2012 Hall of Fame

    The only head coach in Lacey’s program history, Lou Vircillo has carved out an impressive legacy in making the Lions into a perennial Shore Conference power.
Vircillo is currently third all-time in Shore Conference history and in the top 25 in New Jersey history with 248 victories, boasting a career record of 248-112-3, including 214-96-3 since he started the Lacey program in 1981. He is one of three active Shore Conference coaches with more than 200 career wins and is 16 victories away from passing late Manasquan and Middletown North legend Vic Kubu for the second-most wins in Shore history behind Brick luminary Warren Wolf.
During his time at Lacey, Vircillo has led the Lions to four NJSIAA South Jersey Group III championships, including three undefeated seasons, with teams known for smashmouth running attacks and hard-nosed defense. His four state titles rank third among active Shore Conference head coaches behind fellow Hall of Fame inductee Mike Ciccotelli of Keyport (6) and one of Ciccotelli’s former players, Middletown South head coach Steve Antonucci (5). Lacey went 11-0 in 1989 to win its second straight state championship, and it finished 12-0 in 2006 and 2010.
Vircillo also has led the Lions to 12 Shore Conference division titles, including six straight Class B South crowns from 1988-1993. He ranks fourth in Shore Conference history among coaches in total titles between division and state championships. His teams have made 20 state playoff appearances, including 17 during his tenure at Lacey. In 2008, he was inducted into the New Jersey Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
Vircillo played at Tarkio College in Missouri, graduating in 1969 and then working as an assistant in the football program until 1972. He began his high school coaching career as an assistant at Red Bank Catholic from 1972-74. He followed that by serving as the offensive coordinator at Red Bank Regional on the legendary unbeaten state championship team of 1975 before becoming the Bucs’ head coach from 1976-80. He led Red Bank to a pair of division titles and three state playoff appearances before becoming the inaugural head coach at Lacey in 1981.
“Coach Lou’’ has also been an instrumental figure as a trustee and one of the founders of the Shore Football Coaches Foundation, which runs the U.S. Army All-Shore Gridiron Classic and puts on a yearly Academic All-Shore breakfast for Shore Conference players. He also has three victories as a head coach of the Ocean County squad in the Gridiron Classic, including a 6-3 victory in last year’s game that put him second all time in Classic history behind Wolf, who has five.
Vircillo lives in Lacey with his wife, Lorraine, and has four children, all of whom are Lacey graduates.

Mike Ciccotelli 

The longest-tenured active coach in the Shore Conference, Keyport’s Mike Ciccotelli has led the Red Raiders to six NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I titles, which is tied for the second-most of any head coach in conference history. He is one of three active Shore Conference coaches with more than 200 career victories and one of only six in conference history.
Since taking over at Keyport in 1978, Ciccotelli has compiled a career record of 220-122-3, leading Keyport to Central Jersey Group I championships in 1987, 1988, 1992, 1998, 1999, and 2002. He also has led the Red Raiders to 12 Shore Conference division titles, including three straight from 1987-89. His teams have made 15 state playoff appearances and he has a career playoff record of 21-10.
With teams known for their punishing Delaware Wing-T running attack and physical defense, Ciccotelli led the Red Raiders to a school single-season record 11 wins in 1999, 2002 and 2003, including an 11-0 season in 2002. Ciccotelli has also twice served as the Monmouth County head coach in the Gridiron Classic, winning both times.
He was an All-County running back/defensive back at A.L. Johnson High School, graduating in 1969 and moving on to be a four-year starter and earning all-conference honors at defensive back at Trenton State College, which is now The College of New Jersey. He took a teaching job at Keyport right out of college and has remained there ever since, retiring from teaching in 2011 but staying on as the head football coach.
Ciccotelli is also part of a successful family of high school football coaches. His younger brother Mark is currently the head coach at Neptune and has won three NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III titles in his career between two at Freehold and one in his first season at Neptune. His brother Steve was also the head coach at Scotch Plains-Fanwood in North Jersey for 20 seasons and led the Raiders to a state final in 2003.
Ciccotelli has lived in Clark in Union County with his wife, Valerie, for the past 54 years and has three daughters and two grandchildren.

A long-time supporter of Shore Conference football and an award-winning radio broadcaster, Kevin Williams is currently in his 33rd year at WOBM radio and is the director of quality control at WOBM and director of the Shore Sports Network.
Williams is a nine-time winner of the New Jersey Sportscaster of the Year Award given by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. His popular daily commentary “The Hometown View” has been honored four times by the New Jersey Broadcasters Association for “Best Public Service” and airs weekday mornings on both 92.7FM/1160AM.
Kevin is in charge of the award-winning team that broadcasts live Shore Conference football and basketball games on the Shore Sports Network, which is made up of  WOBM AM 1160/1310 and 105.7 “The Hawk.” As part of that he also co-hosts a Thursday Night High School Football Show in the fall and broadcasts morning sports reports on New Jersey 101.5 and 97.3 ESPN-FM. Those radio broadcasts have become part of the fabric of football season for Shore Conference gridiron fans, players and coaches for three decades.
A member of the Central Regional Athletic Hall of Fame, the Jersey Shore Sports Hall of Fame and the Region VI Wrestling Hall of Fame, he has also received the Ocean County College Distinguished Alumni Award and was given an honoree degree from OCC. He has been honored by numerous organizations for his charitable efforts and professional accomplishments, including the Ocean County Girl Scouts, Lions Club International and the Caregiver Volunteers of Central Jersey.  Kevin is a past Chairman of the Toms River-Ocean County Chamber of Commerce and is involved in the Toms River Student Loan Fund, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ocean County, and Beachwood Soccer Club and has helped out with the Beachwood Municipal Alliance.
His wife Jane is a guidance counselor at Manchester Township High School and they have two children.