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Varsity Coaches


Mike Ierlan
Head Football Coach
Mike is in his sixth season as the Head Coach of the Fairport Red Raiders Football Program. This is Mike's 18th year coaching and teaching Physical Education. He brings teaching and coaching experience from Midlakes and the Rochester City School District. In addition Mike has coached Boys and Girls Track & Field, Softball, Lacrosse, Baseball and has been a Strength & Conditioning Coach for sports teams at the high school and college level. Mike graduated with a degree in Physical Education from S.U.N.Y. Cortland. He received his Masters degree from S.U.N.Y. Brockport. Mike has three great children, Tristan "TD", Chayse "Junior" and Doyle Grace "Boo". His beautiful wife Karen is a Home and Careers teacher at Victor Junior High.

Mike DeMay
This is Mike's 11th year of teaching Physical Education at Fairport High School. This season Mike is the Special Teams Coordinator for the Varsity Football team. Mike has coaching experience with Ithaca College and the Rochester Brigade AF2 Football Team. Mike was a member of the 1991 Fairport NYS Championship team and played 4 years of football at Ithaca College. Mike has a wonderful wife and a future Red Raider Cameron and is expecting another child in December. Mike also recently purchased Suburban Driving, please visit.

Randy Garrett
(34 years!)
This is Randy's 34th year coaching and teaching Physical Education. He has spent 28 years at Martha Brown. He was Head Football and Lacrosse coach at Webster Thomas for 4 years and offensive line coach at Ithaca College where Randy was captain of the Football and Lacrosse teams. He coached the Varsity Lacrosse Team for 24 years which won twelve Monroe County League Championships and 5 Section V Championships. Randy now coaches the Modified Lacrosse team. He and his wife Gayle have one daughter, Shannon.

Jacques Monte
Jacques is in his 6th year of teaching Physical Education in Fairport. As a Fairport alumni he was a standout athlete for the Red Raider Football, Wrestling, and Lacrosse programs. In addition to football Jacques is an assistant coach for Fairport Varsity Lacrosse. Jacques graduated from Hobart College with a B.A. in Economics and has a Masters in Sports Management from Ohio State University. Jacques won three national championships while at Hobart College and played professional lacrosse for the Detroit Turbos. He enjoys fishing, golf and music. Jacques lives in Fairport with his wife Elizabeth, daughter Emma, sons Jackson and Mitchell.

Ray Soja
This is Ray's 33rd year of coaching football. He begins his 13th year in the Fairport Program. He also has been an Assistant Varsity Baseball Coach for the Red Raiders. Active in youth sports, Ray has coached all levels of Fairport Little League Baseball, served as an Athletic Director for Fairport Pop Warner Football. He is a graduate of Cortland State University where he earned a Masters Degree in Physical Education. He currently is a Physical Education teacher in Pittsford School District. Ray and his wife Marcia live in Fairport and have four children: Steve, Greg, Katelyn, and Geoff.

Rob Consaul
Rob is in his 9th year coaching high school football and is currently teaching 5th grade at school #25 in the Rochester City School District. He is a 1993 graduate of Fairport where he was a three year starter in football, wrestling, and baseball. He was a member of the 1991, 1992 Fairport NYS Championship teams and was selected to the 1992 AGR football team. After graduating from Fairport, Rob received a B.S. in Elementary Education from SUNY Cortland and a Masters degree from SUNY Brockport. Rob and his wife Elizabeth have 2 lovely children, Braden and Abigail and have recently moved back to Fairport.

JV Coaches


Jason Lehmbeck
Head JV Coach
Jason is in his 12th year as an assistant coach and is in his 2nd year as the head JV coach. He coordinates the offense and the skill positions. He is in his 10th year of teaching Health and Physical Education at Minerva DeLand. Jason graduated from Penfield High School in 1991. He received his B.S. in Physical Education and Masters in Health Education from Cortland State, where he played football. Jason just recently got married to his beautiful wife Kerri.

Gary Brown
Is in his fifth year of coaching high school football. A 1977 graduate of Fairport High School, Gary coached two years at Newark High School as the assistant coach in 2003 and elevated to Head Coach at the JV level in 2004. He has worked for a local utility company for the past 30 years. He started his coaching career in 1978 with the Fairport recreation football league, coaching 10 to 15 year olds. In 1982 he moved to Fairport Vince Lombardi league to coach the 11 – 15 year old age group. Then in 1985 he joined the coaches at the Vince Lombardi league in Penfield to continue with the 11 – 15 year olds. Gary completed the New York State high school coaching certification program in 2001. Gary is involved with Fairport Youth Lacrosse and is the Vice President of the Fairport Football Alumni Association. Gary presently lives in Fairport with his beautiful highly educated wife Mary, and three fantastic boys Max 14, Mackenzie 13, and Michael 8.

Jason Garrow
Jason is in his 8th year as a football coach and 7th year as a Physical Education teacher at Fairport High School. He graduated from Oswego High School in 1996 and went on to earn his B.S. in Physical Education from Cortland State. While at Cortland, Jason was the President of the Club Baseball team for two years and Vice President for one year. He is looking forward to a long and exciting career as a Red Raider here in Fairport. Jason and his wife, Joslyn are celebrating their 4th year of marriage and have a strong baby boy Alex. They are also expecting another boy in November.

John McGurk
John has been involved with the Fairport Red Raiders for many years as a coach and player. A 1998 graduate of FHS, he was a captain on the 1997 NYS Championship Team. After graduating from Fairport he went on to play lacrosse at Ithaca College where he received his B.S. in Physical Education and Health Education. While teaching and coaching John earned his M.S. from the University at Buffalo. Coach McGurk has taught Physical Education at the high school, middle school, and elementary levels and is currently teaching at Jefferson Avenue Elementary School. John has a beautiful wife, Cheryl, and two fantastic Labrador retrievers, Remington and Saddy.

Freshman Coaches


Ed Lowe
Head Freshman Coach
The 2007 season will be Ed's nineteenth year of coaching football for the Fairport School District. Previously he had ten years of coaching football experience obtained in the Pittsford and Brighton school districts. Since 1982 Ed has been teaching science at Minerva DeLand. Both his bachelors and masters degrees are from S.U.N.Y. Brockport. He is married to Sue, a business teacher in the Pittsford School District. They have three children, all boys. Billy is starting his second year at Albany Law School. Ryan is a sophomore at Ohio State University, and Connor is a junior at Fairport High School.

Marc Vitticore
Marc has 7 years of high school football coaching experience, including one season at Fairport, working under Gary Dawes and Ray Soja in 2001. He assisted the varsity for Section V Football championships at Red Jacket in 1998 and then at Lyons in 2003. He has 5 years of teaching experience and will join the ranks at Fairport High School as a new Physical Education teacher. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Physical Education from Cortland State in 2001 and completed his Masters degree in General Education at the University at Buffalo in 2007. A former student teacher and coach at Fairport, Marc is returning to his former home, and is thrilled to once again wear the colors of a Red-Raider.

Keith Williams
Keith is entering his tenth year of coaching and his third season at the Freshman level in Fairport. He will be responsible for special teams and will assist with coaching defensive backs and wide receivers. Keith owns a benefits and human resource consulting business in Fairport. He received a BS in Business Administration from West Virginia University and an MBA from Wilkes College. Keith and his wife, Michelle, have two children. A son, Ryan, and daughter, Mary Kate.

Modified B Coaches


Denis J. McGurk
Head Coach Modified B – Team #1
Denis is in his second year of teaching Physical Education for the FCSD and is going into his forth year as a Fairport Football Coach. A 2000 graduate of Fairport High School. Denis played 3 years of Football and Lacrosse including being part of the 1997 Football State Championship. He then chose to pursue collegiate lacrosse and a Physical Education degree at Springfield College in Massachusetts. Coach wishes all of the football teams and cheerleading squads the best of luck this fall.

Josh Lenhard
This will be Josh's third season coaching football in Fairport. A 2000 graduate of East Rochester High School, Josh was a member and captain of the football, wrestling and track teams. His senior year he received the East Rochester Male Athlete of the Year award. He went on to play football and rugby in college. Josh graduated from S.U.N.Y. Cortland in 2004 with a B.S. in Physical Education and is currently working at Dudley School.

Dave Robbins
This is Dave's 10th season as a football coach. The last 7 years Dave has enjoyed coaching youth football in Fairport for both the Pop Warner and Packers organizations at all different age levels. Prior to that Dave coached in Waverly High School football program at both the JV and Varsity levels for 3 years. He spent two years at the JV level coaching Offensive and Defensive line then the last year had Defensive Coordinator responsibilities. His last year at the Varsity level was as Defensive Coordinator. He and his wife Lisa have four boys all active in Fairport sports. Lisa and Dave are frequently spotted passing each other going to different sporting events in different directions...

Steve Soja
Head Coach Modified B – Team #2
Steve begins his 4th year as a coach at the modified level. A 1998 graduate of FHS. Steve played baseball, football, and basketball for the Red Raiders. He was a member of the 1997 NYS Championship football team. Steve graduated cum laude from Coastal Carolina University, with a degree in Business Administration and Economics. At Coastal, Steve pitched for the baseball team that won (3) Big South Championships and appeared in (3) NCAA Division I Regionals. He finished his baseball career at Coastal in the top five all time for appearances and saves. He has pitched baseball professionally the last five years.

Tim Bruner
2007 will mark Tim ‘s third year with Fairport Football and the district as a social studies teacher. Tim his wife Roseann and son Nick have called Fairport home for the past fifteen years. He is a Graduate of St. John Fisher College where he is also working on his Master's degree in special education. Tim has coached two years at the Pop Warner Level and is excited to be a part of the tradition that is Fairport Football.

Rob Barber
This will be Rob's third year of coaching. A Fairport graduate in 1999, Rob was a member of the NYS Championship team and a member of the 1998 runner up team. He was also a member of the basketball and baseball teams at Fairport. As a three-year starter at the Varsity level, Rob has received numerous awards and recognitions for his career at Fairport. He then went on to play D-1 football at the University of Buffalo for 3 years. Rob is an exciting young talent eager to bring the pride and the glory back to Fairport Football. Rob and his beautiful wife Caren are expecting their second child together this year.

Don Santini
Coach Santini has been coaching football for 47 years. Don was the head football coach for LeRoy and Fairport High School, where he won 6 Section V-AAA championships. Some of Coach Santini's accomplishments include: 4 undefeated seasons (1960, 1977, 1980, 1991), Winningest Coach in Section V with 205 victories, Matt Jackson Award recipient, and an inductee into the Brockport State Hall Fame and the Section V Football Hall of Fame. Coach Santini and his wife Pat have three children: Tom, Pam, and Mike and three grandchildren, Tyler, Makenzi, and Jake.

John Micca
Strength & Conditioning Coach
Coach is in his second year as the S & C Coach for the Red Raiders. He also is going into his second year as the Running Backs Coach for the University of Rochester Football Team. John's coaching experience started back in 1979 as a line coach for Bishop Kearney Kings, where he was also a graduate from that school. John has three great children, Michelle, Joe, and Michael. His beautiful wife Margie is an unbelievable cook, who enjoys making calamari for the staff.