He served as the head football coach at Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania from 1955 to 1984, compiling a record of 144–122–5.
Potsklan also had three stints also the head men's basketball coach at Albright, in 1966–67, from 1968 to 1974, and 1980 to 1985, tallying a mark of 79–113.
He attended Brownsville High School in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he played three sports.
[2] Potsklan's college career was interrupted by military service with a bomber squadron in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II.
[1] Potsklan also served for a time with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League.