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Coaching Staff Pat Flaherty Off ensive Line Coach, New York Giants Pat Flaherty is one of nine children and the son of long-time Delone Catholic High School Football Coach and Athletic Director, J.T. Flaherty. Flaherty attended St. Vincent de Paul grade school, Delone Catholic High School and East Stroudsburg University. He played football for Delone Catholic High School and went on to perform as an All American Center at East Strousburg University. Flaherty then returned home to begin his coaching career at his alma mater, Delone Catholic High School from 1978-80. In 1980, he returned to his alma mater East Strousburg University as an off ensive line coach. In 1982, Flaherty joined the Penn State coach- ing staff as an assistant to off ensive line coach Dick Anderson. During that year, Flaherty helped the Nittany Lions win the 1982 National Championship with a Sugar Bowl victory over Georgia. When Coach Anderson left Penn State to become the head coach at Rutgers University prior to the 1984 season, Flaherty joined him on the Scarlet Knights' staff , where he remained through the 1991 season. Flaherty spent the 1992 season coaching the defensive line at East Carolina. From 1993-98 he was on the staff at Wake Forest, where he coached the of- fensive line, tight ends and special teams. In 1999, he coached tight ends and special teams and was in charge of recruiting at the University of Iowa. He arrived in the National Football League in 2000 as tight ends coach for the Washington Redskins; he then fi lled that role for the Chicago Bears before Coach Tom Coughlin hired him as part of his fi rst staff in 2004 for the New York Giants. Flaherty has more than 30 years of football coaching experience, and is now in his 16th season as an NFL coach and his 12th season as the New York Giants Off ensive Line Coach. He joins David Merritt and Jerry Palmieri as the only coaches who have been with the Giants for Tom Coughlin’s entire 11-year tenure as head coach. Th e Giants have consistently had one of the NFL’s best and most dependable off ensive lines during Flaherty’s tenure. Th e team’s off ense has been ranked among the top eight in the NFL in four of the last six years, and the Giants had at least two linemen selected to the Pro Bowl in three of those seasons. Flaherty was a major part of two of the Giants four Super Bowl titles. Coach Pat Flaherty along with his dad, J.T. Flaherty, are in the Adams County Sports Hall of Fame. He and his wife, Lynne, have two children. Shawn is a sophomore off ensive lineman at Towson University, and Colleen is a freshman at Loyola University in Baltimore. Dick Anderson Assistant Coach, OL/Guards and Centers Pennsylvania State University Dick Anderson spent 12 seasons at the Penn State working with the centers and guards. He played an instrumental role in the development of guard/center Stefen Wisniewski into a 2010 fi rst-team All-American and three-time All-Big Ten performer. In 2008, under Anderson's tutelage, center A.Q. Shipley became the program's fi rst Remington Trophy recipient. Anderson has helped mold units that have paved the way for eight 1,000-yard rushers since 2002, including one in each of the past seven seasons. He coached the quarterbacks from 1993-99, with his initial two pupils -- Kerry Collins and Wally Richardson -- matriculating to the NFL, with Collins leading the New York Giants to Super Bowl XXXV. Anderson returned to Penn State in 1990 after six seasons as head coach at Rutgers, working with the off ensive line from 1990-92. He turned out some exceptional performers during his 1973-83 stint on the Penn State staff , including Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Munchak, head coach of the Tennessee Titans. From Queens, N.Y., Anderson played both ways at end for Coach Rip Engle at Penn State from 1960-62. Anderson's tenure at Rutgers included a 21-16 win over Penn State in 1988, the Scarlet Knights' fi rst win in the series in 70 years. Mike Santella Off ensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator, East Stroudsburg University Mike Santella is in his 17th season as an assistant coach at his alma mater, and his 14th as the full-time off en- sive line coach, during the 2014 season. He has also served as the Warriors’ recruiting coordinator since return- ing to ESU prior to the 2001 season. A 1994 graduate of ESU, Santella has made an impact as an assistant coach for two championship NCAA Division I-AA programs, and three NCAA Division II Playoff teams at ESU, during his coaching career. His front fi ve has provided the protection for the Warriors’ record-setting off ensive performances since he became the off ensive line coach, and was instrumental in Jimmy Terwilliger’s Harlon Hill campaign in 2005. ESU averaged nearly 500 yards of total off ense and more than 35 points per game from 2004 through 2006. Most recently, the Warriors have ranked in the top 10 in Division II in total off ense in both 2012 (4th - 497.9 ypg) and 2013 (7th - 508.1 ypg). Santella has coached 19 All-PSAC selections and has had at least one All-PSAC off ensive lineman in each of the last 11 years. Center Dan Caff rey was a fi rst team All-PSAC East and Daktronics All-Region selection in 2011 as the Warriors led Division II in fewest tackles for loss allowed with 3.18 per game. Quarterback Ray Wagner, a Harlon Hill candidate, was sacked just four times in 397 attempts. Steve Rivers (2011-12), Caf- frey (2010-11), Morgan Th omas (2008-09), Mike Habel (2007-08), Dan Crozier (2004-05), Greg Munch (2002-03) and Joe Burton (2001-02) were all two-time All-PSAC honorees under Santella’s mentorship. Cody Laubach (2013), Keith Weaver (2008), Jeff Kocsis (2005), Colin Delaney (2004) and Jim Sodano (2001) have also been all-conference selections. He was a part-time assistant coach for the Warriors in both 1998 and 1999, working with the off ensive line, and was a student coach in the fall of 1994 after receiving his bachelor’s degree in physical education. A native of Bethlehem, Pa., Santella went home to join the coaching staff at Lehigh University where he was an assistant for three years. He worked with the off ensive line in 1995, coached the tight ends in 1996 and was the running backs coach in 1997. Lehigh won the 1995 Patriot League championship in Santella’s fi rst year on the staff , and tailback Rabih Abdullah was a fi rst team all-league selection and went on to play in the NFL. In 2000, Santella was the tight ends coach at the University of Pennsylvania and helped the Quakers claim the Ivy League championship with a 7-3 record. Th e Quakers had the number one passing off ense in I-AA football. Coach Coach Brian Arentz Raymond Gouker Highlights Highlights High School Attended/Position Played Coach Gouker volunteered with the Colonials Littlestown High School for two seasons as a assistant line coach during Running Back 2013-2014. Carroll County Chargers (Semi Pro), 2 seasons Coach Gouker served as the head football coach of the Gettysburg Warriors from 2010-2012. He Coaching Career ended his tenure with an 8-13 record, which Delone Catholic High School, Coach for outside line included a district playoff appearance during his backers and tight ends fi rst season. 9 seasons under Head Coach Denny Frew 7 season under Head Coach Steve Wiles In 1988, Ray founded Adams County Television (ACTV), a local public-access station originally located in Gettysburg. Community Media, as it is now called, currently offers both television Coach broadcasts and online streaming to over 40,000 viewers in the Adams/York area, and is based in Scott Fuhrman New Oxford. Highlights During the late 1980s Coach Gouker served as a football Coach for Gettysburg Middle School. High School Attended/Position Played South Western High School During the early 1980s, Ray was a four-year as- Running Back sistant at Gettysburg College under head coach Linebacker Barry Streeter. During this time, the Gettysburg Bullets won three straight conference champi- College Attended/Position Played onships, and made an appearance in the NCAA East Stroudsburg University Linebacker tournament. Prior to Gettysburg College, Coach Gouker was Coaching Career an assistant coach at both Delone and South Head Football Coach, Perkiomen Valley High School. 17 years Western, A 1979 graduate of Shippensburg University, Ray was an all-conference nose tackle for the Red Raiders and earned a degree in Communications Art. Before graduating high school in 1974, Ray played guard and linebacker for the Delone Catholic Squires. He was named a Big 33 player his senior year, and earned a third-team place on the All-Pennsylvania team his junior year. Coach Coach Russ Greenholt Mark Leonard Highlights Highlights High School Attended/Position Played High School Attended/Position Played Delone Catholic High School Munich American High School, Munich Germany Tight End Hanover High School Defensive End Quarterback and Defensive Back All Conference QB and DB, 11th grade College Attended/Position Played East Stroudsburg University Coaching Career Off ensive Guard Delone Catholic High School Head Coach 7th grade, 1 year Coaching Career Head Coach 9th Grade, 5 years Bermudian Springs HS Head Football Coach, 1988-1998 Asst Varsity Coach, Head JV Coach District III AA Champions, PIAA Class AA Eastern Championships, 1998 Mid Penn IV Champions, 1997 Coach District III AA Champions, PIAA Class AA Eastern Mike Marshall Championships, 1993 Mid Penn Champions, District III AA Champions, Highlights PIAA Class AA Eastern Championships, 1992 High school Attended/Position Played Blue Mountain League Champions,