Monsignor Bonner High School

Head Coach Tom Oropeza:

Coach Oropreza is a Bonner alumni, graduating in1995. He played on the 1994 team that won the Catholic League Championship. He also made the All City Team as a defensive lineman. Tommy played football for Lehigh University where he grauated with a degree in Political Science.

Tommy is married and lives in Clifton Heights with his wife Stacey, their new son Roman.

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Defensive Line Coach & Director of Football Operations Rich "Doc" Dominico:

Rich was the Defensive Line Coach at Cardinal O'Hara from 2002-2005. He has been the Director of Football Operations and Defensive Line Coach at Monsignor Bonner from 2005 to the present time.

Rich has been married since 1975 to Dorothy and they have two children, Janet and Rich. Rich is expecting his first grandchild in August.

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Greg Bernhardt is a graduate of Monsignor Bonner Class of 95. He was a two way starter at CB/WR for Bonner's 1994 CL Championship team and All-Catholic as a WR in the same year. He attended St Francis University in Loretto PA where he played CB and was coached by Pete Mayock.Greg began coaching at Bonner in 2000 as the WR’s coach and Offensive Coordinator. From 2004-2006 he was a WR/Co- Offensive Cooridinator at Cardinal O'Hara and was a member of the staff for O'Hara’s 2004 Catholic league Championship team. He came home to Bonner in 2007 as the Offensive Coordinator.

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Mike Melvin is a graduate of Malvern Prep '03 and attended college at Fordham University 07'

Mike is entering his 5th year coaching at Bonner. He held the position of WR coach for the first 4 years and is now coaching QBs. He coaches with an emphasis on coordinating passing game

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Jeff Connell is a graduate of Columbus Bishop Hartley HS where he was a 2 year starter at Strong Safety.  He has a degree in chemistry from Capital University.  Jeff has been coaching for 25 years.  As head coach at the St Catherine’s elementary school varsity program, he compiled a record of 122-39, with 6 Division Championships, one Catholic League championship, three 2nd place playoff finishes, and eleven 3rd place playoff finishes. He has also assisted at the Columbus Bishop Hartley Hawks program.   Jeff is going into his 3rd year at Bonner where he coaches special teams and helps coordinate the JV program.

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Mike grew up in St. George Parish in Glenolden and played football for St. Josephs in Collingdale. He graduated from Monsignor Bonner in 2005 with a 4.0 GPA. He played offensive tackle and defensive tackle under both Mike "Stumpy" Coyne and Jim Carrigan. In his senior season he was All-Catholic, All-Delco, and All-City (Philadelphia) as a defensive tackle. Mike was awarded a few awards like the defensive lineman of the year award for the team, the scholar athlete award for the team, the U.S. Marine Corps Athlete of the Year and the National Football Hall of Fame's scholar-athlete award for the Philadelphia chapter. Contact Coach Nolan

Wide Receivers Coach Jordan McCauley:

Jordan played for St. Andrews School. At Monsignor Bonner, Jordan was a member of the National Honor Society as well as a member and captain of both the football and basketball teams. As a senior, Jordan was All-Catholic and All-Delco in football. Jordan went on to play four years of football at Albright College in Reading, PA. After graduating he began his coaching career with the Friars. Jordan spent two seasons with the Freshman team coaching the receviers and is now in his second season with the varsity coaching the receivers. Jordan is the technology teacher at St. Eleanor School in Collegeville. He went back to school at Delaware Valley College in 2009 to get his level 1 certification in teaching. Contact Coach Jordan

Wide Receiver Coach Kevin LeSage

Kevin graduated from Monsignor Bonner in 2002 and was a member of the Football team. He was named Co - MVP in his senior year. He played wide reciever and defensive back and was named All Catholic in both Offense and Defensse in his Junior and Senior years. He was an All State receiver in his Senior year. Kevin played college football at Lycoming College where he graduated with a Criminal Justice degree

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Running Back Coach Dave Bradley

Coach Bradley graduated and played for St. Joseph's, where he won two parade of championship trophies alongside current Bonner head coach, Tom Oropeza. David played football, basketball and baseball for Monsignor Bonner. In 1994, his senior season, Bonner won the Catholic League Championship. David earned 1st team all-catholic honors at the RB position. He also was an All-Delco selection. David played college football at Western Maryland College and graduated from Villanova University in 2000. The upcoming season will be his third year as varsity running back coach with the Friars. Contact Coach Bradley

Defensive Coordinator Jay Stretch

Jay Stretch is a graduate of St. Denis School in Havertown. A two year started at Archbishop Carroll High School, he played on the 1976 City Championship team. Jay has a Mortuary Science degree from American Academy  in NYC. He was the 7 & 8 th grade St Denis head coach for 5 yrs., then onto Cardinal O'Hara where he was defensive co-ordinator for 3 yrs. before becoming the defensive back coach at Widener University. Jay was also the defensive co-ordinator at Archbishop Carroll for 3 yrs and has held the same title twice at Monsignor Bonner. He has coached at Bonner for a total of 5 years. Contact Coach Stretch

Linebackers Coach Tom Fitti

Tom attended St. Andrews, where he played CYO football. He attended Monsignor Bonner High School and was a two-way starter for the Football Team. Tom was named to All-Catholic League Team (Honorable Mention) and the All News of Delaware County Team – (2nd Team).  He attended Albright College and was a four-year starter at linebacker and Captain of the team. After the team won the ECAC championship in 2001, he played his final college game in Ohio, at the National All-Star Bowl. Contact Coach Fitti

Defensive Back Coach Ray Perone

Ray grew up in St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Norristown and played his youth football for the KofP Indians.  He is a 1995 graduate of Kennedy-Kenrick High School in Norristown where he was a 3 year varsity letter winner as a DB, WB, and QB.  Ray received all-Catholic honors during his senior season where he led the PCL in interceptions, as well as receiving Defensive Back of the Year award for the team and The Outstanding Senior Athlete Award from the St. Francis of Assisi Parish.  Ray attended Western Maryland College where he played DB and later graduated from WCU.  Ray currently resides in Skippack, Pa. with his wife and 2 young sons. He is in his 2nd year coaching the Friars defensive backfield. Contact Coach Perone

Quarterback Coach Anthony DiGalbo

Anthony played football for the Folsom Falcons & Ridley Raiders, back-to-back Central League Champs. He has been coaching for 14 years and this is his first year coaching at Bonner.He has coached for the Philadelphia Eagles Youth Partnership where he helped run football camps. He also coached for the Collingdale Bulldog's from 1996 - 2003. He has been coaching at St. Joseph's, in Collingdale, since 2003 and is still their acting CYO President. Since taking over as head coach for the St.Joseph's Varsity football team in 2006, their team won the Parade of Champions in 2010 and were the Coach's Bowl Champions in 2006, 2008, 2009. His record at St.Joe's is 50 - 10. He and his wife Robin have five children Anthony Jr, Dominic, Christian, Collin, and Gianna. Contact Coach DiGalbo

Manager Brady Drummond

Brady Drummond, a 2010 Monsignor Bonner graduate, is in his 3rd year as manager of the football team. Brady assists the team in multiple ways, from bringing water to the team on the field to his biggest responsibility as primary cheerleader. Brady is always an inspiring force on the sidelines and quick to cheer on the players in crucial situations. Brady is an integral part of the Monsignor Bonner Football program

Manager Ethan Thomas

Ethan, a senior at Monsignor Bonner High School, assists the team with film, a very necessary part of the program. We are very grateful for Ethan's support and his dedication to his managerial responsibilities.