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Head Coach Jason Levitt

Coach Levitt enters his 13th season as Head Coach, and 16th in the Commodores program. Levitt serves as Defensive Coordinator, Special Teams Coordinator, Offensive Line and Defensive Backs Coach. Besides his coaching duties, he is the website creator and editor. Prior to coaching at Bayside High School, he coached at the University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA), and Elmwood Park High School (Elmwood Park, IL).He played cornerback and running back at Concordia University in Illinios. He is a graduate of Concordia University(00',02'), and graduated from the Master's Degree and teachers certification Physical Education program from Hofstra University. Currently he is a physical educaton teacher at Bayside High School.

 

Overall Record: 87-50

Assistant Coach Ken Dyckman

Coach Dyckman enters his 11th season in the Commodore Program. He serves as offensive coordinator, Offensive Skills coach, and Linebacker coach. He has earned both Bachelor and Masters Degree in Physical Education from Queens College. He is a physical education teacher at Bayside. He also serves as the Girls Handball coach at Bayside. Prior to coaching at Bayside, he was an assitant coach at Columbus HS, and was the head coach at Jamaica HS for 4 seasons. He is married to Colleen, and they are parents the parents of 3 children; Conner, Kyle, and Erin.

JV Head Coach Brad Schwartz

 

 

Coach Schwartz enters his 2nd season with the Commodores

Overall Record: 5-2

 

Coach Francisco Hernandez

Coach Fran enters his 2nd season with the Commodores. He is the teams Quarterbacks and Linebacker coach.

Born in Panama, raised in New York City.

He attended Queens College and has been

teaching Spanish for 21 years. Prior to Bayside, he has served as defensive coordinator

for 10 seasons, and offensive coordinator for 3 years. He is married to his wife Jennifer

and they have two kids, Madison and Harrison.

Coach Jeff Tanner

Coach Tanner enters his 1st season as a Full-Time coach for the Commodores, and will coach the Running backs.

An alumni of Bayside High (Class of 82’),  Jeff was a member of the 1980 and 1981 championship teams, and team captain in 1981.

He attended Morgan State and New York Institute of Technology.

After college, he worked for 33 years, as a manager for American Airlines. He is currently retired.

Jeff is married to Lisa, and they are proud parents of their daughter, Taylor.

   Joined the coaching staff in 2022. Coaches the offensive and defensive lines for the JV. He is an integral part of the off-season program. 

Athletic Director Joe Capuana

"Cap" is the Athletic Director of Bayside High School Athletics. In addition, he is also the assistant principal of physical education at the high school. Prior to these positions, he was with the Football program for 15 seasons, where he was the Varsity head coach for 11 seasons. In 2007, he served as JV Head Coach, and also held the same position for 3 years prior to becoming head varsity coach in 1997. He is a graduate of St. Johns University and Adelphi University. Capuana and his wife,Dina, are the parents of Nicholas, and Lia.

Dr. David S. Pereira, MD-Team Doctor

Justin-Field Manager