Tom Caito

[Jake Thibeault @ThibeaultJake]

Four years ago today, I woke up from surgery and the first words to my neurosurgeon and family were, “I am ready to fight and go to war with this.” The battle continues, the work slowly pays off. Thank you all for the support always!
#noquit
#nobaddays

[Tom Caito @tomcaito13]

@Pick4win Rachel Alexander for me

[Tom Caito @tomcaito13]

@Pick4win One of the best Handicappers in the game!! Folks get your passes!!

#Authentic

[Tom Caito @tomcaito13]

@OutrunTheOdds Hoping to see Chancer McPatrick get in the mix!

[7News Boston WHDH @7News]

Former Milton Academy hockey player Jake Thibeault, now 21, is marking the third anniversary of a bad accident on the ice.

https://t.co/cQDGh53wV5

[Bryant Field Hockey @BryantFH]

GAMEDAY

🆚 Fairfield
📍Cowen Field
⏰ 3:00 PM
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💻 https://t.co/UxOHvSN7Lk

[Tom Caito @tomcaito13]

@cmajors55 Michael was one of a kind. Think of him everyday. He's hanging with Peg and Coach i'm sure and Peg is probably making him a chicken cutlet sandwich

[CHS Football 🦁 @ChelmsfordFb]

NS21 always with us💛 #lionhearted #bigcats #chelmsfordpride

[Tom Caito @tomcaito13]

@jconsigli2 Great Job Joey!! Good luck with the internship this summer as well. Future is bright for you!!!

[Tom Caito @tomcaito13]

If your planning on betting the Derby there is no one better than Zenyatta John grab his picks and backup the brinks truck!!! @Pick4win g. .

[Zenyatta John @Pick4win]

Saturday https://t.co/7Y4uArepcM #KentuckyDerby Day picks are up!

#ChurchillDowns 1-14 w/PK5 PK4 PK3
Derby & Turf Trifectas, All Dirt PK5 & All 3 Yr Old PK3s
#Woodbine 8th

So many wagers, pick your spots
Value on turf & blowing up the #KyDerby
#ZJWins🍀#GotGrass🔥#HorseRacing

[Zenyatta John @Pick4win]

Saturday https://t.co/7Y4uArepcM #KentuckyDerby Day picks are up!

#ChurchillDowns 1-14 w/PK5 PK4 PK3
Derby & Turf Trifectas, All Dirt PK5 & All 3 Yr Old PK3s
#Woodbine 8th

So many wagers, pick your spots
Value on turf & blowing up the #KyDerby
#ZJWins🍀#GotGrass🔥#HorseRacing

[Tom Caito @tomcaito13]

@KentuckyDerby Authentic, 2020

[Gerry Callahan @GerryCallahan]

My father was, by far, the most influential man in my life.
Let me tell you about No. 2 on the list, my high school football coach, Tom Caito, who died last week at the age of 86.

Like all the truly great ones, Caito was much more than a coach. He was a teacher, a mentor, a motivator and a friend for more than 40 years. I owe him everything.

I met Coach on my first day in high school and his first day on the job. He walked in the weight room to introduce himself to the team. His first words: "I know there was hazing in the past. That ends today. There will be no more hazing, no more bullying." For a nervous 14-year-old kid who had heard the horror stories about the sick ritual at our school and many others back then, those were glorious words. I would have rammed my head into a brick wall for him that day. For the next three years, that's sort of what I did.

Coach Caito won 140 games and three Super Bowls in 18 years at Chelmsford High. He won another 132 with other high schools. He won everywhere he went. It often seemed like his teams won as soon as they got off the bus because he dressed more than a hundred players, at least half of whom appeared to weigh 270 pounds. What do they feed them in Chelmsford? But it wasn't the food; it was the coach who could often be found wandering the halls at the junior high, looking for that big, awkward outcast who never played a sport. "You wanna play football?" The next day, the kid would be in the weight room learning how to bench press. Four years later, he'd be a ferocious pulling guard, pile-driving defensive ends and opening letters from college coaches.

A stocky, nails-tough Italian from Federal Hill in Providence, he was old school in many ways. We said the Our Father before games and Hail Mary after. God help you if he saw you talk back to a teacher or a ref or your mother. But he didn't have an ounce of meanness in him. When his teams were dominant, he would often pull his starters at halftime. He spent as much time and energy on the last kid on the roster, or even the team manager, as he did on the stars. Sometimes it was a special needs kid who just wanted to hang on the sidelines and feel like part of the team. Those were Coach Caito's favorites.

Coach helped me and so many others to get into college. He helped me get my first job in journalism, at the Lowell Sun. I covered his teams and failed miserably to remain objective. I loved the guy. We all did.

We said goodbye to Coach yesterday in a scene right out of some hokey Disney movie. Friends and former players flew in from all over the country and spilled out of the side doors of St. Mary's Church. There was a lot of gray hair and bald heads, a lot of laughs, a lot of gratitude and a few Super Bowl trophies right there on the casket.

A good coach has an impact on your life for two or three years. The truly great ones make a difference for 40 or 50 years. Tom Caito was the best. I was lucky to know him.

[Chelmsford Lions Wrestling @ChelmsWrestling]

Great article about the impact Coach Caito had

https://t.co/78YH1qH3Xx

[Thomas Caito @tcaito3]

Tributes pour in for late Chelmsford football coach Tom Caito - Chelmsford Public Schools https://t.co/5NRwhO1lZ8

[Thomas Caito @tcaito3]

This man was someone that always made an impact when he step in a room I am honored to call my grandfather. He was someone that was a mentor to me and the strongest person I know I just want to thank everyone for the continuous support Coach will be missed❤️❤️

[Bryant Field Hockey @BryantFH]

Weekend Preview \\

Friday afternoon at our new home followed by a trip to No. 16 Wake.

Full Story: https://t.co/aAW7LBWTLL

[Jamie Rice @Ricer18]

Jake, YOU GOT THIS!
There is nothing I have ever believed in more than YOU!

You inspire us all with your dedication, determination, courage and boundless optimism

#ChopWoodCarryWater #NoQuit #TBOTough

[Tom Caito @tomcaito13]

@Pick4win Don’t forget the $1.137.75 Pick 5 as well!!!!

[Tom Caito @tomcaito13]

@JustinRose99 @Titleist Did I forget to put the trash out again this morning? Damn she’s going to be pissed!!