Coach Pat Ward
Pat has been the Offensive Line Coach at St. John’s College High School for the past 17 years.
As a player, Coach Ward was a two-time football All-Met and All-American recipient at St. John’s College High School. A four-year starter at The University of Maryland, Coach Ward was an All-Conference ACC player and the recipient of the prestigious A.V. Williams Award given to the UMD football player demonstrating outstanding sportsmanship. Pat has recently been inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame at St. John’s College High School.
In 2009, he was voted assistant football coach of the year by DCSportsFan. As a coach he has meet with great success with at least one lineman being named first-team all-conference in each of his 17 years at St. John’s. He has Coached 25 First-Team All-Conference Linemen in 17 years and Coached Ten First-Team or Second-Team All-Metropolitan Linemen (as determined by The Washington Post) as well as 6 All Americans and one NFL player.
He was also a Assistant Coach for the 2013 Under Armour All American Game.
Coach Mike Ward
Prior to joining the St. John’s staff in 2012, Coach Ward started every game (48 total) for all four years at the University of Akron as both a guard and a center. He was named team captain his senior year and then went on to play for both the Orlando Predators and the Cleveland Gladiators of the Arena Football League. A two- time first-team all-conference lineman at St. John’s, Coach Ward received the Mush Dubofsky Award as a senior, was named the Old Spice Red Zone Player of the Year for D.C., and was named team captain. A two-way player, he achieved the remarkable feat of leading the team in tackles from his defensive line position. As a student at St. John’s, he was elected vice president of the student body and set the bar for all future anchormen as one of the best personalities of all-time on the SJC Daily News show. He also assists his older brother, Pat, with the Ward Line Academy.