He was named captain of the football team for 1916, but left Holy Cross before the season began.
He also a player-coach for a football team based in Moline, Illinois and played baseball for Lawrence in the New England League.
[4] From 1921 to 1947, Devlin was the head football, baseball, and basketball coach at Lawrence High School.
[5][6] He then served as the school's athletic director and facilities manager until illness forced him to retire in 1958.
[1][7] Devlin spent his later years in North Andover, Massachusetts before moving to a nursing home in Lawrence.