Meeting Called to Order by President Joe Russo 7:05PM

Meeting called to order by President Joe Russo @ 7:05PM

Hammond High School

Treasurer Report - - Joe Russo

Approximately $ 6800.00reported in the account as of 09February 2015

Minutes - - Joe Bosley III

No minutes to discuss.

MFCA Membership and NOCAD Insurance – Joe Russo

Membership is available online at the web address above. Cost per school is $70.00 for two years.
NOCAD Insurance is provided for 8 coaches from each member school at no additional cost. Member coaches are covered with $1,000,000.00 liability insurance. Coaches who are teachers in the building are also covered. Schools with more than eight coaches can add additional coaches for $16.00 per coach by contacting Joe Russo () and giving him the coach’s name and he will be added to your school’s staff.
Those of you who are not MFCA members should consider the real possibility of being involved in some type of litigation. NOCAD insurance covers legal fees.
NOCAD provides excellent, inexpensive camp insurance.

MFCA 28thHall of Fame Banquet – Joe Russo

The 2015 Hall of Fame / All-State Banquet will be held February 22, 2015 at Michael’s 8th Avenue. Tickets are $45.00.
The MFCA Hall of Fame was established in 1988 and currently has 82 members. Each member is inscribed in a plaque outside the Gossett Football Team House at the University of Maryland.
TheMFCA Hall of Fameclass of 2015 will include:

Chuck Markewicz (Arundel HS)
Dom Zaccarelli (Westlake HS)

The John Voight Assistant Coach Award was established in 1994 and currently has 52 members. Nominees should have a minimum of 20 years of dedicated service as an assistant coach.
The2015 John Voight Assistant Coach Awardwinners are:

Charlie Schaffer (Wilde Lake HS)
Robert “Sonny” Yeatman (Douglass-PG HS)

The 2015Service to Football Awardwinner is:

Derek Toney (Varsity Sports Network)

The inauguralJohn Harvill Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of longtime Maryland coaching legend John Harvill will be Al Thomas.

BIG 33 Team Maryland –Scott Ripley /Brian Van Deusen

The Big 33 game will be played June 20, 2015 at Hershey Stadium in Hershey, PA
Visit for more information.
The coaching staff for Team Maryland has been named:
Head Coach – Sean Murphy (Archbishop Curley)
Offensive Coordinator – Paul Bernstorf (St. Paul’s)
Defensive Coordinator – Mike Neubeiser (Northwest HS)
Assistant Coach – Todd Appel (Fort Hill HS)
Assistant Coach – Eric Wade (Suitland HS)
Assistant Coach – Brendan Ireton (Kent Island HS)
Team Maryland Support – Brian VanDeusen (River Hill HS)
Team Maryland Support – Marc Mesaros (Eastern Tech)
Team Maryland has announced the participation of six players:
OL David Robbins (Glenelg) committed to Florida State
OL Ellis McKennie (McDonogh) committed to University of Maryland
RBRaekwon Gray (Urbana) committed to Temple
SLOTJalen Christian (Damascus) committed to South Carolina
DE/TEJonathan Holland (Bullis) committed to Penn State
LB Wyatt Cook (McDonogh) committed to Purdue
Timeline of Upcoming Events
February 13 – Team Maryland will officially be announced.
March 8 – Team Maryland 1st meeting.
Head Coach for future Big 33 games
2016 – DeLawn Parrish
2017 – Kevin Lynott
Team selection is coming along very well and although Team Maryland has lost several players due to the late date of the game and the early reporting dates for many freshman football players the staff is confident that they will be able to select a strong 34 man roster.
64 Maryland high school football players signed Division 1 scholarships this year.

MFCA Combine - -Joe Russo

MFCA Combine will be held at Hammond HS on April 26, 2015.
As the organizations major fund raiser the MFCA combine is open to every football playing high school in Maryland. Coaches are encouraged to utilize the MFCA combine to motivate their players, use the MFCA combine as a team building event as well as a benchmark for your players to see where they stand against other HS players in Maryland. Additionally, Donnie Zimmerman (President of National Preps) uses the MFCA combine as a “one stop shop” to find players to promote to colleges. Your athletes will certainly get a leg up on the competition with a positive showing at the MFCA combine.
Cost to member schools is $20.00. Walk-up registration will be $30.00.
It has been suggested that a white board be present at each event station to post the best times, lifts, etc. for each event. T-shirts to be awarded to the best in each event.
Events and responsibilities will include:

Registration: Baltimore County
T-Shirt Distribution: Baltimore City
Height & Weight: Anne Arundel County
Leaders: Eastern Shore & Westminster HS

40 yard dash: Montgomery County
Short-shuttle / Pro-agility: PG County
Bench Press (185lbs.): Howard County
Standing Broad Jump: Frederick & Carroll County

Registration information will be coming via email in the coming in early March.
Registration will be limited to the first 500 student-athletes.

Film Day –Eric Wade and Donnie Zimmerman

The MFCA Film Day washeld on Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, Monday, January 19, 2015 at the Annapolis Area Christian School.
Over 40 colleges were present to recruit your players.
Well attended by high school coaches as well.

State Football Playoff Proposal –Joe Bosley III / John Kelley

A proposal to change the state football playoff format from its current format of the top four teams in each of four regions qualifying.
John Kelley, head football coach at Quince Orchard HS, will be spearheading this task and will conduct the research into the economic feasibility of this proposal.
The proposal was made to alter the playoff format to include the top two teams from each Region and the next eight highest point totals (wildcards).
Each of the eight Region entries would be seeded 1-8 by points and they would host first round games against the top eight wildcard teams. Game match-ups would be established in reverse order.
First and second round games will be played within the region.
The bracket would be set up as the state currently sets up the state playoffs.

W1 v. WildcardS1 v. Wildcard

W2 v. WildcardS2 v. Wildcard

N1 v. Wildcard E1 v. Wildcard

N2 v. WildcardE2 v. Wildcard

For example from this past season in 1A.

Region Qualifier / Pts.Avg. / Region / Wildcard Qualifier / Pts.Avg. / Region
1 / Fort Hill / 10.37 / West / v. / Manchester Valley / 5.10 / West / 8
2 / Edmondson / 9.00 / South / v. / Fairmont Heights / 5.10 / North / 7
3 / FAET / 8.92 / North / v. / Northern-G / 5.10 / West / 6
4 / Cambridge-SD / 8.90 / East / v. / Bohemia Manor / 5.40 / East / 5
5 / Douglass-Balt. / 8.88 / South / v. / Surrattsville / 5.50 / North / 4
6 / Havre de Grace / 7.70 / East / v. / Allegheny / 5.88 / West / 3
7 / Forestville / 7.41 / North / v. / Kent County / 6.30 / East / 2
8 / North Carroll / 7.10 / West / v. / Lake Clifton / 6.46 / South / 1

For example from this past season in 2A.

Region Qualifier / Pts.Avg. / Region / Wildcard Qualifier / Pts.Avg. / Region
1 / Douglass-PG / 10.8 / South / v. / Easton / 6.0 / East / 8
2 / Oakland Mills / 9.5 / South / v. / Catoctin / 6.1 / West / 7
3 / Queen Anne’s / 8.5 / East / v. / Fallston / 6.7 / East / 6
4 / Oakdale / 8.5 / West / v. / South Carroll / 6.7 / West / 5
5 / Eastern Tech / 8.3 / North / v. / Dunbar / 6.74 / North / 4
6 / Kent Island / 8.0 / East / v. / Liberty / 6.8 / West / 3
7 / Poolesville / 6.91 / West / v. / Marriott’s Ridge / 7.0 / South / 2
8 / Overlea / 6.8 / North / v. / Patuxent / 7.3 / South / 1

For example from this past season in 3A.

Region Qualifier / Pts.Avg. / Region / Wildcard Qualifier / Pts.Avg. / Region
1 / Damascus / 12.4 / West / v. / Huntingtown / 7.1 / South / 8
2 / Linganore / 11.5 / West / v. / Patapsco / 8.2 / North / 7
3 / Franklin / 10.4 / North / v. / Chopticon / 8.4 / South / 6
4 / Thomas Stone / 10.1 / South / v. / Seneca Valley / 8.6 / West / 5
5 / Aberdeen / 10.0 / North / v. / Urbana / 8.7 / West / 4
6 / Potomac / 9.01 / South / v. / Milford / 9.5 / North / 3
7 / River Hill / 7.5 / East / v. / BelAir / 9.7 / North / 2
8 / Glenelg / 7.3 / East / v. / South Hagerstown / 10.3 / West / 1

Further research on this proposal will be put together in order to see what the playoffs would have looked like in 2013 and 2012 before taking this proposal to the state football committee.

Towson University Football– Derrick Johnson

The Towson Football Staff cordially invites you and your staff to our second annual Maryland Football Coaches Social at 1:00 on February 21st 2015. The purpose of this event is to help us get to know you better and to give you an open forum for communication. Roughly 60% of our roster comes from the state of Maryland... We want to make sure your voice is heard and your needs are met.
Here is the plan:

1:00 Check In at Field House (Beverages Available)
1:15 'The State of the Program' - Coach Rob Ambrose
2:00 Towson vs UNC Wilmington at SECU Arena
3:00 Return to Field House (Food/Beverage/Clinic)

This is a free flowing & open ended event. If you want to talk ball, we will talk ball. If you want to talk recruiting, we will talk recruiting. Whatever it is you would like to do... We will do.
We plan to stay at the basketball game until halftime, but if you want to stay for the entire game, you are more than welcome to do so. Cost of admission will be $5.00 which will cover the cost of Beer and Food. Tickets for the game will be provided to you upon entry. Please bring your staff. Feel free to respond to this if you have any questions. Please RSVP by February 18th, .
Towson will host several camps again this spring and summer. Some dates to remember:
Spring Ball begins March 10
Travel Camps, June 1-4
July 18 7v.7 and Big Man Camp
July 19 Prospect Camp

NCAA Eligibility– Ryan Steinberg

Ryan Steinberg, formerly of the University of MD, has taken a position with the NCAA. He shared information regarding NCAA eligibility requirements and the impending changes to the requirements for the class of 2016 and the class of 2018.
Make certain you get your guidance staff to update the “Approved Course” list at your high school each semester.

Announcements

NOCAD convention was held in Annapolis Maryland, January 17-19, 2015. The MFCA is the host and partial sponsor of this event. Coaches, administrators and directors from 42 states converged on Annapolis, MD for this important annual meeting hosted by MFCA President Joe Russo.

NEXT MEETING DATE: April 20, 2015 at Hammond HS at 7:00PM

FUTURE MEETING DATES:May 18, 2015

Coaches in Attendance

Joe Russo (President ), Joe Bosley (Secretary - Westminster), Doug Duvall (Retired / BTC), James McCormick (North Caroline), Eric Wade (Suitland), Brian VanDeusen (River Hill), Eric Wallich (Damascus), Reggie White (Milford Mill), Ryan Hain (Franklin), Anthony Burgos (Franklin), John Kelley (Quince Orchard), Kreg Kephart(Gaithersburg), Ryan Steinberg (NCAA), Scott Ripley (St. Paul’s), Mike Working (Retired / BTC) Derrick Johnson (Towson University), Albert Jones (North County), Bryan Pierre (Northwestern) and Larry Mitchell (Patterson).