Fitzgerald lands Timberlane job
Roger Brown
nhfootballreport.com
Timberlane High School went with youth over experience when it selected a football coach to replace Mike Pariseau, who resigned in January.
Kevin Fitzgerald, who graduated from Timberlane in 1991, will guide the Owls next fall. Fitzgerald, 34, didn't play high school football and has never been a high school head coach. He's been an assistant football coach under Pariseau since 1996.
Fitzgerald was the choice over 60-year-old Sandy Ruggles, who was the other finalist for the position. Ruggles was the head coach at UMass-Lowell for five years and guided North Middlesex High School to the Central Massachusetts Super Bowl in seven consecutive seasons (six victories).
Pariseau's Timberlane teams had an 80-71 record in his 15-year tenure. He steered the Owls to the Division II championship in 1999 and 2001.
Fitzgerald, 1995 University of New Hampshire graduate, also coached baseball and boys basketball at Timberlane.
