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No. 15 Vol. 8
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August 2017
Mike Lyons Named Randolph High School Interim Football Coach
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By Lisa McNamara andolph High School didn’t have to “go long” to find a new head football coach. In July, Mike Lyons was appointed interim football
coach for Randolph High School for the fall 2017 season. No stranger to football or Randolph, Lyons brings decades of experience to the field. He has coached
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Randolph’s freshman football team and has been teaching physical education and health at the middle school for the past 30 years. Randolph High School Athletic Director Jeff DiLollo said, “Mike is a long-time committed and influential member of our faculty known for his high character and dedication to Randolph.” Lyons is “very excited after 30 years of being an assistant” to take over as head coach. According to DiLollo, Tarig Holman left the head coach position at Randolph unexpectedly in July and has since accepted the job of head coach for Neptune High School. The decision to award Lyons the interim position was a “collective process between the athletic director, the high school principal and the superintendent. Whether that will become a permanent position after the season or in
the future is still undecided,” added DiLollo. The season kicks off at home on September 1. “It’s coming up fast,” said Lyons. Understandably excited, he noted they “have a real nice group of seniors coming back and a real good senior core that’s showing leadership and helping the other guys develop into varsity players.” Lyons feels “blessed” and spoke highly of his staff and returning main coaches Will Naham, Joe Scali, Paul Conboy, Antonio Rodriguez and Gary Baumwoll. He is pleased with the new coaches he added too. Benjamin Eaton and T.J. Hill, former Canadian Football League player, joined the staff along with brothers and former Randolph players Nick and James Gangemi who work with the freshman. During the summer, varsity and the freshman players share the field and work together, and Lyons added, “It’s a re-
ally good combination.” In high school, Lyons played football at Morris Catholic in the late ‘70s and then attended East Stroudsburg University. His coaching days began at Parsippany High School and continued to Parsippany Hills and Hackettstown High School before settling at Randolph. He started in Randolph back in the Bauer days and worked with Joe Lusardi. “They played a big role in my development.” The past two seasons, Lyons assisted Holman, who Lyons coached when Holman played for Ran-
dolph High School in the ‘90s. He learned quite a bit from all the coaches he worked with and explained that experience helped him build a well-balanced offense. Lyons is a die-hard Oakland Raiders fan. “That says a lot about me,” he joked. It also speaks to his perseverance and tenacity, and there’s no denying his passion, excitement and devotion to the game and to the team run deep. This fall, Randolph fans will be rooting for the Rams, but it would be hard not to root for Lyons too.