Proud Husband & Father, Sheehan HS Head Football Coach/PE Teacher (Wallingford, CT), Springfield College Alum '01. 2019 Class S State Champions, 2019 CHSCA COY
Emme Ferrazzi arrived at 10:38am this morning at 7lbs 3 oz and 19.5 inches long! Both her and mom are doing great. The only thing better than being called coach is being called dad. Feeling blessed.
#girldad
again
I want to send a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who supported us in this state championship title run. This has been such an amazing experience for our players and coaches. Your support throughout this journey helped us
#RAISETHEBAR
to become 2019 Class S STATE CHAMPS! 🏆 🏆
It was a long wait for these bad boys. What a feeling putting this on! The blood, sweat, tears, trials, & tribulations gave us an opportunity to be successful and we did it. Wear them proud fellas! You earned it. Bar raised!
#girldad
all the way. Thank you Kobe for coining such great term. RIP Mamba. There will never be a day that goes by that I won’t cherish being Ella’s daddy. It’s been that way since the day she was born. Hug, kiss, and tell your kids you love them everyday.
Thank you to Chris Dailey
@MTSAthletics
for unveiling our state championship banner at the boys basketball game last night! What a sight to see and a memory that will never go away!
Happy 3rd birthday to my little funny crazy energetic lovable little girl Ella! Love you so much! Can’t believe you are 3 already! Poor kid couldn’t have a bday party today but we sure made it seem like she did.
One year ago today, we won the 2019 Class S State Championship. This accomplishment happened due to the pursuit of greatness by a TEAM, not a group of individuals. We made it happen defying all the odds as we stayed focused on the PROCESS. It wasn’t given to us; it was earned!
Final farewell to the Class of 2020! This special group of seniors led our program to reach heights no other team at Sheehan saw before. Continue to compete and strive for greatness in your next endeavors! You will be missed. Bar raised!
#RAISETHEBAR
With the NFL playing games like this the last few weeks, it solidifies the greatness of football 🏈. Those of you in high school hesitant to play, take a shot to feel & experience what it’s like. The work is worth it. Believe the hype. You will regret it if you don’t.
Enough is enough. Adopt the Massachusetts plan or make a 2021 reduced 3 season plan so this fiasco and mind game can end. Why keep going back and forth and delaying the inevitable trying force a fall plan???
🚨🚨🚨School record breaking 305 lb power clean by TJ DiPasquale! 😳 🙀🤭🤫 Went up easy! What’s next???
Titans are heating up 🔥🔥🔥!
#RAISETHEBAR
(Film cred to Tre Childers)
I can't believe a year went by already since this little bundle of joy came into our world. She is such a funny, courageous, and energetic little girl. Happy 1st birthday to my little Ella!
Even in year 22 of coaching and 18 as a head coach, it’s always a great feeling being back out there on day 1 with players and coaches fired up about getting back after it! We had a great morning. Looking forward to even better ones as this preseason rolls on. BRING IT 💪🗡⚡️9️⃣
Huge thank you to everyone in the Sheehan Football family and Titan Nation for the tremendous support this season! Admin & faculty, parents, fans, alum, friends, and family have gone out of their way to help us on our journey and I couldn’t be more grateful.
This was a special senior class. 25 wins in the last 3 years, 2 playoff appearances, & 3 division titles are amazing accolades, but the standard they set within our program is priceless. Thank you for the mark you left on our program!
#brotherhood
Congrats to my guy
@CoachMiller62
on being named FCIAC Coach of the Year! Huge turnaround for the Norwalk Football program in just one year and he’s just getting started. Keep doing what you do. You deserve it! Many more to come.
Can’t express how proud I am of our football team. The growth and development of this team was like no other. Not making the playoffs is disappointing because we deserve to be there, but our players’ and coaches’ effort & resilience was beyond measure.
#ALLIN
🗡⚡️💪
Sad day as CT high school football lost a great one this weekend. RIP Melvin Wells. One of the most genuine guys I’ve come across in my time coaching. May god rest his soul.
Congratulations to my guy Pat Miller
@CoachMiller62
on being appointed Head Football Coach at Norwalk HS.
@norwalkhsbears
are getting a gem! Thank you for everything you have given to our program as both a player and coach. You will be missed. Best of luck brother!
Thankful to have a very resilient group of players and coaches who never give up. Thankful to keep the Carini Bowl trophy in our hands. And very thankful to be headed back to the playoffs!
🤷Still Tier 2 ☑️
🤷🏻♂️Class S playing mostly L & LL again ☑️
🤷🏽Lost 15 seniors ☑️
🤷🏽♂️Only returning a few starters ☑️
🤷🏾Victims of our success ☑️
⚡️SO WHAT⚡️
💥NOBODY CARES 🥊
💥WORK HARDER 🥊
💥WE WILL BE READY 🥊
#SOWHAT
#SADDLEUP
#BRINGIT
Dad by day, coach by night this weekend. So proud to see my Ella compete in her first cheerleading competition today and to see her team take first place!
Our playoff semi final game tonight vs Ansonia has been moved to the turf at Derby High School. It’s obviously going to be raining, but it will be warm. Throw on a poncho and come down to support us!
For all my players and students both past and present, my friends, my colleagues, my family and loved ones - I am here for you and I am listening. We must be better as a nation.
✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻✊
4 Sheehan Football seniors signed/committed as of today on National Signing Day. 3 more coming soon...
Left to Right:
⚡️OL TJ DiPasquale -
@SCfootball_
⚡️WR Jordan Davis -
@SCSUFB
⚡️RB Terrence Bogan -
@TrinCollFB
⚡️DE Braedon McCarthy -
@StonehillFB
What a sight it was to pull into Sheehan today to see the Ricc being cleared for our playoff game tmrw night! Big shout to the Wallingford maintenance department and everyone else who worked hard to ensure we will play tmrw! It means a lot to us and we thank you!
#RAISETHEBAR
This is what makes teams strong. Training TOGETHER - Motivating each other TOGETHER - Pushing each other TOGETHER. Leadership and team camaraderie starts and grows here. Very proud of the TEAM progress. Just have to keep choppin wood and controlling the controllables. 🗡⚡️
Another great day to be a Sheehan Titan at the Walter Camp Breakfast of Champions!
⚡️Team recognized for State Championship
⚡️Terrence Bogan & Jordan Davis All CT 1st Team
⚡️Braedon McCarthy All CT 2nd Team
⚡️Terrence Bogan Player of the Year Finalist
So proud of our players!
It was a very tough conversation to have with our seniors last night that they wouldn’t be able to play this year. I expressed my sadness and disappointment, but also wanted them to know how proud I am of the way they handled themselves in this tough situation.
Congratulations to our CHSCA All State recipients Jordan Davis, Braedon McCarthy, and Terrence Bogan! Another great day to be a Titan today!
#RAISETHEBAR
Congrats to our guys Paul Gorry, Brady Rossacci, and Dante DiNuzzo on being honored tonight at the All State Banquet! Well deserved recognition for these guys after their performances this season. 🗡⚡️💪
Not having Thanksgiving day games is very different for us here in CT. Cherish all your football memories & experiences and be thankful for what u do have today. You never know when something will be taken away from you. Tough times don’t last, tough people do. Happy Thanksgiving
1 year ago today we beat Ansonia in a battle on the road and in a monsoon to advance to the state championship game. Is this pandemic going to be an excuse to prevent us from doing what it takes to get there again? Champions always find a way. Time will tell...
#SOWHAT
⚡️🗡
Congratulations to
@ryan_villano
for an outstanding individual effort today at the
@nutmegstategame
Weightlifting Competition in the Under 160 class!
🏆1st Place Squat - 390 lbs
🏆1st Place Power Clean - 255 lbs
🏆1st Place Overall - 855 lbs
Who wants/needs SPEEEEED???
🏈Terrence Bogan Sr Highlights🏈
⚡️4.4 40, 10.9 100
⚡️CT’s leading rusher 2018 & 2019
⚡️2019 New England 100m champ
⚡️RB, Captain, 5'8" 170
⚡️3.5 GPA, 1200 SAT, 27 ACT
⚡️Walter Camp 1st Team, All State
⚡️
@Terrence_Bogan
Week 5 & 6 are in the books. Week 5 got cut short due to weather but that hasn’t stopped our progress. Our best work has surfaced these last 2 weeks. We’re proud of the focus & improvement. Something special is brewing on Hope Hill. Come check us out if u want in on it. 🗡⚡️9️⃣
Congratulations to RB Terrence Bogan on being named the SCC Tier 3 Player of the Year! This marks the 3rd straight year that a Titan was given this honor.
#brotherhood
2024 SCC Weightlifting Champions! We posted a total of 12,520 lbs, which is the highest in school history! We had several players take 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place finishes & had 2 players finish 1st & 2nd overall in their wt classes. Another great program day!
#TOGETH24
#FAMILY
💪🗡⚡️
Congratulations to 4 of our seniors going on to play college football next year! You make our program very proud!
#brotherhood
Aaron Simmons - Mass Maritime
Wes Terzi - Trinity
@TrinFootball
Tyler Ekstrom - Muhlenberg
@DigInMules
Jake Smith - Mass Maritime
@mmabuccaneers
Pumped to be back it this morning for the start of summer training and the Titan Summer Challenge! We have a ways to go, but if this effort and energy continues, we will be a force to reckoned with. 💪⚡️🗡 BR9NG IT
Congratulations to our 5 All SCC Tier 2 recipients as they were honored this morning!
⚡️Terrence Bogan RB & Tier 2 POY
⚡️Jordan Davis WR
⚡️Braedon McCarthy DL
⚡️TJ DiPasquale LB
⚡️Mickey Deming OL
2019 - Year of the Titans
#RAISETHEBAR
Congrats to Apollo Dubuc
@apolloj12
on being recognized last night as a National Football Foundation New County Chapter Scholar Athlete! We’re very proud of you and all your accomplishments! This is a great honor. 🗡⚡️
🚨Jordan Davis (
@SCSU_XCTF
) breaks the Division Two Javelin Record with 83.77m at the Texas Relays.
This is also the best ever by a US collegian at any level🤯
🎥davis_throws/ig
It was great being able to recognize our seniors last night w/ a senior ceremony before our 7on7 & Lineman Challenge. It is your strength that leads us thru these tough times. We hope to do it again in the spring. Thank you to our booster club and parents that made this possible!
Great day for
@Terrence_Bogan
at
@TheOpening
today at NY Jets Atlantic Health Training Center in NJ! Competed hard and tested very well against some of the top athletes in the Northeast.
✅40 4.59
✅Pro Agility 4.15
✅Vertical Jump 35.5
✅Rating 91.77
Our seniors reflected upon their time in this great game and in the program last night at our annual Burning of the Shoe. They’re ready to lead us into the 51st Carini Bowl this morning. ASON1E 🗡⚡️
Sunday Workout - get out there & crush your driveway/sidewalk for your parents if you didn’t do it yesterday & then offer to do it for a neighbor or relative before the games this afternoon. Do something for someone without having to be asked.
#selfless
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Sheehan HS (CT) has openings for 2 asst 🏈 positions, including DC, STC, & OL. Looking for solid & experienced and/or young & hungry coaches who would be a good fit in our program. To apply, send resume & 3 references to jferrazzi
@wallingfordschools
.org. DM for more info. ⚡️🗡
Although the season didn’t end the way we intended, I can’t say enough at how proud I am of our players. They competed hard for each other every week, fought through adversity, and never gave up. The heart and perseverance of this team will never be forgotten.
#brotherhood
Great Team day at the Nutmeg State Weightlifting Competition! We took 5th place with 12,075 lbs and had several players take top 3 finishes in several lifts. Still a ways to go but we’re on our way.
#RAISETHEBAR
Love these guys. Great coaches but even better people. Always there for each other. Miss sharing the sidelines with them but even more happy for their success as head coaches. It was a no brainer to be there for G today. It didn’t go their way but what a job he’s done!
The John Ferrazzi coaching tree showed up for Torrington coach Gaitan Rodriguez
#cthsfb
Sheehan’s Ferrazzi, Rodriguez, Norwalk’s Pat Miller and Wethersfield’s Matt McKinnon
Congratulations to our 6 recipients who were named to the 2018 All Record Journal Team!
#brotherhood
Tyler Ekstrom LB
Willy Seay OL
Luke Willette DL
Ryan Paul DB
Terrence Bogan RB
Jake Smith LB
Very proud of our team in an 11,950 lb performance at the Gridiron Games Weightlifting Competition yesterday! The majority of our players hit PRs, several earned awards, and our team camaraderie was at an all time high. Another sign of great times ahead. 🗡⚡️💪
#ASONE
It’s been tough not having a season, but this week, especially today, it’s been even tougher. No place I would have rather been tonight than burning the shoe for our seniors and then coming in for another Carini Bowl tmrw morning on Thanksgiving.
All youth & high school coaches, STOP ✋doing drills like this! The days of these type of drills are long gone. There are other ways to assess & develop a young player’s readiness and physicality. Follow the direction to make the game safer. Promote and protect our great game!
🚨🚨Sheehan HS is looking for an asst football coach for Varsity/JV WR/DB or RB/OLB. Varsity STC is also available. Prior coaching and/or playing experience is preferred, but not required. If interested, please send DM or email to Head Coach jferrazzi
@wallingfordschools
.org.
All fired up to give my new
@TraegerGrills
smoker it’s first rep today with some pork butts for pulled pork and whole beer can chickens for the Super Bowl today!
If you’re training big & you want to get big, you have eat big too. And that doesn’t mean overeating at dinner every night. It’s at least 4-5 balanced meals a day - protein, carbs, and fat. Don’t forget those veggies either. Athlete life continues outside the weight room too.
Congrats to our Week 3 Lifter of the Week Richard Van Dyke!
@Richardvd_76
is one of many freshmen that have been getting after it! He is
#lockedin
every day, pushes every rep & set w/max effort, asks for corrective feedback, & has perfect attendance! A dude in the making.
#ASONE
8 hour cook + 2 hour rest = 10 hours of love
First brisket on the smoker. Always room for improvement but it was good! Socially distant and being productive. Stay home, be safe, and your workouts in everyone!
Never let anyone tell you that you can’t do something because of your size. Our program was built off of undersized guys who worked their tails off. Many of those guys played college football. Go hard in the weight room. Bust your butt in practice. Make the grade. Be coachable.