The Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Association has announced the honorees for its 36th annual recognition banquet, with many area coaching greats set to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Shepherd Hill's Chris Lindstrom, Dougherty's Sean Mulcahy, Marlboro's Sean Mahoney and Phil Marchesiani, who graduated from Fitchburg State and coached at Marian and Air Shirley, on May 5. He will be one of seven coaches to receive this honor at Sunday's ceremony. DoubleTree Hotel Milford. The event begins with social hour at 4 p.m. and dinner at 5 p.m.
Lindstrom was a Hall of Fame football player at Boston University, where he played alongside his brother Dave, and went on to play for the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the USFL's Chicago Blitz. After beginning his high school coaching career at Tantasqua, Lindstrom replaced Leo Biron in 2001 with the Rams, who went 107-65 and led the team to a Division II Super Bowl victory over Nipmuc in 2007. He won the Central Massachusetts state title in 2014 before retiring. He went 112-71 in 2017 and handed over coaching duties to his son-in-law Ryan Dugan, a longtime Rams assistant.
Lindstrom and his late wife, Dawn, stayed busy in retirement, following the active athletic careers of their children. His daughter Ingrid was a standout volleyball player, and sons Chris and Alec shined on the stands at Boston University before turning professional. Alec was on the Dallas Cowboys' practice squad and currently plays center for the Memphis Showboats of the United Football League. Chris is one of the highest-paid offensive linemen in football and is a two-time All-Pro with the Atlanta Falcons.
Mulcahy has been at Dougherty High School for the past 34 seasons, taking over for Bill Irben in the 1990 season, compiling a 177-181 record during that time. Mulcahy is one of only three coaches with local ties to have coached more than 200 games, joining Classical's Owen Rider (1961-1985) and Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Ron Silvestri (1992-2010). Only one person.
Mulcahy played for Doherty from 1980 to 1982 under coach Ralph Raymond and also played club football for Assumption, becoming Doherty's coach in 1990 when Irven was sidelined with a knee injury after three games. He took office. Mulcahy has led the team to a 115-66 record since 2007. In 2013, the Highlanders won the Division 4 state championship against Dennis-Yarmouth.
Mahoney, who began his high school coaching career at Shrewsbury and went 16-26-1 from 1994 to 1987, came to Marlboro in 2004 after spending six seasons coaching at Assumption. Since then, he has led the Panthers and also coaches women's and women's basketball. Tennis at school. Mahoney compiled a 150-111 record in football and was named the MIAA Football Coach of the Year for the 2020-21 season.
Mahoney was captain of Worcester State's club football team in 1984 and 1985 and was inducted into the school's Sports Hall of Fame in 2018, along with her daughter Michaela, who is currently an accomplished softball coach at Marlboro High School.
Marchesiani spent 22 seasons at Marian High School before finishing at Ayr Shirley. Marchesiani compiled a 145-87-3 record with the Mustangs, winning 10 league championships, making the playoffs eight times and winning the Eastern Massachusetts State Championship in 1992, 2001 and 2002.
The quartet will be joined by Gary Doherty (Framingham, Bishop Feehan, Taunton), Reggie Lanciani (Dom Savio, Dennis-Yarmouth) and Paul Sullivan (North Attleboro).
The MHSFCA will also present Leominster's Jacob Paskell with the Courageous Athlete Award. Paskel was diagnosed with cancer in 2021, but he returned to baseball and football with the Blue Devils.
Other Courageous Players honorees include Eddie Hall (Lowell Catholic), Nick Tatkus (Braintree) and Kyle Wilder (Chelmsford).
Long-time St. John's assistant Paul Capstick, fellow assistant coaches Chuck Campoasso (North Reading), Eli Giumbakis (Westford Academy), Steve Jordan (Nobles & Greenough), He will be honored along with Donald Joseph (Fairhaven) and Lou Ottaviani (Randolph). and Paul Saba (Whitman Hanson).
Foxboro's Jack Martinelli will be recognized for his 300th career win, and Laurie Ross Lee of the Standard Times/South Coast Today will receive the media award.
The Distinguished Service Award will be awarded posthumously to Buddy Teevens of Dartmouth College and Tim Murphy of Harvard University, and the Silvio Serra Lifetime Achievement Award will be awarded to Jim Kelliher of Abington College.
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