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Reade Sands Director / Coach
Coach Sands is a Physical Education Teacher for Sayville High School for the past 20 years. Sands is from Brooklyn, NY. where he attended New Utrecht High School and then Pace University. Coach Sands has 28 years of Coaching experience in football at both the high school and college levels. Sands just recently resigned as the Head Varsity Football at Sayville High School after a 74-11 career record in 8 seasons.
* 3x East Coast All Star @ Pace Univ.
* 2x Defensive MVP @ Pace
* 2x All American Pace
* 1996 Pace Univ. Athlete of the Year
* 13x Suffolk Championships
* 8x Long Island Championships
* 5x Rutgers Trophy Champion
* Suffolk Coach of the Year 2020, 2022, 2024
* 2022, 2024 National Football Foundation Coach of the Year Award
* Certified Speed and Agility trainer
Reade Sands lives in West Sayville with his wife Kerry and 4 boys, Charlie, Benny, Mikey and Sammy.
Adam Dewitt - Director / Coach
Coach DeWitt has been coaching for the past 28 years. He is currently the Assistant Varsity Girls Coach at Sayville HS winning the Suffolk County and Long Island Championship, compiling a 16-1 record. Formerly, Coach DeWitt was the founder and Head Girls Flag Coach at Longwood going 14-3 in his two seasons. Coach DeWitt was also the Head Boys Football Coach at Longwood HS, 6x Division Coach of the Year, 1x Suffolk Coach of the Year, 2x County Champions, and won the Long Island Championship in 2004. He was inducted into the Longwood Hall of Fame in 2015. Coach DeWitt has coached over 100 All County athletes, over 50 All-State athletes, over 10 All- Americans and 1 Olympic athlete. He has been a Special Education teacher and serves as the JHS Principal in Longwood for the past 12 years. He has also Coached Track and Field for Mount Sinai winning the County Championship in 1998. He has two kids, Lucy (21) and Brady (19). He lives in Shoreham with his wife Lisa. He is VERY excited to help grow the game of Women's flag football on Long Island.
Eric Maurer - Coach
Eric Maurer has been an educator in both private and public schools for the past 9 years and before that he was a corporate accountant out of college. Football first made its way into his life at the age of 9 and has been with him ever since. Although a major knee injury his junior year of high school upended his collegiate dream, Eric found a way to keep involved in the game he loved through coaching. Starting over 15 years ago, Eric started volunteering at Central Islip PAL, mentoring the young men in more than just football, which led him to leaving his accounting job and pursuing a career in education to mentor the youth. Eric has coached at the high school level for the past 9 years at St. John the Baptist and now at Sachem North. For the past 3 years Eric has been the head varsity coach for the Flag Football team, continuing to share the game he loves with anyone who is willing to partake. He and wife Rachel had their first child together on April 23, 2024. Eric believes that the development of the athlete is not just focused on the game and skills but also in the person. He is also excited by the growth of flag football nationwide and to be apart of the growth of the sport moving forward.
Tyler Collins - Coach
Tyler Collins - Coach
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Coach Collins is a Special Education Teacher at Eastern Suffolk Boces, working at Sequoya High School for the past 7 years. Collins currently is the Offensive Coordinator for the Sachem East Varsity Football Team and an Assistant Coach for the Sachem East Girls Flag Football Team. Collins was a Sayville graduate, winning a Long island Championship in 11’ and another Suffolk County Championship in 12’. Collins went on and played for his father Coach Bryan Collins at LIU Post, where he played Wide Receiver and Special Teams in 41 games, winning NE10 Championships in 14’ and 16’. After his time as a player, Collins Coached at LIU Post from 2018-2022 coaching Wide Receivers and assisting with Special Teams, winning an NE10 Championship in 18’. Collins is excited to grow the game of Girls Flag Football here on Long Island and develop skills to prepare them for their school seasons.
Mike Gentile - Coach
Tyler Collins - Coach
Mike Gentile - Coach
Coach Gentile is currently a physical education teacher at Eastern Suffolk BOCES, where he has proudly served for over 30 years. Throughout his career, he has combined his passion for education with a deep commitment to coaching and developing student athletes.
Coach Gentile’s football journey began at Farmingdale High School, where he played and had his first coaching experience. He went on to become a two-year starting linebacker and team captain at Nassau Community College, later continuing his playing career at the University at Buffalo.
At Newfield High School, he served as Defensive Coordinator, leading the team to a Suffolk County Championship and a Long Island Championship. At East Islip, as Defensive Coordinator he contributed to two Suffolk County Championship wins. His tme at Bayport-Blue Point was marked by continued success, as he guided the team to three consecutive Suffolk County Championships and back-to-back Long Island titles as Defensive Coordinator.
Currently, Coach Gentile is serving as Assistant Coach to the Patchogue-Medford Girls Flag Football team.