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Created on Monday, 20 June 2011 00:54

Last Updated on Thursday, 03 September 2015 16:53

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Matt Gallagher
Varsity Head Coach - Program Director
Offensive Coordinator
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In 2011, Coach Matt Gallagher reached his goal of winning the State Champoinship. With a team that he largely cultivated from the pee-wee's to the varsity, the 2011 team, now fond memories, is quite possibly the finest Spartan team to have ever donned an M-E uniform. In 2012, having dropped to class 'B' due to reduced enrollment, they loomed large in the state as the overwhelming favorite to repeat a State Championship and did infact win. Some said that year that they could have beat any team from AA down to D. His mark of excellence and attention to detail has garnered 4 state championships and a consecutive wins record of 51 games, as well as a handful of coach of the year accolades.

Gallagher has coached Maine-Endwell football in some capacity for better than twenty years at both the varsity level, as well as the pee-wee. It's worth noting that Matt has made the pee-wee program an integral part of the Maine-Endwell Football profile. His staff cultivates our youth programs by attending practices with players, as well as furnishing scaled down plays and formations that they will eventually execute as scholastic players. Additionally, Gallagher served Maine-Endwell as the head coach of the Varsity wrestling program from 1993 - 2002.

Matt attended Wagner College on Staten Island where he earned an undergraduate degree in Education. He went on to complete his graduate degree at Binghamton University and currently teaches sixth grade at Maine-Endwell Middle School. Coach Gallagher resides in Endwell with his wife Julie, and their three sons Kyle, Adam, and Drew.  

Gary Crooks
Varsity Assistant Coach
Defensive Coordinator
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Gary graduated from Union Endicott High School  in 1975 and is a 1979 graduate of SUNY Cortland, where he received his Bachelors of Science Degree in Physical Education. He coached Junior Varsity football for three years at Cortland State and began teaching Physical Education in 1980. He has been a coach in various area schools, including Johnson City, Union-Endicott as well as Maine-Endwell. At M-E, Coach Crooks is also the head coach of the Varsity Baseball team after taking over the position in 1983 and has led them to two New York State titles (1990, 2008). Gary resides in Endicott with his wife Jacki. They have three sons: Justin, Adam, and Gannon.

Duane Titus
Varsity Assistant Coach
Offensive Line & Defensive Backs
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Duane is a 1988 graduate of Maine-Endwell and a 1992 graduate of Ithaca College. He went on to earn a master's degree in secondary education from Alfred University in 1998. At Alfred, Titus assisted the football team for three years as a graduate assistant coach, where he managed the defensive line for two years and the linebackers for one year. He has been a high-school math teacher with Maine-Endwell for the past eleven years and enters his fourth year as an assistant varsity coach in 2011. His wife of four years, Christine, is a 4th grade teacher in the Susquehanna Valley school district. They are the proud parents of Brayden and Evan.

Ben Amorese
Varsity Assistant Coach
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In 2011, Ben Amorese returned to Spartan Football, this time as an assistant coach. Amorese represents the only teaching member of the M-E program that was a part of another state champion team. In 2004, Amorese was an All-Metro \ All-State offensive tackle that captained the Spartans to their first state championship under coach Jack Touhey. Legendary Spartan coach, Dick Russ would later say of Amorese, "Nobody could beat him, he handled his guy every play, every game, and did it all year long." ... Among the finest multisport athletes to have ever graduated from Maine-Endwell, having lettered in Lacrosse as well, Ben went on to play football at Albany before succoming to inuries. He graduated from SUNY Cortland where he earned an educational degree in Mathematics and is currently employed as a substitute teacher at Maine-Endwell. Ben enjoys being back in the community and resides in Endwell.

Bill Ocker
Junior Varsity Head Coach
Offensive Coordinator
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Bill is a 1996 graduate of Binghamton High School where he played varsity football and basketball. He earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from the University of South Alabama in 2002 and his masters degree from SUNY Cortland in 2004. He taught physical education and coached both football and basketball at E.S. Chastang School in Mobile, Alabama for two years. He also taught physical education at St. John the Evangelist Catholic School in Binghamton, NY and Hancock Elementary School in Hancock, NY. Coach Ocker currently teaches physical education Maine-Endwell Middle School where he also coaches both varsity basketball as well as JV baseball. Bill resides in Endwell with his wife, maria and their two children: Preston and Madalyn.

Mike Clark
Junior Varsity Assistant Coach
Defensive Coordinator
Mike is a 2003 graduate of Chenango Valley High School and a 2007 graduate of Cortland State, where he earned his bachelor's degree in physical education. He stayed at Cortland to earn his master's in health education before moving on to Binghamton School District where he currently substitute teaches. Mike enters his fourth year as a JV coach with Maine-Endwell and enjoys the rich football tradition alive at Maine-Endwell. He currently resides in Binghamton.

 Jon Josey
Junior Varsity Assistant Coach
Special Teams Coordinator
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Jon is a 1991 graduate of Binghamton High School and a 1995 graduate of Cortland State. He teaches math at Maine-Endwell Middle School and has coached, along with football, JV basketball for the past five years. Additionally, coach Josey served two years as a varsity assistant football coach for Johnson City in 2006 and 2007. Jon and his wife, Megan have two daughters; Leah and Kaylee. 

Bob Bullock
Eighth Grade Assistant Modified Coach
Bob is a 1976 graduate of Maine-Endwell and enters in 19th year coaching football for the Spartans. He played defensive tackle for M-E in 1975, returning to football after a two-year absence. In 1989, Bob served as co-founder, president and coach of the Maine-Endwell Youth Football organization and has coached Maine-Endwell modified since 1993, missing only one season when he assisted at the varsity level in 2007. He and his wife Carlene are proud to have raised two Spartan football players Ben (class of 99') and Trevor (class of 2001').

Andy Ewing
Seventh Grade Modified Head Coach
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Andy is a 1999 graduate of Maine-Endwell High School where he lettered in football and lacrosse before moving on to earn a bachelors degree at SUNY Potsdam. Upon his graduation from Potsdam where he also played lacrosse, he went on to secure a masters in K-5 mathematics from Walden University. Since returning to his home town, Ewing has coached modified lacrosse along with football for the past seven seasons. He is currently the varsity lacrosse coach and is currently serving Maine-Endwell football as the newly installed seventh grade modified coach. Andy is a third-grade teacher at Maine-Memorial Elementary. He is married to wife Nicole and has a son, Liam and a daughter, Sofie.

Damon Beers
Seventh Grade Modified Assistant Coach
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Damon is a graduate of Union-Endicott High School where he played football under coach Fran Angeline for four years and was a member the 1989 state champion team. A multi-sport athlete, coach Beers also wrestled, played baseball,and ran track. Upon graduation, Damon spent two years at Cortalnd State and now works in construction as a commercial plumber and HVAC designer. Coach Beers has been a youth coach with Maine-Endwell for fourteen years and has had the privlege of seeing many of his young players gradaute to the varsity levels. He also serves as an officer on the Friends of Spartan Football board and is the proud son of M-E graduates, as well as the nephew of legendary coach, Regan Beers.