Head Coach Vince Ahearn began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Good Counsel High School in 1989. From there he moved to Bladensburg High School as an assistant before being named head coach at Suitland High School. While at Suitland he brought that team out of a 13-year losing streak and turned it into a program that appears regularly in post-season play. In 1996 he moved to Frederick and took over the Cadet program. After 12 seasons, he is the second-most winning coach in Frederick High history. He has sent many players on to play college ball over the years and this school year alone he can boast that more than twenty former Cadets who will be playing at the college level. Several former players have even gone on to play in the NFL- most notably Lamont Jordan of the Denver Broncos and Ebenezer Ekuban, formerly of the Broncos. Among his coaching staff this year are seven former players from Frederick High School. Coach Ahearn's wife, Becky, is a teacher in Montgomery County. His son, Vinnie is a sophomore defensive back at Salisbury University, Alec and his daughter, Natalie, both currently attend Frederick High School. Past honors for Coach Ahearn include the 2006 Jerry E. Mears Service to Football Award given by the Maryland State Football Coaches Association, being named to MDVarsity's top 15 most influential people in Maryland high school football list, and organizing state all-star games in 2003 and 2004. Coach Ahearn continues as an active member of the Maryland High School Football Coaches Association and participates in many combines and training events each year. He teaches special education classes at Frederick High School.
Coach Ahearn earned yet another feather in his cap from the NFL this year by being asked for a fourth year to coach an all-star 7-on-7 team at the national championship held at the Minnesota Vikings training facility.. Coach Ahearn's team represented the Baltimore Ravens franchise at the three day event. Players were selected from boys who attended the HSPD Camp in May and included Deon Walker, Tyler Kight, Greg Ehabe and Jalen Gee of Frederick High School. Coach Ahearn and the twelve team members were treated to round-trip airfare, hotel accommodations and meals at local places of interest. They also received lots of NFL merchandise and all called it a great experience. Coach Ahearn was also awarded the AFC Coaches Sportsmanship Award for the tournament.
Coach Ahearn continues to work very hard at Frederick High School to assure that our athletes enjoy a quality high school football experience. It is also important to him to maintain the first class reputation he has established at Frederick High as a home to many rewarding and exciting events. During his tenure at Frederick High he has developed and successfully runs the MDVarsity.com Passing Jamboree-the largest high school 7-on-7 event in the east. He organizes and oversees the local NFLHSPD Camp (NFL High School Player Development Camp) which included more than 450 athletes this year making it the largest such camp in the country. This is not only a great learning experience for players, but also an important one as college coaches are allowed to attend and watch players that could be future recruits to their programs. FHS has also become a favorite venue for combines sponsored by the Sparq/Nike organization.
Assistants
Randy Steiner Assistant Head Football Coach
Randy Steiner is Frederick’s longest current active coach and has been an important part of the coaching staff for 16 years. He is the head coach of the JV team. Randy is a graduate of Richard Montgomery High School in Montgomery County and Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Randy teaches ESOL at Frederick High and he and his wife Cheryl have two children, Shannon and Chad. Chad played football and graduated from Juniata College and now coaches the Freshman team.
Brandon Brewbaker
Assistant Coach\Director of Football Operations
Brandon Brewbaker is entering his seventh season officially as a coach for the Cadets, but his 10th overall as a member of the football staff. Brandon has many duties including serving as the teams Director of Football Operations and Media Relations, Webmaster for the teams website as well as assisting with College recruiting. He is a 1999 graduate of Frederick High School where he lettered in football, basketball, and lacrosse. He then went on to play both football and lacrosse at Montgomery College, although an ankle injury in training camp ended his football career his freshman year at Montgomery. Brandon started on the Cadets staff as a graduate assistant only three months after graduating from FHS in 1999. He currently works in the FHS Agricultural department. Coach Brewbaker is engaged to be married this year.
Kent Bryant
Assistant Coach
Kent Bryant brings over 30 years of football experience to our program including 4 years as a player on the New York Jets farm team. Kent was an assistant coach for the Frederick Outlaws, who won 3 conference and 2 National Semi-Pro Championships. Kent has been married for 26 years and has four children. Lloyd is a semi-pro football player for the New York Ravens; Kent Jr. is a graduate of St. Francis University, Jewel is a recent college graduate and teacher in Washington County and Kendra is a senior captain on the cheerleading squad at West Virginia University
Jesse Highling
Assistant Coach
Jesse Highling is in his second year as an assistant coach. This season Coach Highling will coach offensive and defensive lines for the Varsity team. Coach Highling is also an assistant baseball coach for Frederick, and recently became a special education instructional assistant. Coach Highling is excited about the upcoming 2009 football season, and hopes this team will enjoy their time as he did during his time at Frederick.
Brent Hultslander
Assistant Coach
Brent Hultslander is entering his 2nd year of coaching. He is the offensive coordinator for the freshman team. Currently, he teaches third grade at Carroll Manor Elementary. As a graduate of Frederick High, he is glad to be back helping the Frederick Football program. His mom, Jo Hultslander, is a Spanish teacher at Frederick High.
Ronnie Morris
Assistant Coach
Ronnie Morris is in his third year of working with the FHS football program. This is his first year as the freshman Head Coach after two successful seasons as an assistant on the freshman and JV levels. In addition to coaching, Coach Morris works at Frederick High School as an Instructional Assistant. He is looking forward to an excellent 2009 season
Thomas Ramsey Assistant Coach
Thomas grew up in the Baltimore area and moved to Frederick in 1994. He graduated from FHS in 1998 where he played varsity football for two years. In addition to coaching football he has coached soccer and basketball. Coach Ramsay is an assistant manager at Manufacturers and Traders Bank. He and wife Nikki recently had their first child.
Jerry Smith
Assistant Coach
Chad Steiner
Assistant Coach
Chad Steiner graduated from Frederick High School in 2003 and played wide receiver and free safety. He was first team All Conference as a safety and first All-Gazette as a wide receiver and named offensive MVP. He also was awarded first team all district and received honorable mention Big School All-state as a Safety. Chad played as a three year starter at Juniata College where he amassed over 95 receptions and 1,100 yards during his career. He served as captain during his senior year. Chad graduated December 2008 with a Degree in Sociology and Education and is perusing a Masters in Exercise Science at McDaniel College. He resides in downtown Frederick and works as a substitute teacher.
Curtis Pierce
Assistant Coach
Curtis Pierce is a second year coach for the Frederick Football program. Last season he served as the head coach during the inaugural season of FYCAA, Frederick’s youth feeder program. After a successful year, he joins the high school staff coaching wide receivers and defensive backs. In addition to coaching, he is the resource officer at Frederick High School. Coach Pierce has established great relationships with the Cadet family, and is looking forward to an exciting 2009 season
Bob Plant
Assistant Coach
Bob Plante is entering his 24th year of coaching.. He has coached at some of the top programs in the state, including Sherwood, Quince Orchard, and most recently Seneca Valley High School. Bob will coach the offensive and defensive lines and will be the offensive coordinator for the Frederick varsity program. Bob has been married to his wife Pam for 20 years and has two sons Bo (17) and Bump (14).
Damian Wallace
Assistant Coach
Damien Wallace is in his first year of coaching at Frederick High School. Damien will be coaching the JV quarterbacks. He graduated from Frederick High School in 2007 and played quarterback his junior and senior year. He was awarded the offensive player of the year in the Piedmont Conference. He is now working and engaged. He enjoys spending time with his beautiful daughter Da’myra.
Adam Wetzel
Assistant Coach
Adam Wetzel is a native born Frederick resident. He is a 2001 graduate of Frederick High School, and was a two year two way starter for the cadets in his Junior and Senior season. He was awarded the 2000 Sportsmanship Award
for the Cadets. Adam went on to attend Frostburg State University where he graduated magna cum laud with a degree in business marketing. Even though this is Adam’s first year coaching the cadets, he spent the previous three years
coaching at FYSA where he compiled an undefeated record every year.
Athletic Training
Scott Hopson
Head Athletic Trainer
Scott Hopson returns for his tenth season as Athletic Trainer at Frederick High School. He is a graduate of Middletown High School and Salisbury University. As a Certified Athletic Trainer ,he has worked at both the high school and college levels. Coach Hopson teaches Sports Medicine and Physical Education at Frederick High School. He and his wife Hope have two sons, Matthew (12) and Timothy (9).
