Bill Clifford
Running Backs, Defensive Backs

Bill, or as the players affectionately refer to as "Coach Cliff" , enters the seventh year of his second stint with the Hawks. He previously coached the Hawks from 1988-1992. Before coaching at Southeastern, Clifford was a member of the Bridgewater State College coaching staff from 1968-1975. His stint at Bridgewater State College was preceded by four seasons as a player for the Bears and two seasons at Brockton High School.

Three seasons ago, with Clifford making the calls, the Southeastern defense would prove to be the toughest in the conference. The Hawks defense was tops in scoring defense and allowed only two backs to reach the century mark in rushing. The dominance of the Hawks defense was never more evident than in the Hawks first trip to the Division 4 EMass Super Bowl. Boston South champions, the Hyde Park Blue Stars, would struggle all night as they gained a mere 39 yards on 33 plays and had two passes picked off along the way. The Hawks defense would continue it's dominance the next season in the Super Bowl as it held the O'Bryant Tigers two eight offensive plays in the entire first half. The Southeastern defense dominated from start to finish as the Hawks intercepted four passes, the last being returned 30 yards for a touchdown to seal the game. Last season, defense would again help pave the way back to the post-season as the Hawks gave up just 10.5 points per game.

Bill is currently retired after teaching in the Brockton School System from 1968-2005.

Jeff Cziska
Tight Ends

Jeff is back following a brief hiatus and now enters his fifth season as a member of the Hawks coaching staff. Jeff comes to Southeastern after spending five seasons at Old Colony Regional Voc-Tech. He also coached at Greater New Bedford Regional Voc-Tech for two seasons. During his time at Southeastern he has coached the offensive line, defensive line, served as the team's Junior Varsity coach and was the Hawks Offensive Coordinator in 2006.

As a player at Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech Jeff was a three year letter winner in football. Following a five year break from playing he went on to play college football at UMass Boston (which no longer fields a team). Unfortunately, his career was cut short during his second season at UMass after sustaining a severe neck injury.

Outside of football Jeff is a graphic and web designer as well as a publisher of football playbooks. A proud member of the American Football Coaches Association, he is an avid reader of any books pertaining to football and enjoys speaking at, working at and attending football coaching clinics. In his spare time he plays the guitar and enjoys spending time with his wife Jessica and their cat Meowcito.

Mike Merrick
Quarterbacks, Linebackers, Special Teams

Mike enters his third season as a member of the Hawks coaching staff after serving as Head Coach at Holbrook High School over the last three seasons. Before being named Head Coach he was a member of the Holbrook staff as an assistant for seven seasons and coached the Randolph/Holbrook Blue Devils for another twenty years. During his time with the Blue Devils, he helped lead them to three Pop Warner Championships. As a high school coach he has helped develop sound football players with many going on to have excellent careers at both the college and semi-pro ranks. Mike began his playing career in the Randolph Pop Warner program, moved on to play at Milton Academy and ended his playing career after playing four seasons at Blue Hills Regional.

Outside of football, Merrick works for the Norfolk County Sheriff's Department and also finds time to coach baseball. In his leisure time he enjoys lifting weights and fishing.

Dan Lewis
Receivers, Defensive Backs

Dan enters his fifth season as a member of the Hawks coaching staff. During his first two seasons he served as the team's Principal Scout, doing the most under appreciated task of scouting each week's upcoming opponent. It was Dan who found an opponent's overlooked tendency that helped keep the Tri- County Cougars from scoring on a crucial 2-point conversion. The Hawks won by a slim 14-6 margin that day. The victory gave the Southeastern football program their first ever Mayflower League Championship and several weeks later the school's first State Championship in any sport.

Dan played varsity football, basketball and track & field for Athol High from 1979-1982 enjoying a great deal of success. In 1979, he played on Athol's Western Massachusetts Division III Super Bowl Championship team. In his senior year ended his athletic career on a high note as Athol won the Inter-County League Track & Field Championship. More impressively, weeks later his squad earned the Western Massachusetts Division III Championship. Dan began his coaching career four years later as he served as an Assistant Track & Field coach at Greenfield High from 1986-1987. From 1988-1989 he was the Head Basketball coach at St. Mary/St. Joseph's Academy in Willimantic, Connecticut. He also was an assistant football coach across town at Windham High from 1988- 1992, including running the Freshmen program in 1989. From 1989-1992 he also served as the Head Freshmen Basketball coach while also serving as a varsity assistant. In 1992 Dan moved on to coaching college basketball, serving as an assistant coach and scout for New England Regional Finalists the Mount Wachusett Community College. From 1996-1999 he coached the Brockton Basketball Club AAU Boys 13-15 and Under team.

Outside of football, Dan is a Regional Family Support Manager for the Massachusetts Department of Social Services. In his spare time he enjoys hiking, advanced scouting, listening to music and playing Jazz trombone.

Ben Katz
Offensive Linemen, Defensive Linemen

Ben joins the Hawks coaching staff this season following two seasons at Scituate High School. During his time at Scituate he served as both the Varsity Offensive Line Coach and Head Freshmen Coach. His Freshmen squad achieved something few teams in any sport ever accomplish, going undefeated in 2007.

As a player Ben excelled on the gridiron at both Hull High School and Bridgewater State College. During his four seasons as a player for the Hull Pirates he played both center and outside linebacker. A starter on the 1996 Hull Super Bowl squad, Ben helped lead his team to a thrilling 20-15 victory over Al Costabile's undefeated Bishop Fenwick squad. Trailing late in the 4th quarter, the Pirates scored with less than three minutes to play bringing home the victory. His playing career did not end their as he went on to Bridgewater State College where he played inside linebacker. In 1999 he was named to the New England Football Conference Defensive Team of the Week three times. Ben followed that up with an even more important accomplishment as he was named to the New England Football Conference All-Academic team in 2000 and 2001.

After graduating Cum Laude from Bridgewater State College in 2003 with a double major in History and Political Science, Ben earned his Master's Degree in International Relations from the University of Durham, graduating with distinction honours.

Despite a hectic schedule both on and off the field, Ben finds time for reading, weight lifting and spending time with his wife Clare and their cat Munchkin.

Shawn Bamford
Assistant Coach

Shawn enters his second season as a member of the Hawks coaching staff following a stellar playing career at Southeastern. A 2005 graduate of Southeastern, Shawn was a member of the Hawks first Super Bowl championship squad. Following an 0-2-1 start Bamford stepped into the role of starting quarterback and helped Southeastern go 6-3 the rest of the way, including their improbable 13-0 victory over the Hyde Park Blue Stars. Along the way the Southeastern offense averaged 22 points per game after scoring 19 total points prior to Bamford stepping into his starting role.

Outside of football Shawn works in his trade as a craftsman. In his spare time he enjoys fishing and playing his guitar.

Vincent Spathanas
Varsity Assistant Coach

Vinny joins the Hawks coaching staff this season following several years away from coaching. His previous coaching stint was at Holbrook High School with fellow Hawks coach Mike Merrick.

A 1983 graduate of Holbrook, Vinny played football, baseball and ran track. Like today, the Holbrook football squad usually entered each game as the underdog. Spathanas played the role of David in 1982 when he kicked the game winning field goal against Duxbury High School with no time remaining. The loss dashed Duxbury's chances of playing for a Super Bowl title that season.

Outside of football Vinny is a Corrections Officer for the Norfolk County Sheriffs Office. Over the last 19 years he has held the positions of Field Training Officer, Drill Instructor for the Recruit Academy and K9 Officer for 11 years. His hobbies and interests include training and working with service dogs as well as practicing the art of Karate. Despite his hectic schedule he enjoys spending time with his wife Donna and their two dogs and cat (retired K9 Denny a German Shepherd, Bella a Great Dane and Gus).

Matt Siwik
Head Freshmen Coach

Matt enters his third season as a member of the Hawks coaching staff following a long hiatus from the game. During the early 1980's, under Hall of Fame Coach Carlin Lynch, Siwik enjoyed a stellar career as a linebacker for the Dartmouth Indians. The Indians appeared in three straight Super Bowls from 1982-1984. After losing 22-7 to Franklin in 1982, the Indians won back to back Super Bowls over Foxboro, 20-14 in 1983 and 14-0 in 1984.

Matt's career on the gridiron ended upon graduation, but his athletic would prove to be far from over. Siwik brought his talents with him to the Navy, becoming a stand out on the rugby field. He would continue his rugby career later as a civilian in several leagues throughout the country. Siwik's strong rugby background truly fits in with the Hawks offense which looks more like a rugby scrum than a traditional offense.

Outside of football, Matt is a teacher in the school's Metal Fabrication Department. Siwik is also the school's Head Freshmen Baseball Coach as well as an assistant wrestling coach.

Pam Rutter
Certified Athletic Trainer

Pam enters her eight year as the Hawks athletic trainer which literally gives her the distinction of being the person that holds the entire team together. With contact sports comes the sprains, strains and bruises. Pam does extensive work to maintain the safety of all student-athletes through the use of preventative care, injury evaluation and diagnosis, immediate care, treatment, rehabilitation and reconditioning.

During Pam's playing days she was what would be considered an athlete that comes along maybe once every decade. Following a stellar high school career Pam enrolled at North Adams State College. Pam was a four-year starter in both basketball and volleyball. Her true calling may have indeed been volleyball where she was named Most Valuable Player in both her junior and senior seasons while serving as Team Captain during both seasons. Prior to college Pam was a member of the U.S. Volleyball Junior Olympic team from 1983-1985.

Following her graduation from North Adams State she worked as a trainer at Division I Fairfield University from 1989-1993 and Division I Providence College from 1993-1995. Pam followed that up by working with the USA Women's Olympic Team during the 1994-1995 season.

Outside of her job as trainer, Pam has taught Biology here at Southeastern for the last six years. In her spare time she enjoys hiking, quilting and spending time with family.

A little known fact is that in 1999 Pam ran in and completed the Boston Marathon

Allen Dorfman
Audio/Visual Technician

Allen enters his seventh season as a member of the Hawks coaching staff. There from the beginning of Scaduto's tenure he has seen the football program go from being on life support to State Champions in just three seasons. The work he has done has proven to be a vital component to the team's success. Film is perhaps the most important of coaching tools off of the field. It enables a team to learn from mistakes and make the necessary changes from week to week.

Outside of his duties with the football program, Allen has been employed for the last nine years at Southeastern Regional as the school's Supply Room Manager. An avid Red Sox fan, Allen may know more about the Fenway Clan than any other person on the planet. In his spare time he enjoys dominating in fantasy baseball and loves to read.