[2] In his later years, Seals worked with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, teaching inner city youth the power of the game.
[2] Seals attended Xavier University of Louisiana, where he played basketball under coach Bob Hopkins, and alongside his teammate and future NBA star Donald "Slick" Watts.
For his Junior, and final season, he and Watts would lead the Xavier Gold Rush to their second consecutive NAIA District 30 Championship, defeating Dillard University 101–80.
[5] In the 1973 NAIA basketball tournament they would upset Sam Houston State University, 67–60, in the second round.
At the time, the Bearkats were ranked first in the country in all college division polls and had gone 34 games, over a two-year period, without a loss.
In the post-season, the Utah Stars defeated the San Diego Conquistadors to win the Western Division semifinals.
He was joined by a strong high school center the Stars drafted, Moses Malone.
The Utah Stars finished in fourth place in the Western Division, an upset, with a record of 38–46.
In the post-season, the Utah Stars were defeated in the first round by the Denver Nuggets in a five-game series.
Seals performed well in the post-season, playing 6 games, racking up 181 minutes on the court, and supplying 78 points, with 13 ppg for the Seattle SuperSonics.
[7] Seals finished the season tied for the fourth highest amount of personal fouls in the league, with 314.
Seattle managed to win the Western Conference, and led the Washington Bullets before losing the series in the NBA Finals.
At the time of his death, Seals worked for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, teaching inner city youth that basketball is more powerful than violence.
[2] Along with his responsibilities working with the youth of inner city Boston, and being a family man, Seals was also supportive of his niece, former NCAA athlete, Joy Hollingsworth.
[10] Hollingsworth, a point guard, played women's basketball for the Division I-A Arizona Wildcats in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) through the 2006–07 season.