Montgomery head coach Sean Carty (left) is in his first season in charge, while his brother, Kevin (right) is entering his 14th season with the Raiders. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)
They coached against each other once before. Zoran Milich had to miss the game between Montgomery and Hillsborough in 2020, the COVID season, and Offensive Coordinator Sean Carty took his place.
On the other side of the field was his brother, Kevin, with their father also on the Raiders’ sideline, helping out.
And after a 26-6 win for Hillsborough, one would imagine a nice family reunion at midfield between the three members of the Carty clan who coached in the game. But, no. NJSIAA rules that year – because of the pandemic – put the deep-six on the handshake line to prevent the spread.
Sean, Kevin, and their father Kevin just stood and waved at each other.
That wasn’t the case last Thursday up at Kean University’s Harwood Arena, where the two were all smiles up at the third annual Big Central Conference Media Day.
While we don’t know the ins and outs of every coaching situation in the entire state over more than 100 years of high school football, it very well could be the first time – if not, certainly one of very few instances – where two brothers are head coaches at schools in neighboring towns.
Nonetheless, we caught up with both of them to talk about coaching virtually next-door to each other, and about the respective teams this upcoming season.
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