A letter from Coach Dave Mencarini
by MoCoFootball Staff on 02/11/14
Tuesday,
February 11, 2014
Dear Parents, Students, and members of the Quince Orchard Community,
It is with great emotion
that I type this letter to inform you that I have been offered and accepted the
Head Football position at Urbana High School. I met with all of the current
players today at lunch to inform them of my decision. As you can imagine, it
was quite emotional for the kids and me. It is very important that you hear
from me directly as opposed to second hand sources. My decision to leave Quince
Orchard has nothing to do with how I feel about this community, school,
program, and the incredible people associated with it. It is strictly based on
what I feel is best for my family, specifically my daughters, Courtney and
Camille.
As you are aware, I live
in the Urbana community and my girls will attend Urbana High School in a few
years. I only know one way to run a football program, full-steam ahead. This
obviously takes a lot of time and energy. It also takes a tremendous amount of
time and energy away from my family. I absolutely love teaching, coaching,
mentoring, and developing young men using the sport of football. It is who I am
and what I am passionate about. Simply, I miss my girls. They are growing up so
fast. They need their dad around more. This move allows me to accomplish two
things: continue to do what I love and be a better dad.
The past 12 years that I
have spent in this community have been such a rewarding and incredible
experience it cannot be put into words. I am so proud of the young men who
believed in the vision of this program and who allowed myself and our coaches
to help them develop life-long skills, values, and relationships. The
accomplishments that have occurred in the past decade could not have been
achieved without incredible assistant coaches, supportive administration, and
the best fans in the state of Maryland, the Red Army.
Aside from the all the
great victories and agonizing defeats, I'm most proud of how Quince Orchard
Football is now synonymous with the elite programs in the state of Maryland.
This will continue moving forward. I am very confident that whoever is chosen
to take the position of head coach will have great success because ultimately
there are great young men and special people associated with this program.
Although my decision may create some uncertainty about the future, rest assured
that this program is very stable.
I cannot thank you
enough for your unwavering support for the past 10 years. I could not have
written a better chapter of my life. Although I am very excited about this next
chapter, I will always keep the Cougar family close to my heart. I bleed red
and black and that will never change. It's been a tremendous honor to be the
Head Football Coach at Quince Orchard High School.
With Much Love and Appreciation,
Dave Mencarini
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Mencarini as Cougars Head Coach
- Three undefeated regular seasons: 2007, 2009, 2011
- Four-time Montgomery County Coach of the Year
- 2007 Maryland State Coach of the Year
- 2007 Washington Post All-Met Coach of the Year
- 2007 Washington Redskins High School Coach of the Year
- Over 35 QO Cougars signed to play NCAA football
- Nine Maryland All-State 1st Team Players
- 10 playoff appearances in 10 seasons
- Eight 10+ win seasons (out of 10)
- Nine Regional Finals appearances
- Three 4A West Regional Titles
- One Maryland State Championship, three total State Finals appearances
- Assistants who
became head coaches: Mike Nesmith (Paint Branch), Eric Wallich (Damascus),
Mike Neubeiser (Northwest), Joshua Klotz (Richard Montgomery).
| The Quince Orchard
Cougars under Dave Mencarini | |||||
| Year | Record | PF | PA | Net | |
| 2004 | 8-3 | Regional Semifinalist | 27.5 | 12.8 | 302-141= 161 |
| 2005 | 10-2 | Regional Finalist | 29.4 | 11.8 | 353-142= 211 |
| 2006 | 10-2 | Regional Finalist | 32.4 | 19.6 | 389-229= 160 |
| 2007 | 14-0 | State Champions | 33.6 | 10.6 | 471-149= 322 |
| 2008 | 10-2 | Regional Finalist | 31.6 | 10.7 | 379-129= 250 |
| 2009 | 11-1 | Regional Finalist | 32.3 | 11.2 | 387-135= 252 |
| 2010 | 9-3 | Regional Finalist | 28.4 | 14.3 | 341-172= 169 |
| 2011 | 13-1 | State Finalist | 31.7 | 12.2 | 444-147= 297 |
| 2012 | 12-2 | State Finalist | 36.7 | 7.2 | 514-101= 413 |
| 2013 | 10-2 | Regional Finalist | 37.3 | 9.1 | 447-110= 337 |
| 107-18 | .856% | |||||
-photo via The Washington Post
