Building a Championship Program: Coach James Cleary’s Journey
Join us as Coach James Cleary shares his 30-year experience in high school football, highlighting lessons learned from legendary coaches. Discover the strategies he employs to build winning teams and foster a winning culture in sports. #FootballCoaching #CoachJamesCleary #HighSchoolFootball #TeamBuilding #WinningCulture #SportsMentorship #FootballStrategy #CoachingExperience #ChampionshipMindset #EducationThroughSports
We have obviously coaches coach's name Is coach James Clary um and uh I'll let You go from there coach sure thank you For having me on uh good morning I've Been a high school history teacher and Football coach for 30 years I've been Lucky to learn from some of the best High school football coaches in the State as an assistant I began my career In 1996 at Dickinson High School in Jersey City I then had the opportunity I Went to H Keyport High School in the Shore conference I learned for two years Under coach chikel Who oh baby yeah a great experience I Was there for uh 20012 2002 so I was There with Kenny katus JJ Beetle we won The sectional Championship the group one Central sectional Championship with some Great team so I learned from him then I Had the opportunity to come up north Here to Bergen County under uh Brooks Alexander who was my offensive Coordinator the past year I uh worked With him at pasc Hills where I still do Teach uh for six years uh then I was at Waldwick as the head coach there for two Years and then I had the opportunity to Go to pasak Valley and learn from Craig Neelson where I was a defensive Coordinator there for eight years in Which we had some unbelievable teams we Went to three sectional finals in a row We won two I was living in Bloomfield at
The time I got a chance to work with Mike Carter as his defensive coordinator Which one great was yes he is he a great Great man I learned so much from Coach Carter I uh then had the opportunity to Come back to Bergen County uh we Actually my wife and I moved to Park Ridge I was asked to be the defensive Coordinator Park Ridge I did that for Two years and then last year was my First year as a head coach so I have a Ton of experience I learned some great Coaches how to run a program and really Some unbelievable mentors like Coach Carter coach neelson coach Chelli so I Felt I I was ready uh to build a Championship program
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