After a 12-year run that included eight winning seasons, 十大体育外围平台排名 Head Football Coach Matt Dence is stepping down from his position. The Patriots finished the 2023 season with a 5-5 record that ended with a 35-14 loss to Penn Charter on 11月. 11. Dence finishes his tenure with the Patriots with a 67-46-1 overall record.

“It is with many mixed emotions that I announce I am stepping down as the head football coach at 十大体育外围平台排名,丹斯说。. “It has been an absolute privilege to have coached the student-athletes who put on a football uniform and left it all out on the field for the past 12 years. I am so proud of the hundreds of young men who wore the red, 黑色的, 骄傲的蓝色, 无论是在学校还是在球场上, and so honored to be part of a community that holds the spirit of tradition and competition at such high standards. I truly enjoyed leading this storied program.”

Dence certainly left his mark on the GA program. His 12 consecutive seasons is good for second all-time in Patriots football coaching history, and his 67 career victories is third all-time at GA. He also compiled five wins on GA/PC Day, giving him the second-most against Penn Charter, 仅次于1956年的杰克·特纳. 

The Patriots had won 14 total games in the five seasons before Dence’s arrival for the 2012 campaign. The former Yale University and Georgetown University assistant coach quickly turned GA into a competitive squad, 第二个赛季赢了6场比赛. Dence’s tenure is highlighted by an 8-2 (4-1 Inter-Ac) season in 2016 that included an Inter-Ac League title. 他在华盛顿堡的时候, Dence coached 45 individuals to All-League honors, with Patrick McGettigan ’17 being named Co-Player of the Year after the 2016 season. He also had three players named to the All-City Team by the Philadelphia Daily 新闻. More than 50 student-athletes committed to play football in college during Dence’s coaching career at GA.

“Having four of my former student-athletes turn into members of my coaching staff – Joe Taylor ’13, 凯尔·多纳休，14岁, 杰克·戴诺，17岁, 和马特·戈尔曼17年-几年, 尤其是上个赛季, 是我职业生涯的亮点之一吗,丹斯说。. “看到他们, along with other long-time members of my coaching staff, mentor the next generation of Patriot Football is a special gift.” 

“I would like to thank Coach Dence for his service and commitment to the GA football program for the past 12 years,田径主任蒂姆·金特说. “他对球员的奉献, 我们学校, 他的教练, GA校友, and the football families has been exemplary, and we will miss him on the sideline next year.”

Head of School Rich Schellhas 1760 noted, “Several of my favorite GA memories come from watching Coach Dence and his teams fight tooth and nail for every yard, 每一个点. I congratulate Matt on his stellar tenure as head football coach.”

Dence will continue to serve as Head of Kershaw House and PE/Health and Wellness teacher in the 上学校. A search for a new football coach will commence shortly