John Passero

Husband, Dad, Coach

[John Passero @CoachPassero]

Coach Tirico was one of the best people I ever met coaching football. Such a great guy. RIP Coach

[Varsity Aces @VarsityAces]

“He was bigger than life in Lodi. When he walked in the room, people would straighten up. He could yell at you and hug you at the same time.” https://t.co/XuTf90693T

[Boston College Football @BCFootball]

Wings earned
Time to shine in maroon and gold! Welcome, @steveklein25!

#ThisIsHome

[John Passero @CoachPassero]

Great run Jayden!!!!

[New Haven Football @UNewHavenFB]

Jayden Shwed for the first touchdown of the game for the Chargers!

[HHS Athletics @HHSBearsSports]

Joey Cannone threw a seven inning 4 hitter for the Bears as they beat Butler 2-1. Cannone scattered 4 hits while striking out 7 batters. Caleb Zunick and Aiden Baird combined for five hits to lead the Bears. ⚾️🐻#gobears #bleedblue

[John Passero @CoachPassero]

Great job Joe, Dom, Pablo and Joey!!!

[Varsity Aces @VarsityAces]

NJ baseball: North Jersey stat leaders, from batting average to ERA
⁦@BigNorthConBNC⁩ ⁦@NJICathletics⁩ ⁦@bergencoaches⁩ ⁦@PassCoCoaches⁩ ⁦@northjersey⁩ ⁦@IHHS_ATHLETICS⁩ ⁦@smhsrutherford⁩ ⁦@PVHS_SPORTS⁩ https://t.co/AtpaqxSMhb

[John Passero @CoachPassero]

Great night celebrating the accomplishments of these three guys!!! Congrats on making the All Passaic County football team.

[John Passero @CoachPassero]

Had a great weekend coaching @PSimmsNoSoGame with a great staff from the North. DLine practiced hard and had great results in our 20-18 win today!! Great meeting Stephen Baker The Touchdown Maker!!!

[John Passero @CoachPassero]

Not the way we wanted our baseball season to end, but could not be more proud of the 2024 HHS Bears. This team gave all they had today but just came up short. Great mix of seniors and underclassmen was fun to coach!! Seniors, there are no words for how I feel about you guys!!

[Sports Psychology @SportPsychTips]

It doesn’t matter how good you were in high school. In college, everyone is good, so you must work even harder than before!

[John Passero @CoachPassero]

Hawthorne HS football will always be a part of who I am, and I hope to be involved in some capacity in the future, even if it is just cheering the team on from the sidelines.
I would like to thank you all for your support over the years.
Go Bears!
John Passero

[John Passero @CoachPassero]

After 23 years as the head football coach at HHS, I have decided this past year will be my last year. It has been an honor and a privilege to have been able to lead my alma mater all of these years. I will look back at these years as one of the greatest joys of my life.

[John Passero @CoachPassero]

Great night at our 23rd Annual Football Dinner!! These 14 seniors led us both on and off the field, and will continue to do great things in the future. The 2023 team will always be remembered at HHS!!

[John Passero @CoachPassero]

Congratulations to Gavin Alvarez- 3rd team Group 1 All State OL,@cmac_smith 2nd team Utility Group 1 All State, and @PasseroDominic 1st team Group 1 All State Punter. Super Proud!!!!!!!!

[Ryan Patti @ryanwpatti]

Below, find our complete #NJFootball postseason honors package, which includes All-State teams, All-Group teams and more. Thank you to everyone who followed along with us from August until now. You all make my job absolutely awesome!
https://t.co/0qs9r3rY1z

[John Passero @CoachPassero]

Congrats to @cmac_smith for being named the NJIC Meadowlands Division Player of the Year!! Well deserved.

[Ryan Patti @ryanwpatti]

We gave out our postseason honors in all five #NJFootball conferences. Check them out below.
https://t.co/IziyPUcErn

[John Passero @CoachPassero]

All high school athletes should listen to this. Great message.

[Brenna Greene @BrennaGreene_]

Bo Nix ended his presser with a monologue about his career.

"I'm gonna miss college football. It was my goal my entire life to be a college QB and to win a national championship... Just a lot of emotions. A lot going on that man you wish you could change... I'm going to be okay. We're all going to be okay. We're going to get up tomorrow and go back to work and see what life provides in the future."

[John Passero @CoachPassero]

Bears had a great time marching in Hawthorne’s Holiday Parade tonight!!

[John Passero @CoachPassero]

Congratulations to all the Bears that were named to the All Passaic Football Team!!

[Varsity Aces @VarsityAces]

Here are the 2023 All-Passaic County football teams, selected by the coaches: https://t.co/MwHRebRJlV

[John Passero @CoachPassero]

Congrat to Cormac Smith for being named to the All North Jersey Team!!

[Varsity Aces @VarsityAces]

After an exciting season, the following players have been selected to the 2023 All-North Jersey football teams. https://t.co/BvXHCmdLqO

[John Passero @CoachPassero]

Super proud of the 2023 HHS Bears. FInishing 10th in North Jersey is great!!

[Varsity Aces @VarsityAces]

Here are the final North Jersey Public Top 20 and Big Six non-public football rankings for the 2023 season.

https://t.co/SiYrU2GT5E

[TAPinto Hawthorne @TAPHawthorne]

"We will send our seniors off knowing that we got to a state championship for the first time in 36 years, and knowing that they gave it everything they had. I hope that's what they will remember.” https://t.co/bVzo7XLdxD