Middletown HS Hires New Head Football Coach

by Jeff Fisher
Connecticut High School Football Huddle

Two days after two assistant coaches were charged in connection with the collapse of a player during a conditioning drill, Middletown High School has hired former Cromwell head coach Sal Morello to lead the program.

The Middletown Press reports that Morello, who's a graduate of Middletown, led Cromwell to the 2008 Class S state title, was 69-12 in seven seasons at Cromwell.

Middletown HS Coaches Charged After Player Collapses During Conditioning Drill

by Jeff Fisher
Connecticut High School Football Huddle

 

A Middletown High School football player who collapsed during a Tuesday conditioning drill is home and doing fine according NBC Connecticut.

The website also reports that the school athletic director is looking into the incident in which two assistant coaches Kelly Ellis and Joshua Hamilton received a misdemeanor summons for second-degree reckless endangerment.

The northeast has been gripped by a weeklong heat wave that has seen temperatures soar into the 100's in some spots.