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Head Coach (@Coach_Willey_FB): Mike Willey is a 2002 Tufts University graduate who has been coaching at BB&N since 2008. Willey started his coaching career in 2002 at his alma mater, Dover-Sherborn Regional High School. Willey served in multiple different roles while at DS including Oline, Dline and Special Teams coordinator. Willey coached Oline/Dline and the special teams during the ’04 historic 9-2 season in which D-S won more games than any other team in their school history. In 2008 Willey joined the BB&N staff and coached Oline for the undefeated ISL/New England Championship Knights. Willey held various different roles while on the Knights staff including Oline, Linebackers, Run Game Coordinator, Defensive Coordinator, and Associate Head Coach before being promoted to Head Coach following the 2013 season. Overall record during Willey’s record as an assistant is 39-10 including 2 New England Championships and an ISL title. As a Head Coach Willey has posted a 16-8 record and added the Second ISL Title (2016) in school history. Willey’s 2016 team also won the Class A Ken O’Keefe Bowl notching the 4th Bowl Victory in the past 10 years. The common thread during Willey’s coaching career is the development of players and readying them for college programs. Players that Willey has coached have gone on to many different programs including but not limited to Bowling Green, Harvard, Wake Forest, Northwestern, Penn, Colombia and all of the NESCAC schools. Urban Meyer, while at Florida, commented that one of Willey’s players had “the best technic in the country.” Willey has also been a member of the BB&N faculty beginning in 2012, teaching Physics and Engineering. Willey’s coaching style is fast paced, enthusiastic and fun that prides itself in adhering to the three core principles of the knights football program: Accountability, Mental and Physical Toughness, and the Will to Work Hard.

Playing Career: Willey was a four year starter on the offensive line while at Tufts and captain the 2001 6-2 team that set the overall individual rushing record. Willey’s overall record at Tufts was 19-13 and college career was capped by being elected captain of Team USA(Division 3 all-star team) that won the 2001 Aztec Bowl against the Mexican National Team. Willey also played professionally in the arena league following his college career.

Information: BB&N is always looking for qualified student athletes. If you are a dedicated student athlete who wants a high level of academics along with a high level of athletics please contact coach Willey ASAP either by email (mwilley@bbns.org ) or by phone (508-740-4505). Applications for enrollment are due every year in January so it is never too early to start the process of applying to BB&N.

Dave Bunton is the Defensive Coordinator for the BB&N Varsity Football team and has been with the team since 2008. Prior to coaching at BB&N, Coach Bunton was the Head Coach at Harbor High School, Watsonville High School, and Dover-Sherborn Regional High School. 

Coach Bunton received his Bachelor Degree and Master Degree from Springfield College, where he was a Defensive Back during his undergraduate years and a graduate Assistant Coach after completing his Bachelors.

Coach Paquette is entering his Sixth season as an Assistant Football Coach at BB&N. He is current duties include coaching Defensive Ends, Tight Ends, Punters, Holders and Kickers. 

Paquette coached college football for 18 years. 

University of Maine 1981-1982   Running Backs

State University of New York at Albany 1983   Tight Ends/Receivers

Edinboro University 1984   Outside Linebackers

Colby College 1985   Tight Ends/Receivers

William Paterson College 1986-1988   Defensive Coordinator

Boston College 1989-1996   Defensive Backs (1989-1990), Tight Ends/Special Teams Coordinator (1991-1996)

Harvard University 1997   Linebackers

Northeastern University 2004   Defensive Backs/Special Teams Coordinator

Coach Paquette Graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in Business Administration. He later earned a Masters Degree in Educational Administration from Boston College.

Jake Nagy is the running backs coach for the Knights.  In his second year with BB&N, Jake is also an upper school chemistry teacher and junior varsity baseball coach.  Prior to BB&N, he coached in similar roles and taught at the Hun School of Princeton, NJ.  Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, Jake played football and baseball through high school in the Belle Vernon Area SD. Jake received his bachelor's degree from Washington & Jefferson College and his master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Eric Bertino ’11 is a former standout BB&N Quarterback the led the Knight to a NE Championship. He rejoins the coaching staff this year to coach the quarterbacks for the Knights. This will be his second season coaching at BB&N.  Coach Bertino graduated from Middlebury College in 2015, where he played quarterback. 

2013 graduate of Columbia University in New York

4 year starter for the Lions. Graduated 5th All-time in the Ivy League for All-Purpose Yards,

10th All-Time Ivy League Passing Yards, 11th All-Time Ivy League Passing TDs and Completions.

2-Time All-Ivy QB. 2010 1st Team All-Ivy

3 year veteran of the Arena Football League.

Tim Fledderjohn coaches the Offensive Line and serves as the Run Game Coordinator for the Knights. Coach Fledderjohn has coached with BB&N since 2013 after stints at Springfield College, Maine Maritime and Dover-Sherborn High School. Coach Fledderjohn played Tight End for Springfield College where he earned his Bachelor and Master's Degrees.