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Saints' Spotlight – Varsity Football Coach Joe Battaglia
In this installment of Saints Spotlight, we check in with Concordia Prep football coach Joe Battaglia, who has guided the Saints to a 22-7 record in his three-plus seasons, including the 2021 MIAA B Conference title in what was the program’s first league crown since it shared the C Conference title with St. John’s Catholic Prep in 2007. His Saints (2-1) open B Conference play this weekend against the Crusaders of St. Paul’s (2-1) following a 46-0 pummeling of Old Mill High School.
Here is a deeper dive into the Saints head football coach:
Go Navy, Beat Army: Battaglia spent four years as a defensive analyst for the United States Naval Academy before coming to Concordia. He equates that 2021 B Conference crown with defeating Army in the 2019 season that included an 11-win season and the capture of the coveted Commander-in-Chief trophy given to the service academy team with the most wins in head-to-head competition each fall. Battaglia spent 13 years in total as a college football assistant coach before heading to Concordia Prep.
Falling back: Battaglia stated his worst head coaching moment to date is falling, 21-13, to St. Mary’s in last year’s MIAA B final at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium. The Saints were bidding to become the first team to capture back-to-back B Conference crowns since St. Mary’s did so in 2017 and ‘18.
Family Legacy: Battaglia is one of four siblings to play college athletics. He played four years as a Linebacker at Guilford College (N.C.). Prior to that he was a Senior Captain at Gilman School where they captured multiple MIAA A Conference Championships. His junior year they finished with a USA Today National Ranking of #12.
Memorable month: June of 2020 proved to be a memorable month for the Battaglia family for both good and not so good reasons. He and his wife Kim Battaglia welcomed their first child, Joseph, Jr., nicknamed JJ, on June 5 of that year, but twenty days later, they lost their Annapolis apartment to a fire. That same day, Battaglia learned that he had been hired by Concordia Prep.
Favorite book: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Here is a deeper dive into the Saints head football coach:
Go Navy, Beat Army: Battaglia spent four years as a defensive analyst for the United States Naval Academy before coming to Concordia. He equates that 2021 B Conference crown with defeating Army in the 2019 season that included an 11-win season and the capture of the coveted Commander-in-Chief trophy given to the service academy team with the most wins in head-to-head competition each fall. Battaglia spent 13 years in total as a college football assistant coach before heading to Concordia Prep.
Falling back: Battaglia stated his worst head coaching moment to date is falling, 21-13, to St. Mary’s in last year’s MIAA B final at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium. The Saints were bidding to become the first team to capture back-to-back B Conference crowns since St. Mary’s did so in 2017 and ‘18.
Family Legacy: Battaglia is one of four siblings to play college athletics. He played four years as a Linebacker at Guilford College (N.C.). Prior to that he was a Senior Captain at Gilman School where they captured multiple MIAA A Conference Championships. His junior year they finished with a USA Today National Ranking of #12.
Memorable month: June of 2020 proved to be a memorable month for the Battaglia family for both good and not so good reasons. He and his wife Kim Battaglia welcomed their first child, Joseph, Jr., nicknamed JJ, on June 5 of that year, but twenty days later, they lost their Annapolis apartment to a fire. That same day, Battaglia learned that he had been hired by Concordia Prep.
Favorite book: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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