Conine competed in the men's freestyle light heavyweight at the 1964 Summer Olympics, and played American football for Washington State Cougars and the Tacoma Tyees.
Conine competed in the men's freestyle light heavyweight at the 1964 Summer Olympics,[3] finishing sixth overall.
[4] Conine later won his event at the 1965 Association of American Universities national Greco-Roman wrestling championships.
In 2007, he was inducted into the Southern California Handball Association hall of fame.
[8] Conine is from Tacoma, Washington, United States, and later lived in Riverside, California.