What better way to say goodbye to New Jersey’s most successful high school football coach than during a gathering of his peers. Brick Township’s Warren Wolf was honored during a special dinner during the Nike Coach of the Year Clinic at the Tropicana in Atlantic City Friday night.
More than 200 people attended the dinner, many of them former players
and those who coached with and against him during his 51 years roaming the sidelines for the Green Dragons. I had the honor and pleasure to serve as Master of Ceremonies.
Wolf was presented with a Penn State football from Nittany Lions assistant Dick Anderson which was signed by legendary coach Joe Paterno as well as Florida State’s Bobby Bowden and former Pittsburgh and Tennessee coach Johnny Majors. Bowden, who delivered the Benediction and Majors the President of the Nike Clinics sat at the Wolf table during the evening. Brick Principal Dennis Filillpone and Athletic Director Rick Handchen presented Wolf with his own letterman’s jacket courtesy of the Parent’s Club and he also received the Shore Football Coaches Foundation Legacy Award from Dan Duddy, a former Brick player and assistant coach who is now the head coach at Monsignor Donovan. Without question one of the highlights of the evening was an emotional speech delivered on behalf of Wolf’s former players from Steven Filippone, a four-time Connecticut Coach of the Year which summed up the pride that made Brick football so special. Rutgers assistant coach Joe Susan also spoke and offered his congratulations from everyone associated with the Scarlet Knights football team.
The program also included a video presentation put together by Travis Johnson of All Shore Media and the singing of Rudy Leustek. It was a wonderful tribute to a man who put Brick Township on the map by winning=2 025 Shore Conference Divisional Titles and six state championships. Special thanks must go to Lacey coach Lou Vircillo for all the work he did putting the dinner and program together.
On an unrelated note, congratulations to the Manchester Township High School Girls Bowling team. They rolled the highest score in all of South Jersey while winning the Group 2 Championship and three Hawk bowlers, Amanda DeMauro, Taylor Olsen and Kathryne Clark qualified for the individual championships. Brick Memorial and Toms River East also won sectional titles
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