Grossfeld was a three-time head coach of the United States men's gymnastics team (1972, 1984 and 1988) and an assistant for the Southern Connecticut State University men's squad in 1964 and the women's squad in 1968. Grossfeld served as head coach at SCSU from 1963-2004, overseeing one of the most successful spells in Owls history. He was a 2015 recipient of the Frank Bare Award by the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. 

A member of the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, Grossfeld served as head coach for the 1984 U.S. Olympic Men's Gymnastics Team that earned eight medals, including the U.S. men's only Olympic team gold medal. He was also the personal coach of Peter Kormann, who became the first U.S. man to win an Olympic medal in 44 years with a bronze medal on floor exercise in 1976. 

Grossfeld also served as head coach for the U.S. men's gymnastics team at five World Championships and two Pan American Games, including the 1987 Pan Am Games when the men won the team gold medal. The U.S. national coach for men's gymnastics from 1981-88, Grossfeld coached the first U.S. men's team that defeated the USSR in 1982. 

While at SCSU, Grossfeld was a three-time National Coach of the Year who led the men's gymnastics team to three NCAA championships (1973, 1975, 1976). Under his stewardship, the Owls won 10 Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League in succession from 1975 to 1984, a feat that has not been replicated since. During his tenure, Grossfeld coached 29 individual NCAA champions, 126 All-Americans and four Nissen Award winners. 

As an athlete, Grossfeld represented the USA internationally from 1952-67. He competed in two Olympic Games (1956, 1960), two World Championships (1958, 1962) and three Pan American Games (1955, 1959, 1963: the U.S. won the team gold all three years). 

At the University of Illinois, he won four NCAA titles and seven Big Ten Championships, as well as the Big Ten Medal of Honor. Additional honors include National Coach of the Year for USA Gymnastics (1984) and the NCAA (1973, 1975 and 1976); USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame (as an athlete, coach and contributor); and the first and only American to achieve the status of FIG Master Coach (2000). 

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