He coached high school football in New Hampton, New Hampshire before moving to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he worked as an assistant athletic director and earned a master's degree in sports administration.

[1] During Gladchuk's tenure at Boston College, the athletic department's budget grew from $800,000 to $4.4 million.

[2] In 1992, men's hockey coach Len Ceglarski retired and Gladchuk promoted longtime assistant Steve Cedorchuk.

[5] However, Milbury resigned before coaching a game due to "philosophical differences" with the athletic department.

[6][7] In 1997, men's basketball coach Jim O'Brien left BC for Ohio State after three of his recruits were rejected by the admissions department.