The program is self-funded and competes in the Granite State Football League. The position is open to all experenced coaches. The position is paid based on experience. 

Resumes can be sent to:Norm Harris, 90 LaBonte Farm Rd., Gilford, N.H., 03249.

Visit the Chalkboard for information on camps, clinics, open dates and coaching vacancies. 

The banquet marks the end of a season that saw UNH finish ranked No. 7 in the nation with a 10-3 overall record; advance to the NCAA FCS quarterfinals for the fifth time in six straight NCAA appearances; defeat its fifth consecutive FBS opponent in Ball State; and win its second consecutive CAA North Division title.

• Senior linebacker Terrence Klein won the Bill Bowes Coaches Award. Klein led the Wildcats with six interceptions last season and returned one for a touchdown. He also ranked third on the team in tackles (45-35-80) and he was second on the team in tackles for a loss with 9.5. He was named an All-American by The Sports Network and The College Sporting News, and was a second-team All-CAA selection and first-team All-New England.
• Senior tight end Scott Sicko was named the team's Offensive Most Valuable Player after leading the Wildcats with 57 catches for 725 yards and nine touchdown receptions. Selected an All-American numerous times during his career by several media outlets, the tri-captain was also named first-team All-CAA, and first-team All-New England.
• Senior linebacker Sean ware was selected as the team's Defensive Most Valuable Player. Ware was UNH's second-leading tackler (47-50-97). He also recovered a fumble, forced a fumble and came up with two sacks for the Wildcats. The tri-captain was also named second-team All-CAA and was named first-team All-New England for his outstanding efforts on the football field.
• Senior defensive back Ryan Hinds was selected as the winner of the Buck Buchanan Distinguished Service Award. Hinds completed the 2009 season as the seventh-ranked UNH tackler (41-12-53), and was ranked third on the team in interceptions with four for 28 return yards. He also led the squad with 15 pass deflections and was tops for the Wildcats in fumbles recovered with three. He was named to the CAA All-Academic squad.
• Senior offensive lineman Tom Neill was the winner of the "Bo Dickson" Spirit Award. A team tri-captain, Neill was the leader of the offensive line as the starter at center and helped the UNH offense compile 340.4 yards per contest and a total of 26 rushing touchdowns and 20 passing TDs. He was named a second-team All-CAA selection and was All-New England.
• The Jack French Unsung Hero Award was presented to senior wide receiver J.T. Wright, who recorded 40 catches for 437 yards and one TD, posting an average of 10.9 yards per catch as the team's second-leading receiver in 12 games played.
• Senior running back Chad Kackert was named the Bob Demers 12th Player Award winner after an outstanding season as UNH's top ball carrier. He recorded a team-high 168 rushes for 780 yards and 10 rushing TDs in 11 games. He also caught 10 passes for 68 yards. He led UNH in kick returns as well with 25 for 510 yards and an average of 20.4 yards per return. He was named a second-team All-CAA selection and was named to the CAA All-Academic squad.
• The Student-Athlete Award was presented to senior kicker Tom Manning. In recognition of his hard work in the classroom, he was named an ESPN The Magazine CoSIDA Academic District I All-American and was also named to the CAA All-Academic squad after he recorded a 3.45 GPA in Business Administration/Marketing. As a kicker, he made 18 of 24 field goal attempts this season including a school record 54-yarder. He also converted 46 of 49 PAT attempts. Manning was a first-team All-CAA selection and was named CAA Special Teams Player of the Week three times in 2009.

The tone in Charlie Burnett's voice made this much clear: He was tired of answering questions about Max Librizzi.

Librizzi, who threw 45 touchdown passes in his senior year at Essex High School, will continue his football career at Holy Cross and will not play QB for Vermont in this summer's Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl.

Librizzi's final high school game was one of his best. He completed 29 of 46 passes for 446 yards and six touchdowns (three interceptions) to lead the North to a 61-39 victory in Vermont's North-South All-Star Game last November.

"We'd love to have him, but we're real excited about the kids we have," Burnett said earlier this week.

Although Essex High School's Max Librizzi, who is widely considered to be Vermont's top quarterback, won't play in this year's Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl, Vermont still has plenty of offensive talent on its roster.

Here are some of the players that will line up against New Hampshire in this year's contest, which will be played Aug. 7 at Windsor (Vt.) High School:

Greg Gonyea
Tackle (6-3, 225 pounds)
Rutland

Gonyea started on both sides of the ball, and will be one of Vermont's top linemen. Made huge strides from his junior year to his senior season.

Kevin Jenko
TE/WR/DB (6-2, 201 pounds)
Essex

Jenko, a two-year starter, made 55 catches for 731 yards and eight touchdowns last season to help Essex win the Division I title. He was the team's only two-way starter and made five interceptions as a defensive back.

Rick Lantman
Wide Receiver (5-8, 140 pounds)
Rutland

Lantman made 69 catches for 1,161 yards and five touchdowns during his senior season to help Rutland reach the Division I championship game. A two-year starter at Rutland, Lantman is also a dangerous kick returner.

Evan McCrea
Wide Receiver (6-1, 190 pounds)
Essex

McCrea may have been the most versatile offensive player in Vermont last season. He returned 19 punts for 389 yards and 13 kickoffs for 262 yards. Offensively, he gained 400 yards on 36 carries and made 40 catches for 426 yards.

Pat Nee
Wide Receiver (6-3, 180 pounds)
Essex

Nee set a school record by catching 15 touchdown passes during his senior season. Nee, one of eight Essex players on the Vermont roster, made 52 catches for 941 yards last season.

James Nolan
Guard (5-7, 195 pounds)
Windsor

Nolan rushed for more than 1,000 yards from his fullback position during his junior year, but switched positions to fill a need in the offensive line last season. He was a three-year starter for Windsor.

Avery Normyle
Guard (5-11, 225)
Mount Anthony

Normyle, a three-year starter, played on both the offensive and defensive lines. He helped lead the Patriots to the Division I playoffs.

Ian Shaw
Running Back (5-10, 175)
Mount Mansfield

Shaw rushed for 1,538 yards -- he averaged 8.4 yards per carry -- and scored 16 touchdowns last season, when Mount Mansfield qualified for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.

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New Hampshire coach Ken Sciacca made it clear that many of the selections he made for this year's Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl were based on the possibility that Essex High School's Max Librizzi would be Vermont's starting quarterback, so no one was more surprised than Sciacca to learn that Librizzi wasn't on the Vermont roster.

Librizzi completed 232 of 369 passes for 3,335 yards and 45 touchdowns for Essex last season. He'll join the Holy Cross football program next season.

"We took 12 (defensive backs) because of him," Sciacca said. "We really focused on defensive backs and a pass rush. I heard he was a real good quarterback."

Sciacca, who resigned as Kennett's head coach following the 2009 season, was scheduled to meet with his team for the first time Sunday.

"We only lost one (player) from our initial selections," Sciacca said. "Hopefully we can keep the crew we have.

"We have some outstanding running backs. We're real big in the backfield. We tried to select many of our offensive linemen from the lower divisions. That's worked pretty well when I've coached this game in the past."

New Hampshire will run a Wing-T offense in this year's game. The running backs on this year's roster include Kevin Brady (Inter-Lakes), Michael Cavanaugh (Manchester Central), Derek Furey (Timberlane) and Steven Jellison (Souhegan).

Practice for this year's game will begin on July 29. Both New Hampshire and Vermont will practice at Kimball Union Academy in Meriden. This year's game will be played Aug. 7 at Windsor (Vt.) High School. The opening kickoff is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.

New Hampshire stretched its winning streak to nine games by posting a 40-6 victory over Vermont last summer. New Hampshire leads the all-time series 41-13-2.

"We tried to get the best kids we could," Sciacca said.

DIVISION I: (9)

DIVISION II: (8)

DIVISION III: (5)

DIVISION IV: (6)

DIVISION V: (5)

DIVISION VI: (3)

The following teams had multiple selections:

Salem (3), Kennett (2), Laconia (2), Nashua North (2), Trinity (2), Bishop Guertin (2), Winnacunnet (2), Souhegan (2), Exeter (2), Plymouth (2) and Pinkerton Academy (2).

Note: Discuss this year's Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl Game/Teams on the New Hampshire Football Report message board.

Twenty four schools are represented on the 2010 New Hampshire Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl team, which was released Tuesday.

This year's game will be played Aug. 7 at Windsor (Vt.) High School. Practice for both New Hampshire and Vermont will begin July 29 at Kimball Union Academy in Meriden.

Ken Sciacca, who resigned as Kennett's head coach following the 2009 season, will serve as New Hampshire's head coach. This will be the eighth time Sciacca has coached in the Shrine game, and his third time as New Hampshire's head coach. He guided New Hampshire to victories in 1979 and in 2003.

Essex coach Charlie Burnett will coach the Vermont team.

The Vermont roster does not include quarterback Max Librizzi, who guided Essex High School to the Division I state championship last season. He threw 45 touchdown passes and was selected as Vermont's Gatorade Player of the Year.

Librizzi is scheduled to continue his football career at Holy Cross.

New Hampshire leads the series 41-13-2.

What kind of player did the University of New Hampshire get when Jim Giansante signed a National Letter of Intent?

UNH got someone who knows how to catch the football, and someone who is used to postseason success.

Giansante (pictured), a 6-foot-2 wide receiver who played for Thomas Jefferson High School in Clairton, Pa., caught 53 passes for 1,234 yards and 14 touchdowns last season. He was a three-year starter for Thomas Jefferson, which had a 42-2 record (16-1 in the playoffs) during those three seasons. Thomas Jefferson won WPIAL and PIAA Class AAA championships in 2007 and 2008.

Giansante didn't appear on UNH's list on incoming recruits that was released on national signing day because he didn't commit to UNH until Feb. 5, the first Friday that followed signing day.

"They like to pass the ball a lot," Giansante told the McKeesport Daily News. "So that makes me happy." 

Giansante reportedly had scholarship offers from William & Mary, VMI and Bowling Green. He visited UNH on Jan. 23.

Nine of the 12 teams that entered the event last year were from outside of New Hampshire. Two Massachusetts teams reached the championship game, where Swampscott defeated North Andover.

Souhegan, Trinity and Goffstown were the New Hampshire representatives. Souhegan reached the semifinals, before being eliminated by North Andover.

For information on registering for this year's tournament contact the St. Anselm College football office at (603) 656-6010 or (603) 656-6012.

Friday's keynote speaker will be University of Alabama head coach Nick Saban. Clinicians will include former Patriots John Hannah and Andre Tippett.

St. Thomas Aquinas head coach Rod Wotton and Plymouth Regional head coach Chuck Lenahan will each be honored for collecting more than 300 career victories as a head coach. Wotton will enter the 2010 season with 333 victories, and Lenahan's Plymouth teams have won 320 games.

Other speakers include University of New Hampshire head coach Sean McDonnell, Oregon head coach Chip Kelly, St. Anselm head coach Pat Murphy, Plymouth State head coach Paul Castonia and Nashua South head coach Scott Knight. 

Click here for a brochure, a complete list of speakers or to register.

Timberlane, which competes in Division II, would like to scrimmage a team from Division I or Division III.

Anyone interested can contact Timberlane head coach Kevin Fitzgerald at kevin.fitzgerald@timberlane.net.

Visit the New Hampshire Football Report Chalkboard for more information on camps, clinics, coaching vacancies and open dates.

Former University of New Hampshire quarterback Matt Griffin landed a job with the Jacksonville Jaguars earlier this month.

Griffin, a 1992 UNH graduate, will serve as an offensive assistant coach.

Griffin (pictured) was fired as Murray State's head coach with one game remaining in the 2009 season. The Racers were 11-33 in his four seasons as head coach.

Griffin led UNH to the Yankee Conference championship in 1991. He began his coaching career at Plymouth State College.