Aubrey Blackwell returns to Catholic
We are excited to announce that Aubrey Blackwell will be returning to Montgomery Catholic as Head Football Coach. Coach Blackwell previously served in this role from 2015–2020 and was instrumental in building our football program into what it is today. During his six-year tenure at MCPS, he compiled a 54–19 record and led the Knights to five playoff appearances, including the program’s first-ever trip to the State Championship game.
School President Justin Castanza said, “Aubrey Blackwell is not just a familiar face and a tremendous football coach, but he is also the man responsible for launching the program he returns to lead. This is a beautiful homecoming in every way. Aubrey and his family will come home to Montgomery Catholic and continue what he and Daniel Veres started. Championship play became a Montgomery Catholic standard under his leadership, and that is exactly what we are excited to continue. The time is right!”
The MCPS community is eager to welcome Aubrey, Brandi, Will, and Kayla back to Montgomery Catholic. Athletic Director, Daniel Veres had the following to share, “I’m excited to be able to bring home my friend and the first head football coach I hired here at Catholic 11 years ago, Aubrey Blackwell. I could not think of a better family to bring back into our own. Brandi, Will, and Kayla are coming back to a place that helped them grow to where they are now. Selfishly, now I get to see the fruits of all their work and cheer for them again as Knights.”
Montgomery Catholic is excited to continue to build on the success that Aubrey began 11 years ago.
“I am so excited to be coming back to Montgomery Catholic, a place that values my family as much as it does my work. When everyone is valued, excellence becomes inevitable. That’s why this opportunity matters so much to me,” said Blackwell. “Our success here was built together as a community, as one F.A.M.I.L.Y., and I am honored to continue building it alongside the people I love and respect. When respect, appreciation, and purpose align, saying yes is easy. Being a part of something we’ve grown together makes this more than a job – it makes it meaningful. I accept this role with commitment, gratitude, and pride in a culture that puts people first and with the community that we hold close to our hearts. I cannot wait to have our former Knights on the sidelines and involved in our program. I am sure people will question some of my coaching decisions that I have made over the last few years. Decisions that affected my family, my friends, and the other schools that invested in me. Each school has been a crucial step that has helped me grow as a coach, father, and husband and I am grateful for each of them. Ultimately this all led to being guided to have my family back home at Montgomery Catholic. This isn’t justwhere I work, It’s where my family and I belong and where we plan on planting our roots for a long time.”
(Press release from Montgomery Catholic)
