Born in Washington, D.C., Luce arrived at Woodrow Wilson High School in the fall of 1953 and as a tenth grade sophomore led Wilson to its third and last Interhigh basketball championship.
He broke the Interhigh season scoring record of Wilson's Lonnie Herzbrun on the last day of the regular season only to have it broken that same night by Anacostia High School's Zeke Zirkle.
He earned a scholarship and enrolled at Penn State in the Fall of 57 and helped lead the PSU frosh to a 23–13 win over the Joe Bellino led Navy Plebes.
Luce returned to his Wilson alma mater in 1966 as head football coach of their first winning season in 7 years.
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