I have a couple fond memories of Gerry.
The first was that I always remember him taking the team over to the band after games, win or lose and having them sing the Alma Mater as the band played. I thought that was a really classy, student relationship building thing to do.
The second memory is from the late 80's, early 90's when I used to work at Dilly's Drive In Restaurant on Triplett. He used to come in after practices at the Rubber Bowl and order food. We'd talk for 20 minutes sometimes. Such a nice friendly guy. RIP