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Sunday, December 9, 2012

Football Coach Resigns Due to an 'Error' on Resume

Guy Bertola steps down from Par High helm after questions arise over his stated qualifications.

Parsippany High School needs a new football coach. Guy Bertola, the brash and spirited man hired to turn things around for the Red Hawks, who went two consecutive seasons without a win, resigned Friday. Bertola stepped down after the school district discovered an issue involving a  qualification claimed on his resume. Bertola told Patch that he made "an error" on his resume. "The problem was that I had a couple dates on [the resume]regarding a post-grad program that I was in that I was not in," he explained. "So there was falsification on there, but it wasn't about a teaching [certification]. "I just hadn't started the program yet." He said that while he does not hold a teaching certificate, it is possible to serve as a head coach if one …

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Parsippany High School and New Day Coming for Parsippany High Football, New Coach Says

Mike

11:32 am on Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Is there a need for people to know that every time Joe Jannerone's name is in an article that he is the Son's of Italy chapter president.   more ›

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

New Day Coming for Parsippany High Football, New Coach Says

Guy Bertola says a dose of 'cool, magnetic energy' can turn the hardworking underdogs into winners.

With Guy Bertola, Parsippany High School's new, brash football coach, life is like a Ke$ha song: The party starts when he walks in.  He's full of life and laughter that is contagious to anyone who gets close. We dare anyone to come near him and leave without smiling. "I am so glad to be here in Parsippany," he said, "in a great town, in a great school and with a team that will defy expectations. We are going to win some games this year." He's got the spirit, yes, he does. Bertola, 39, an All-State high school linebacker, also has a 16-year history as a high school and college football coach including stints in New Jersey and Florida and at schools as disparate Coconut Creek High School and his own alma mater, Kean University. And he's now …

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Parsippany High School, Parsippany Troy Hills Township Board of Education, and Parsippany Police Athletic League

Parsippany Resident

9:56 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012

Coach Bertola had a profound impact on the football program and the players. The players had the utmost respect for him and tried to make him proud while they were on the field. It is a shame that the Parsippany kids have to take the brunt AGAIN because papers were not checked as they should have been. Coach Bertola will be missed.   more ›

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