During his prep years, Gallup played at Swampscott High School and Deerfield Academy.
[2] He also played two seasons of college basketball under Bob Cousy and was a member of the BC team that made the Elite Eight in 1967.
[3] After graduating, Gallup accepting a teaching position in Swampscott, Massachusetts and worked as BC's assistant freshman football coach after school hours.
[13] In 2000, Gallup returned to Boston College as assistant athletic director for football operations.
[14] Their oldest son, Darren Douglas Gallup, was going to play football at Harvard in 2003, but was killed in a motor vehicle accident his senior year at Belmont Hill School.