Bladensburg Football

 Varsity Coaches 

Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator: Derek Tyler     

Coach Tyler is entering his first year as the Head Coach at Bladensburg High School.  He comes to Bladensburg from Parkdale High School where he served as the Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator.  At Parkdale, he helped lead the Panthers to a 24-8 record in three years, including a Regional Championship Game birth in 2007.  At Parkdale, Coach Tyler had the top passing offense in the county in 2007 and helped coach 2 All-County, All-Gazette, and All-Met Honorable Mention Athletes. 

Coach Tyler grew up in Bladensburg, played at Riverdale Baptist High School, and attended Howard University.  After receiving his Bachelor's in Business Management, he then went on to obtain a Master's Degree from Howard University in Curriculum and Instruction.  Currently, Coach Tyler is pursuing his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in Minority and Urban Education. Coach Tyler feels fortunate to have this opportunity "to come back home and coach in the community in which he grew up in". 

Assistant Head Coach: Marc Wilson                            

Coach Wilson was born in Washington DC and raised in Prince Georges County where he started playing football at age seven with Landover Hills Falcons, now known as Glenridge/Woodlawn Falcons. His family moved from Landover Hills to Greenbelt and he joined the Greenbelt Raiders boys & girls club where he was an exceptional athlete in football and basketball. He graduated from Eleanor Roosevelt in 1988 where he was a defensive lineman on the varsity football team and was named All-County Defensive Lineman in 1987.

Coach Wilson played college football at Montgomery College in Rockville Maryland where he was proud member of the 1991 national contender team who loss to Messa College of Texas in the NJCAA national championship game. He also earned the Eastern Conference Defensive Lineman of the year award in 1990. Coach Wilson started coaching football with Bowie Boys & Girls Club in 1995 getting to the county championship game three times winning one. He joined Bladensburg High Schools football staff in 2006 as the running backs coach and looks forward to the hard work of building a program and developing our student-athletes to be great young adults.

Coach Wilson is the proud father of two beautiful girls Kristal and Breanna and is married to the love of his life, Kristal whom he affectionately calls “Shay”.

Assistant Coach: Alfonso Thompson

Coach Thomspon grew up in Kentland Maryland and played football for the Kentland Cougars at the age of 8.  He attended Parkdale High School and played Outside Linebacker and Tight End for the Panthers and graduated in 1986. He then attended the US Marine Corps where he played football (OLB/DE) for three years. 

He started his coaching career at Kentland Boys and Girls Club after returning from the Marine Corps.  Coach Thompson then moved on to Bladensburg High School in 2004 where he was the Assistant Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator for the JV Program.  In 2005, he was promoted as the JV Head Coach.  In 2007, Coach Thompson was again promoted to Varsity where he served as the WR Position Coach. 

Coach Thompson states that, “he is truly looking forward to reuniting with Coach Tyler and putting the football program on the right path.”  He currently resides in Waldorf, Maryland and is married with three children (one of which is a graduate of Bladensburg).

Special Teams Coordinator: Coach Riddick

Coach Riddick was born and raised in Plainfield, NJ where he started playing football for The Plainfield Junior Football League at the age of eleven.  He played football and ran track for the Plainfield High School Cardinals and graduated in 1989. He graduated from Howard University in 1994 where he played football and ran track.

He started his coaching career in his hometown of Plainfield, NJ in 1995 with the Plainfield Pop Warner Vikings, where he coached until he moved to Virginia in 1997. In 2004, he revived his coaching career in Loudoun County with the Upper Loudoun Youth Football League. He joined the JEB Stuart High School football staff in Falls Church, VA in 2006 where he was the Varsity and JV Defensive Back coach. In 2007, he was promoted to Special Team Coordinator and during the season he was promoted to Defensive Coordinator. He currently resides in Sterling, VA and is married with one child.

Defensive Coordinator: Coach Finch

Coach Finch, born in Washington DC, began playing football at age 8 with the Fort Grabble Steelers as an Offense/Defensive Lineman for 3 years. Also, playing with Forestville High School, hailing as 2-time County and Regional Champs, State 1998 Semi finalist, 1999 State Champs as both Offense/Defensive Lineman. Coach Finch played college football for Division III Waynesburg College during the 2001 football season as a Defensive End.

Coach Finch graduated from Frostburg State University in 2007 obtained a degree in Liberal Studies with a concentration in Physical Education with a Minor in Coaching. Currently along with teaching, he's currently playing semi-pro for the Prince Georges Knights as a Defensive End. Coach Finch career started with an internship for Westmar High School in Lonaconing Maryland, coaching Offensive and Defensive line.  A year later he began coaching as the Freshman Defensive Coordinator, position coach for  Linebackers and Tight Ends for Thomas Stone High School. He currently resides in Laurel Maryland.

 Junior Varsity Coaches  

Junior Varsity Head Coach: Jason Keonig 

Defensive Coordinator: David Price

Coach David Price was raised in Charlottesville, Virginia playing football for Albemarle High School from 1999-2002. During his time as a Patriot he started along the defensive line, offensive line, linebacker core, and at fullback for the Varsity team for three years.  Coach Price earned 1^st team All-Commonwealth district honors as a junior and a senior, 1^st team  All- Central Virginia honors as a junior and a senior, 1^st team all region honors as a senior, and was selected as a member of the Prep-Star Magazine All-East team as a senior. After initially giving his commitment to play for a Division-1 school Coach Price played at the D-3 level before transferring to The University of Akron in 2003 and played for the school until a coaching change in 2005. After graduation in 2008 Coach Price has worked coaching clinics with Ball State University and now works and resides in Columbia, Maryland.  A philosophy Coach Price lives by was given by Coach Vince Lombardi “They call it coaching but it is teaching. You do not just tell them. You show them the reasons.”.

Assistant Coach: Coach German

Assistant Coach: David Tillery II                

Coach Tillery grew up in Strongsville, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland where he played offensive and defensive line on the Strongsville Mustangs JV team in 1993 and ‘94. In '95, he moved with his family to Lexington, Ky. where he became a captain for the Henry Clay Blue Devils football team. The ‘95 Blue Devils were Sectional Champions and played in the Kentucky 4A State Championship game. Along with team success came individual honors including, All-City and second team All-State selections as an offensive lineman. In 2003, he graduated from the University of Kentucky with a B.S. in Agricultural Economics. 

In 2005, Coach Tillery began coaching football and basketball with the Lawrenceville Youth Association, which is located in the Gwinnett County suburbs of Atlanta, Ga. While living in the Atlanta area, he also volunteered with the Atlanta Falcons and Georgia Force Community Relations and Youth Programs Departments. In July of '08, he moved to Fairfax, Va. to work towards earning his teaching certification. He is now in his first high school coaching position as an assistant on the Bladensburg JV staff.