Football
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Chris Setian
Head Coach
Roles at Suffield
Varsity Football Head Coach
Director of Strength & Conditioning
Academic Support
Chris was a post-graduate student at Suffield Academy, graduating in 2009. An Honors graduate from the University of New Hampshire in 2014, Chris earned a bachelor’s degree in pedagogy. During his time there he was elected captain of the football team and became a four-time All Academic Selection. Since graduation he has coached collegiate football at the University of New Hampshire, Yale, and Brown University.
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B.A. University of New Hampshire • Appointed 2021
Assistant Coaches
Schedule
Results
Roster
# | Name | Position | Class | Hometown |
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87 | Luke Arnold | TE/DB | 2025 | Hopkinton, MA |
75 | Sean Atkins | OL/DL | 2026 | Suffield, CT |
28 | Liangchen Bao | WR/DB | 2026 | Shanghai |
53 | Kayden Bennett | TE/OL, DL | 2026 | Windsor, CT |
12 | Thomas Berentes | QB | 2024 | Cambridge, MA |
32 | Henry Boino | QB/LB | 2027 | East Longmeadow, MA |
36 | Damian Bond | WR/DB | 2027 | New York, NY |
58 | Patrick Bosma | OL/DL | 2027 | Edwards, CO |
15 | Jacob Brook | RB/LB | 2025 | Northfield, MA |
11 | John Caron | WR/DB | 2024 | Suffield, CT |
80 | Elias Carpol | WR/DB | 2026 | Smiths |
68 | Ansel Choi | 2026 | Seoul | |
71 | William Clay | OL/DL | 2024 | Sharon, MA |
33 | Naos Dancanet | WR/DB | 2026 | New York, NY |
64 | Zhuowu Fan | OL/DL | 2026 | Beijing |
8 | Brady Fisher | WR/DB | 2024 | Barrington, RI |
14 | Charles Gamere | WR/DB | 2025 | Holbrook, MA |
25 | Joshua Gamere | WR/DB | 2025 | Holbrook, MA |
35 | Constantine Georgiopoulos | TE/LB | 2026 | New York, NY |
44 | Benjamin Gorman | TE/DL | 2025 | Westerly, RI |
21 | Anthony Greco | WR/DB | 2025 | Rocky Hill, CT |
24 | Manuel Grullon Machado | WR/DB | 2027 | Santo Domingo |
61 | Jaeyoung Hong | OL/DL | 2025 | Seoul |
30 | Oliver Janson | RB/LB | 2026 | Miami, FL |
66 | Ryan Jung | 2027 | Seoul | |
85 | Charles Kaludis | TE/DL | 2025 | San Francisco, CA |
88 | Dawool Kim | 2027 | Seoul | |
60 | Joshua Kim | OL/DL | 2025 | Seoul |
51 | Andrew Lange | OL/LB | 2025 | Tolland, CT |
26 | Santiago Machado Hyde | WR/DB | 2027 | Miguel Hidalgo D.F. |
1 | Cooper Marcum (captain) | WR/LB | 2024 | Greenville, NC |
5 | O'Shae Maxwell | WR/DB | 2025 | Pincourt, QC |
17 | Luis Montalvo | WR/DB | 2025 | Wethersfield, CT |
6 | Nicholas Penuvchev | QB | 2025 | Toronto |
34 | Jake Pio | RB/LB | 2027 | Farmington, CT |
7 | Jahmir Pitcher | RB/DB | 2025 | Albany, NY |
40 | Hugh Portny | RB/OL | 2027 | Old Greenwich, CT |
65 | Henry Powell | 2027 | Charlotte, NC | |
22 | Kiefer Priest | WR/DB | 2024 | Lake Forest, IL |
13 | Andrew Rana | RB/LB | 2025 | Sag Harbor, NY |
78 | Alijah Sanford | OL/DL | 2025 | Canton, CT |
56 | Thomas Stanley | OL/LB | 2025 | East Windsor, CT |
54 | Conor Tashjian | OL/LB | 2024 | Longmeadow, MA |
2 | Darian Thomson (captain) | WR/DB | 2024 | Canton, MA |
23 | Brenden Toppin (captain) | RB/DB | 2024 | Glastonbury, CT |
55 | Leo Vanslack | OL/DL | 2024 | Oakville, ON |
3 | Gerónimo Vargas Deandar | WR/DB | 2025 | San Pedro Garza Garcia |
27 | Joaquín Vargas Deandar | WR/DB | 2025 | San Pedro Garza Garcia |
63 | Liam Welch | OL/DL | 2027 | Suffield, CT |
10 | Benjamin White | WR/DB | 2025 | West Hartford, CT |
52 | Zhixin Zhang | OL/DL | 2025 | Zhengzhou, Henan |
Team Overview
While the Suffield football program has enjoyed a great deal of success over the last decade, winning championships is not the program’s sole goal.
Coaches stress the importance of enthusiasm, character, and commitment, values important not just for football but for life. These lessons of teamwork and citizenship have proved a successful foundation for a winning program.
During the past 13 seasons, the Tigers have a record of 96-19, have participated in 11 NEPSAC bowl games, and have won 7 New England Championships. The Tigers have several alumni currently playing football at various colleges throughout the country including Michigan, Miami, Penn State, Michigan State, Syracuse, Arkansas, UConn, UPenn, Georgetown, Lehigh, Richmond, Fordham, Elon UNH, URI, Bentley, Williams, Colby, Pomona Pitzer, Trinity, Union, Hobart, and Sacred Heart.
NEPSAC Bowl Champions 1992 • 2004 • 2008 • 2009 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2019
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