HILLSBOROUGH: Kevin Carty Jr. hired as school’s head football coach

His father and brother might come to Raider sidelines, too

By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor
   Hillsborough hired a new head football coach Monday night.
   Even more than that, it’ll gain a family on the sidelines.
   The school board signed up Kevin Carty Jr., who posted a 35-16 record with three playoff appearances in five seasons at Bound Brook High School, as head coach at a stipend of $10,272.
   Mr. Carty said Tuesday he plans to bring his father Kevin Sr. and his younger brother Sean with him to Hillsborough.
   Kevin Carty Jr., 33, was a state championship and Parade All-American QB at Somerville High School, graduating in 1996. The family has been synonymous with superlative quarterbacks and winning football for decades at Somerville High School.
   The three have been together in the Bound Brook program in recent years. The new Raider head coach envisions his father in a new job running the defense at Hillsborough, with his brother coaching wide receivers and defensive backs, the same job he has had at Bound Brook.
   The head coach said he’ll call the plays, with dad in the booth letting him know what the opposing defense looks like.
   For now, Mr. Carty will continue to teach at Bound Brook, although he said he hopes a teaching job will open at Hillsborough. His area is business education.
   ”Hopefully, it’ll be exciting, tough and disciplined football, with the kids having fun,” said Mr. Carty. “I’d like a program where we represent ourselves and the community in the way it wants.”
   Mr. Carty said he sought the advertised job and was attracted by Hillsborough’s size, resources, number of students and success over the years.
   He’ll succeed Vince Coviello, who posted a 6-4 record last fall in his fifth year at the helm. Mr. Coviello, a health and physical education teacher, will stay at the school.
   The new coach said fans should expect to see a wide open, pro-style offense centering on the quarterback. On defense, it’ll likely adjust to the personnel he sees, but aggressiveness will be uppermost, he said.
   Coaching quarterbacks is his specialty, he said, and his family’s QB camp will continue at Bound Brook, at least for this summer. The Raiders will have a returning starting QB in John Von Neesen.
   His father, who has 40 years of coaching experience on the high school and college level, coached six QBs who received Division 1/1-AA scholarships in his 18 years at Somerville. .
   Sean was an all-state receiver at Somerville, graduating in 1998 and earning a scholarship to Rutgers University, where he was a four-year letterwinner at wide receiver and punt returner.
   Kevin Jr. played his college ball at North Carolina and William and Mary, from where he graduated. He said he had “a lot of fun” in two seasons of indoor arena football in Connecticut and Memphis-Rochester.
   In 10 seasons of coaching high school QBs, he has coached three who earned full scholarships, two who have led New Jersey in passing yardage, and three who have been named All-State. In five years as head coach at Bound Brook, all five of his QBs were named all-county.
   The senior Carty is a member of the NJSIAA Hall of Fame. His coaching years include six years at Rutgers. In the process of winning two state championships in his 18 years of high school, he has coached six QBs who received Division 1/1-AA scholarships.
   In 2001, he coached his son Ryan to break the New Jersey record with 43 TD passes in one season. Ryan passed for more than 3,500 yards as a senior and was an all-state QB. Ryan was an all-state QB at Somerville, graduating in 2001, when passing for more than 3,500 yards as a senior. He received a scholarship to the University of Delaware, where he won a national championship in 2003 and was elected captain in 2005. He is the running backs coach and recruiting coordinator for the Division 1-AA New Hampshire Wildcats.