For a few more high school football players in New York City, going away to college won?t have to mean going very far.
Monroe College in New Rochelle and the Bronx will be recruiting plenty of high school football players from the metropolitan area to fill out the football team the college has created.
The school announced the addition of a football team in September and the squad will begin play in 2012.
Newly hired Monroe football coach Terry Karg said that city athletes will be the ?foundation of what we are here at the Monroe college football program.?
In addition, Karg said he will be recruiting on Long Island and the rest of New York State.
Monroe offers two-year, four-year and graduate degrees, but its athletics are two-year programs that compete in the National Junior College Athletic Association.
Karg sees his football team as a steppingstone for young student-athletes, a place that can bridge the jump from high school to a four-year college.
The benefits for NYC high school football players is two-fold: cost and ease.
?I think it?s gonna be great,? said Kennedy HS coach Andy Lancberg. ?They don?t have to spend all this money for the Nassau?s or the ASAs,? referring to two of the other junior colleges in the area, both of which are farther from the Bronx, where Lancberg?s team plays.
The Kennedy coach said at least a couple of his graduates will likely end up playing at Monroe next season.
Sheepshead Bay coach Fred Snyder said in the past he has sent students to Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, N.Y., only to see them quit football in order to pay for an apartment.
Karg said that room and board will be available for his athletes at Monroe.
Snyder was pleased that Monroe?s addition to the football landscape will provide one more option for players who want to stay locally and save money.
Depending on transportation and location, he said, it may even be feasible for them to live at home.
?It?s an accredited college and I?ve heard good things about the sports program up there,? Snyder said. ?If they want to achieve, they?re going to do the right thing.?
Monroe does offer academic scholarships, Karg said, but how many of them, if any, will be allotted to the football team remains to be seen.
The athletic facilities are located at Monroe?s New Rochelle campus, but the site for the team?s home games has not yet been confirmed.
Monroe will become the seventh junior college in New York to have a football team, joining ASA, the most recent addition, which began fielding a football team in 2009 and has compiled a 16-10 overall record since its inception.
Karg, who grew up in Seattle, comes into Monroe with years of coaching experience, most notably as offensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Avengers in the Arena Football League.
Karg said he was drawn to the Monroe job by the prospect of beginning a new program.
?It?s challenging but it?s extremely rewarding,? he said.
nyc weather nyc weather philadelphia weather chris carpenter chris carpenter the brothers grimm the brothers grimm
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.