After seven seasons as the head coach of Archbishop Carroll football, Kyle Detweiler stepped down from his position Monday afternoon.
Detweiler accumulated a record of 19-50 in seven seasons as head man on the hilltop with a 9-34 mark in the Philadelphia Catholic League.
“Being the head ball coach at Carroll was a chapter in my life that l’Il be eternally grateful for,” said Detweiler. “We shared some terrific moments and tremendous memories. Ending a drought of 10 years without a PCL playoff win, ending a streak of 11 consecutive losing seasons, and coaching the first team in the school’s history to have played in, and win, a PIAA state football playoff game is among those moments.”
Detweiler was hired in 2018, ushering a new era after the departure of former NFLer Dan Connor, who spent just two underwhelming seasons in Radnor.
The young Detweiler, who became a first-time head coach, was tasked with returning a once proud Carroll program to prominence as it struggled through 11 consecutive losing seasons.
In his first season at the helm, Detweiler led the Patriots to the Catholic league playoffs and earned a first round win over Bonner/Prendie before falling to Cardinal O’Hara in the quarterfinals.
Detweiler once again carried success over across his next two seasons with a PCL playoff berth in 2019, mirrored by a state playoff run into the second round during the Covid-shortened 2020 campaign.
The years that followed brought Detweiler to his ultimate demise as the team would go a combined 5-35 between 2020 and 2024, highlighted by back-to-back 0-10 seasons in 2021 and 2022.
Nonetheless, players past and present expressed their support and gratitude for the coach in the past 24 hours. Detweiler reciprocated across social media.
“None of what we hoped to accomplish is ever possible without the most important ingredient to any successful program: The players,” said Detweiler. “THANK YOU, current and former players, for allowing me to have the privilege and opportunity to be your coach. Love you all, forever.”
