He compiled a career record of 255–125–13 and is ranked second all-time in wins among NCAA Division II football coaches.

Malosky was a native of Crosby, Minnesota, who began his coaching career at Morris and Morningside-Edina High Schools.

Malosky's 1980 team compiled a perfect 10–0 record, which was part of a 20-game winning streak, which "at the time was the longest in all of college football.

He recovered from the stroke sufficiently to attend practices and games in the fall of 1998, but he realized that he "couldn't run the ship the way he had in the past.

At a nationally televised game on September 11, 2008, the stadium was officially dedicated to Malosky.