Sayreville defensive back Mark Poore (#10) after a tackle in a 2003 game against Perth Amboy. Poore was approved as the school’s new head coach earlier this year. (Source: JoeDiamonds on YouTube)
Sayreville assistant and alum Mark Poore has been promoted and named the Bombers’ new football coach.
The former quarterback – who later played at Montclair State – was approved by the Sayreville Board of Education at its February meeting – per the meeting minutes – along with two assistants, Gary Andrewshetsko and James DiPaolo.
DiPaolo was previously head coach at his alma mater, North Plainfield, from 2017 through 2021 following two seasons as defensive coordinator.
Poore passed for nearly 1,000 yards and ran for more than 500 while running the option during his senior season at Sayreville in 2003, in which the Bombers went 10-1, their lone loss coming to Scotch Plains-Fanwood in the North 2, Group 3 semifinals. He was named All-Area first-team by the Home News Tribune. Poore also played defensive back.
He later came back as an assistant under his former coach, George Najjar, then returned under Chris Beagan following the 2014 hazing scandal, and has remained on staff ever since.
Poore replaces his most recent boss, Don Sofilkanich, who coached just one season for the Bombers after Beagan retired following the 2022 season. Beagan revived the program after the hazing scandal, going 51-31 in eight seasons, winning state titles in 2016 and 2018.
The Bombers went 8-3 in Sofilkanich’s only season, falling to Mount Olive in the second round of the state playoffs.
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With an 8-3 record and got into the second round of the playoffs why was he replaced ?