Coach Sands is a Physical Education Teacher for Sayville High School for the past 20 years. Sands is from Brooklyn, NY. where he attended New Utrecht High School and then Pace University. Sands was a two time All-American Football Player and three time ALL ECAC player at Pace University . Sands was also named Pace University Male Athlete of the Year in 1993. Coach Sands has 28 years of Coaching experience in football at both the high school and college levels. Sands just recently resigned as the Head Varsity Football at Sayville High School after a 74-11 career record in 8 seasons, winning 3 Rutgers Trophies, 3 Suffolk Championships and a Long Island Championship. In the past 20 years at Sayville, Sands spent 9 seasons as the Defensive Coordinator and 8 seasons as the Head Coach helping Sayville to a 179-22 record and winning a combined 18 Suffolk and Long Island Championships as well as 4 Rutgers Trophies. Coach Sands was honored with being named the Suffolk Coach of the Year 2020,2022 and 2024. He was also named the 2022 National Football Foundation Coach of the Year Award.
As the Head Flag Football Coach, Sayville won the Long Island Championship and went 16-1 losing in the NYS Championship game in only the teams second season. Sands was named the 2024 National Football Foundation Coach of the Year Award. Sands was also the Sayville Boys Track Coach for 11 years winning 4 league Championships. Sands is also a certified Speed and Agility trainer and has trained high school and college athletes.
Reade Sands lives in West Sayville with his wife Kerry and 4 boys, Charlie, Benny, Mikey and Sammy.
Coach Adam DeWitt has been coaching for the past 28 years. He is currently the Assistant Varsity Girls Coach at Sayville HS winning the Suffolk County and Long Island Championship, compiling a 16-1 record. Formerly, Coach DeWitt was the founder and Head Girls Flag Coach at Longwood going 14-3 in his two seasons. Coach DeWitt was also the Head Boys Football Coach at Longwood HS, 6x Division Coach of the Year, 1x Suffolk Coach of the Year, 2x County Champions, and won the Long Island Championship in 2004. He was inducted into the Longwood Hall of Fame in 2015. Coach DeWitt has coached over 100 All County athletes, over 50 All-State athletes, over 10 All- Americans and 1 Olympic athlete. He has been a Special Education teacher and serves as the JHS Principal in Longwood for the past 12 years. He has also Coached Track and Field for Mount Sinai winning the County Championship in 1998. He has two kids, Lucy (21) and Brady (19). He lives in Shoreham with his wife Lisa. He is VERY excited to help grow the game of Women's flag football on Long Island.
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