He returned to his alma mater to serve as an assistant coach in both football and basketball.
[1] While at Illinois he was the president of the Sigma Pi fraternity chapter and received his degree in 1922.
[2][3] Sabo served as the head basketball coach at the University of Rochester from 1922 to 1923.
He rounded out his career as an assistant football coach at Yale University.
He was assigned to oversee physical conditioning at one of the navy's training centers.