The Jets named Steve Dunn of Rutherford High School in Rutherford, NJ been as this week’s High School Coach of the Week. Coach Dunn will receive a $1,000 donation to benefit the school’s football program. Along with the monetary award, Rutherford High School will receive an automatic bid to compete in the 2024 New York Jets 11-ON Tournament.
Coach Dunn will be invited to attend the New York Jets vs. Houston Texans game on Sunday, December 10th, where he will be honored on-field at MetLife Stadium.
In its 28th year, the Jets High School Coach of the Week award is given to a coach in the tri-state area who serves the best interests of the game through the teaching of sound football fundamentals, the motivation of young players to achieve and the promotion of youth football by way of dedication to their community, their school, and their student-athletes.
Rutherford won their third consecutive NJIC Championship and continued their undefeated season with a 26-7 win over Park Ridge. Coach Dunn grew up in Rutherford and graduated from Rutherford High School in 2003. He later went on to King’s College in Wilks-Barre, PA, where he was an offensive lineman. In 2007, Dunn returned to his alma mater-this time, as a math teacher, where he has worked for the last 16 years. He was named head coach of Rutherford in 2020 and has amassed a 31-6 overall record. The Bulldogs are currently 9-0 and will look to keep their momentum alive against Hanover Park in the semifinal round of the NJSIAA Football Playoffs.
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For 10 weeks during the football season the Jets and Gatorade present the High School Coach of the Week award to a coach in the tri-state area who serves the best interests of the game through the teaching of sound football fundamentals, the motivation of young players to achieve, and the promotion of youth football by way of dedication to his community, his school and his student-athletes. Gatorade and the Jets award each winner with a $2,000 check for their high school’s football program. In addition to the weekly award, a Coach of the Year is selected at the end of the high school season. The Coach of the Year winner is awarded $4,000 and receives a Gatorade cooler cart from the Jets and Gatorade.
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2023 New York Jets HS Coach of the Week Winners
Week 8 – Rocco Del Priore, Monsignor Farrell
Week 7 – Kevin Dolan, Chaminade HS
Week 6 – Jermain Johnson, Montclair HS
Week 5- Jay Graber, Matawan HS
Week 4- Don Drust, Cheshire HS
Week 3 – Dominick DeMatteo, Mahopac HS
Week 2 – Jon Simoneau, Bernards HS
Week 1 – Will Nahan, Randolph HS
