Coach Dunbar - Founder & Director of Breakthrough Elite 7v7 | Football Academy & Former Westerly Head Coach [EP.59]
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The Hottest Football Head Coach in the New England Area joins the EG Pod & discusses stepping down from Westerly, Breakthrough, Mentorship, Camps, What is Wrong with Rhode Island High School Football, How the South is more advance in terms of high school football, social media, cornerback position, track versus basketball and most important grades and how to be eligible for college.
Coach Dunbar is the Founder and Director of Breakthrough Elite 7v7, Head Football Coach at Westerly High School and the Director of Breakthrough Football Academy. In his first fall season in Westerly Coach Dunbar’s Bulldogs made it all the way to the Division 2 semifinal’s where they lost to Coach’s alma mater St. Raphael Academy in a tight game.
Prior to Westerly, Coach Dunbar was the Head Football Coach at Coventry High School. In his first season as the head coach at Coventry the Oakers broke a 13 year losing streak to Thanksgiving Day rival West Warwick, beating the Wizards for the first time since 2004. For his efforts in his rookie season Coach Dunbar was awarded Division 2B Coach of The Year.
A Rhode Island native, he played his high school ball at St. Raphael Academy in Pawtucket. In his senior season he led the Saints to a 13-0 record and a Division 1 State Championship. As the star quarterback for the Saints he was named First Team All-State by the Providence Journal and Rhode Island Gridiron Player and Back of The Year by the Providence Gridiron Club.
He went on to play college ball at Dean College for two seasons helping the Bulldogs win back to back conference championships as an All-Conference Defensive Back before earning a scholarship to the University of Rhode Island where he was a two year starter at Cornerback.
Coach Dunbar got his start in coaching at Portsmouth High School in Rhode Island and has had coaching stints at American International College, Dean College, Coventry High School and currently at Westerly. Coach Dunbar enjoys seeing his athletes win on the field but more importantly in life!
Follow Stanley Dunbar:
IG -@StanleyDunbarJR
IG - @BreakthroughEliteFB
https://www.breakthroughelite.org
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0:00 - Intro
2:33 - Giving What He Wish He Had
7:05 - Need That Dog Mentality
8:28 - Toughest Position in Football
10:15 - Mentorship
11:22 - NFL Dreams
12:51 - College Guidance
14:20 - College Camps
17:40 - Breakthrough Originations
19:08 - RI High School Football Issues
23:20 - Hottest Free Agent Coach
28:45 - Breakthrough Events
31:40 - Social Media Beneficial?
37:11 - Breakthrough Player Shout Outs
40:40 - LSA & Upcoming Talent
43:40 - Winter Sports
50:29 - Dunbar's Jaco Story
53:45 - Excuses & Playing Time
59:15 - Inspirations
1:03:05 - 2023 Plans & Dunbar's Flowers
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