[8] Lorendo then served in the Coast Guard in World War II; stops during his service included Pearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.
[5] In spring 1950, he was chosen in the 1950 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers (11th round, 134th overall) but never played a game in the league.
[2] Once Lorendo's playing days were over, he accepted Presbyterian College's offer to coach football and basketball, starting in the 1950–51 academic year.
[10] In March 1951, he received a phone call from Ralph "Shug" Jordan, Auburn University's newly appointed head football coach.
[4] Lorendo spent the next twenty-five seasons serving in various assistant coaching roles (1951–1975), and he earned a reputation as being tough yet fair.
[4] Lorendo was later quoted as telling his players, "If I've been yelling and cussing at you in past seasons, it is only because you had a chance to help the team.