for the Coaches Digest & served on the staff of the Goodwill Games between the NJCAA All Stars and Japan.