Asbury Park names football coach
By STEVEN FALK
STAFF WRITER
Don Sofilkanich, a former head coach at Holmdel High School and an assistant coach at New Brunswick High School the past five seasons, was named Asbury Park High School's head football coach recently, Asbury Park athletic director Ron Standridge said Wednesday.
Sofilkanich will be Asbury Park's third head coach in the last three seasons
Matt Ardizzone coached the team last season.
He was approved as head coach by the Asbury Park Board of Education the day before the season-opener after Joe Stinson, the Blue Bishops' head coach from 2000-2005 was not rehired as head coach for the 2006 season by the school board less than two months before the season-opener.
Asbury Park went 1-9 last season with six losses by six points or less.
Stinson, who went 24-37 with three NJSIAA apperances in his six seasons at Asbury Park, was recently hired as the head coach at Linden High School.
A disciple of New Brunswick head coach John Quinn, Sofilkanich was at New Brunswick when Standridge was the athletic director there.
During his time on the New Brunswick staff, the Zebras went 53-7 with NJSIAA sectional championships last year and in 2003.
He was the head coach at Holmdel in 1999, when the Hornets went 6-4, shared the Shore Conference Class C South championship with Monmouth and Freehold and qualified for the NJSIAA playoffs.
""I felt he was the candidate with the most experience,'' Standridge said.
IN OTHER FOOTBALL NEWS: Rob Paneque, Manchester High School's head football coach the past three seasons, said Wednesday he has resigned to become a vice principal at Wall High School.
Paneque said the Wall Township Board of Education approved his appointment Tuesday night.
""From a coaching standpoint, this was a very difficult decision. Professionally, this was an opportunity I felt had to try and take advantage of,'' Paneque said.
Manchester went 12-18 in Paneque's three seasons, with its first-ever NJSIAA playoff appearance in Paneque's first season in 2004. The Hawks were 4-6 last season.
Before he came to Manchester, Paneque was an assistant coach at Wall High School for four seasons.
Manchester athletic director Keith Lister said that he hopes to have the coaching vacancy filled by the end of the month.
STAFF WRITER
Don Sofilkanich, a former head coach at Holmdel High School and an assistant coach at New Brunswick High School the past five seasons, was named Asbury Park High School's head football coach recently, Asbury Park athletic director Ron Standridge said Wednesday.
Sofilkanich will be Asbury Park's third head coach in the last three seasons
Matt Ardizzone coached the team last season.
He was approved as head coach by the Asbury Park Board of Education the day before the season-opener after Joe Stinson, the Blue Bishops' head coach from 2000-2005 was not rehired as head coach for the 2006 season by the school board less than two months before the season-opener.
Asbury Park went 1-9 last season with six losses by six points or less.
Stinson, who went 24-37 with three NJSIAA apperances in his six seasons at Asbury Park, was recently hired as the head coach at Linden High School.
A disciple of New Brunswick head coach John Quinn, Sofilkanich was at New Brunswick when Standridge was the athletic director there.
During his time on the New Brunswick staff, the Zebras went 53-7 with NJSIAA sectional championships last year and in 2003.
He was the head coach at Holmdel in 1999, when the Hornets went 6-4, shared the Shore Conference Class C South championship with Monmouth and Freehold and qualified for the NJSIAA playoffs.
""I felt he was the candidate with the most experience,'' Standridge said.
IN OTHER FOOTBALL NEWS: Rob Paneque, Manchester High School's head football coach the past three seasons, said Wednesday he has resigned to become a vice principal at Wall High School.
Paneque said the Wall Township Board of Education approved his appointment Tuesday night.
""From a coaching standpoint, this was a very difficult decision. Professionally, this was an opportunity I felt had to try and take advantage of,'' Paneque said.
Manchester went 12-18 in Paneque's three seasons, with its first-ever NJSIAA playoff appearance in Paneque's first season in 2004. The Hawks were 4-6 last season.
Before he came to Manchester, Paneque was an assistant coach at Wall High School for four seasons.
Manchester athletic director Keith Lister said that he hopes to have the coaching vacancy filled by the end of the month.
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