Established: 1904
All-time record: 467-424
Updated through 2011 season.
Head coach: Mark Ciccotelli, (2011-present).
Career record: 11-1 at Neptune, 57-49 overall. Ciccotelli led Neptune to its first Central Jersey Group III title since 1998 in 2011 in his first season. He led Freehold to Central Jersey Group III titles in 2008 and 2010 after spending seven seasons with the Colonials.
Prior head coach: Don Sofilkanich (2010)
Career record: 6-4 and one state playoff appearance in one season at Neptune. Went 33-3 in three seasons and won three Central Jersey Group I titles and two division titles at rival Asbury Park before being hired at Neptune after the 2009 season. Left Neptune to become the head coach Bishop Ahr.
Prior coach: John Fiore (2006-2009). Career record at Neptune: 26-16. Career record overall: 62-40-1. Now the head coach at Montclair High School, Fiore led the Scarlet Fliers to the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III semifinals in 2008 and 2009 after they had not made the state playoffs since 1998.
NEPTUNE PROGRAM HISTORY
4 NJSIAA sectional titles, 11 overall (7 before the current playoff system was created).
14 NJSIAA playoff appearances
NJSIAA STATE SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (Playoffs created in 1974):
1995 (21-12 over Franklin in Central Jersey Group III)
1997 (21-7 over Manasquan in Central Jersey Group II)
1998 (58-13 over Middletown South in Central Jersey Group III)
2011 (47-28 over Steinert in Central Jersey Group III)
NJSIAA STATE PLAYOFF APPEARANCES: 1985, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.
All-Time Playoff Record: 17-10.
CHAMPIONSHIPS
AWARDED BY THE NJSIAA BEFORE THE CREATION OF THE STATE PLAYOFFS IN 1974: 7. 1949, 1938, 1937, 1935 (All Central Jersey Group II); 1927, 1923, 1922 (All Central Jersey Group IV).
History of Head Coaches (Information compiled by John Fiore)
Beck (1904-1912). Career record: 34-11-3. Won Shore Conference titles in 1906 and 1907. Coached in the inaugural Asbury Park vs. Neptune game in 1908.
Harold Cook (1913-1914). Career record: 9-3-1. State champs in 1913 (9-3-1)
Applebey (1915). Career record: 0-6.
No football in 1916.
Fred Reichey (1917). Career record: 4-2-1.
Bennet (1918-1919). Career record: 3-3-1.
Newberry (1920-1924). Career record: 31-12-1. State titles in 1922 and 1923.
Kelly (1925). Career record: 1-5-2.
Morris Long (1926-1927). Career record: 19-30-3 (Also coached from 1942-45). State title in 1927.
Flack (1928-1933). Career record: 19-18. Program's 100th win in 1929.
Woolley (1934-1941). Career record: 32-33-3. State titles in 1935, 1937 and 1938.
Morris Long (1942-45). Career record: See above.
Pagano (1946-1951). Career record: 20-24-5. Shore Conference and state titles in 1949.
Kuzava (1952-1954). Career record: 8-14-2.
Restic (1955-1956). Career record: 6-8-1.
Fishbein (1957-1959). Career record: 4-20-2.
Vetrano (1960). Career record: 5-4.
Bednarick (1961-1966). Career record: 34-17-2. Division titles in 1963 and 1965. Program's 200th win in 1962.
Benson (1967-1968). Career record: 9-9. Division title in 1967.
Vavino (1969-1971). Career record: 5-21-1.
Kirshner (1972-1974). Career record: 10-17.
Richard Tilton (1975-1981). Career record: 19-43-1.
Joe Bongiavanni (1982-1984). Career record: 13-14.
John Amabile (1985-2000). Career record: 117-43-3. Won the school's only three NJSIAA state sectional titles (1995, 1997, 1998), had berths in five state sectional finals, had nine state playoff appearances and won five straight division titles (1994-1998). Finished No. 1 in the state in 1995. Coached in program's 300th win in 1987 and 400th win in 2000. Inducted into the Shore Football Coaches Foundation Hall of Fame in 2010.
Tom Walsh (2001-2005). Career record: 21-29.
John Fiore (2006-2009). Career record: 26-16. Playoff appearances in 2008 and 2009.
Don Sofilkanich (2010). Career record: 6-4. One playoff appearance.
Mark Ciccotelli (2011-present). Career record: 11-1. Central Jersey Group III title in 2011.
