Bill Persichetty was a member of the team that set a world record in the two-mile relay (7 minutes 27.3 seconds) at the Los Angeles Coliseum in 1954. The previous record was 7 minutes 29.2 seconds. Fordham runners Tom Courtney, Terry Foley and Frank Tarsney rounded out the relay.

In 1957, he began teaching and coaching track and cross-country at Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange, N.J. He also coached at Oak Knoll and Oratory Prep in Summit, N.J., and served in the Army as a Ranger.

His teams won several conference and New Jersey parochial championships during his tenure, set national records in the indoor two-mile relay as well as several regional and state races.

He was inducted into the Hudson County (N.J.) Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1985, the Fordham Athletic Hall of Fame in 1979 and the Seton Hall Prep Hall of Fame in 1997, where the track is named in his honor.