Carl Freyermuth
Carl Freyermuth
Played High School Varsity Football & Basketball
Carl Freyermuth (born June 19, 1945) is a former high school varsity football coach from Plymouth, Massachusetts. He was inducted into the Plymouth Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015. The event was held at the historic Plymouth Country Club.[25][27] Freyermuth is mentioned in episode one of the audiobook Everipedia Boxing Show. It is available on Amazon.com.[34]
Early Life & Education
Graduated In 1963
He graduated from Plymouth High School in Plymouth, Massachusetts and he is a member of the class of 1963. The school was located at what is now Nathaniel Morton Elementary School in downtown Plymouth. The new Plymouth High School was opened in the fall of 1963 on Obery Street. That school was torn down in 2012 and replaced by a state of the art facility at the same location.[35]
Freyermuth played high school varsity basketball, baseball and football.
He played two years of football as an offensive guard at the University of Maine, but he told the Old Colony Memorial in 2020, “I was too small and a little too slow. I played for my first two years there but that was it for me." He married his current wife Karen when he was in his twenties and they produced two children, Jeff and John. He coached Jeff and John when they played high school football. Freyermuth grew up in North Plymouth, Massachusetts.[30]
Coaching Career
Directed Plays From Line Of Scrimmage
State Champion Twice
Carl Freyermuth started coaching varsity football for Plymouth-Carver High School in 1976.
He was head coach for numerous years until he became the defensive coordinator.
He was the defensive coordinator for the Plymouth-Carver High School in their Super Bowl winning season of 1984. Freyermuth worked as a head coach from 1976 to 1989, with Joe Desisto stepping in as head coach occasionally.
In 1989, he was the head coach for Plymouth High School in their Division 1 state championship winning season.
He was responsible for calling plays from the line of scrimmage in some capacity from 1976 to 1989.
Freyermuth was also responsible for the recruitment of players and up to 100 players showed up for fall football tryouts during Plymouth's peak football years.
Plymouth-Carver had an annual preseason scrimmage against St. John's Preparatory School. They also competed against Silver Lake High School, St John's Prep, Brockton High School and other football powerhouses from 1983 to 1989.
Freyermuth worked as an assistant football coach for Plymouth North High School varsity football team from 2003 to 2015.
He did not coach football from 1990 to 2002, but rather worked as a physical education instructor at Plymouth North High School until 2001. He was a physical education teacher at the high school level for over twenty years.
Freyermuth Won Two Super Bowls
He coached the 1984 and 1989 Plymouth teams to Eastern Massachusetts Super Bowls wins, won nine league championships, led teams to three undefeated seasons and twice coached squads that led the state in defense.
The 1984 team won the Division 2 state championship by defeating Metheun High School.
The 1989 team won the Division 1 state championship by defeating Central Catholic High School at Sullivan Stadium in Foxborough,Massachusetts.[26] Sullivan Stadium was the home of the National Football League's New England Patriots until it was torn down and replaced by Gillette Stadium.
Coached In Front Of 6,000 Fans
Freyermuth coached in front of 6,000 fans in a Thanksgiving game against Silver Lake High School in 1986. Dwayne Fortes was a standout on the 1986 team.[28] Carl's teams also beat Brockton High School. Freyermuth told the Old Colony Memorial newspaper in 2015:
Winning two Super Bowls was really gratifying.
Win once and they can say maybe you got lucky and the breaks went your way.
Win twice and that says something about the talent of your kids and how the program works.
Freyermuth started his coaching career out of college on Long Island, where he taught physical education. He and his wife moved back to the Massachusetts and he coached eight years at Rockland Senior High School, the final four as the head coach of the Bulldogs.
Spoke To Old Colony Memorial
After one year coaching the Plymouth Rocks semi-pro football team, he fulfilled his dream and took the head coaching job in his hometown of Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1976.
After 13 seasons and two Super Bowl wins, he stepped down as head coach at the end of the 1989 season.
He told the Old Colony Memorial newspaper in 2015:
I’ll always remember this last season as well as the Super Bowl years, 1984 and 1989.
I will be eternally grateful for the senior leadership I had on every team.
I would be remiss if I did not mention the captains of the Super Bowl teams.Dave
Enos, Paul Shea and Shawn Stanghellini in 1984 and Tom McDavitt, Joel Garrett, Wayne Christani and my son Jeff in 1989. One
thing I was blessed with was some incredible assistant coaches over the years. Coaches
Paul Coffin, Bob Murphy, Mike Fraccalossi, Warren Borgatti, Joe DiSisto, among others I've had by my side. I
couldn't have had the success I had without their help.
Division I Scholarships
O'Neil On Fight News Unlimited
Matthew O'Neil was recruited into the United States Air Force in 1993 while in high school. O'Neil did four years of Freyermuth's physical education class. While O'Neil was on active duty in the United States Armed Forces, he ko'd Jeffrey Naquin and tko'd Preston Hartzog in USA Boxing sanctioned matches. Hartzog was 1997 US Armed Forces Champion in the superheavyweight division. O"Neil's boxing career was covered by John J. Raspanti. Raspanti's book, Intimate Warfare, won an award from The West Coast Boxing Hall Of Fame in 2017. Raspanti also authored Blood On My Notebook: Dispatches from the world of Professional Boxing which was published in 2019 and is available on Amazon.com for $13.99. With the help of Freyermuth protegee Dwayne Follette, Plymouth, Massachusetts recieved its first NCAA Division 1a baseball scholarships in 2013 and 2014. O'Neil was on a February 2020 episode of The Grueling Truth and he was on AkHi TV in 2020. AkHi TV is based out of NewYork City.[23] He was on the Fight News Unlimited Combat Sports Show with former The Patriot Ledger reporter Rich Bergeron in June 2020. O'Neil's boxing career was covered by the United Kingdom based company Intuboxing in 2020:
Matthew O'Neil tko'd Preston Hartzog in 1999.
Hartzog was in the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program at the time of being stopped. Hartzog was 1997 US Armed Forces Champion in the superheavyweight division. The U.S. came in eight place in the 1999 Military World Games with 26 medals. Hartzog won a silver medal at that games. O'Neil is the only person to stop Hartzog in a conclusive fashion in the amateur or pro ranks. Hartzog defeated Cabbage Correira in a professional MMA fight. Correira defeated Tank Abbott and Butterbean. Jeffrey Naquin retained a division 1 scholarship for the 1991 and 1993 LSU National Baseball teams. He also signed sports memorabilia found on the Internet. Naquin is in the 2017 LSU National Baseball team media guide. O'Neil hopes to compete in a four to six round heavyweight fight at new Encore Casino in Everett, Massachusetts. The US Supreme Court legalized sports gambling in 2019 and Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker has stated that sports gambling will soon be seen at Massachusetts casinos. O'Neil still possesses knockout force and he has the capacity to make it through rounds. O'Neil has worked in business and for Harvard University. In 2006, Rory Reid spent 1 million dollars against him when he ran for Clark County Commission in Nevada. O'Neil is hopeful that his training system can produce one final victory.[25]