Coach Al Fornaro shares how discipline, family, and faith guided his 40+ year career. 🙏 🏈 Discover the impact he left on generations of student-athletes.
✅ Dive into Coach Fornaro’s four decades at Zavarian Brothers High School.
✅ Learn how faith-based values shaped his football program.
✅ Hear why he believes athletics are about much more than wins and losses.
✅ Discover how he inspired athletes with discipline, mindset, and perseverance.
✅ Celebrate his induction into the National Italian-American Sports Hall of Fame.
✅ Explore his role in mentoring NFL players and future stars.
✅ Relive rivalries with Everett High and Catholic Memorial.
✅ Hear about his recognition as New England Coach of the Year.
✅ Unpack lessons on balancing academics, athletics, and faith.
✅ Get his timeless life advice: if it’s worthwhile, it will take hard work.
Anything worthwhile demands effort—but the rewards last a lifetime. 🏅
Al Fornaro is a legendary figure in Massachusetts high school football with a career spanning more than four decades. A graduate of Xaverian Brothers High School, Northeastern University, and UMass Boston, he began coaching in 1980 at just 19 years old.
Over the years, Al served as an assistant and JV coach, spent 34 years as a defensive coordinator, and led his team as head coach for 8 seasons.
His remarkable achievements include being named MHSFCA Assistant Coach of the Year in 2003, New England Patriots Coach of the Week and Coach of the Year in 2023, and Boston Globe Division 1 Coach of the Year in 2024. That same year, he was also honored as Sports Illustrated Massachusetts Coach of the Year, Gridiron Club of Greater Boston Coach of the Year, and served as President of the Massachusetts Football Coaches Association.
This October, Al will be inducted into the Massachusetts Chapter of the Italian American Sports Hall of Fame, cementing his legacy as one of the state’s most respected and accomplished coaches.
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