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John Rosa Hired as Hopewell’s next Football Coach

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9 months ago

January 9, 2024

At tonight’s board meeting, Hopewell School District has selected and confirmed John Rosa as their next High School Football Coach.

The 57-year-old Rosa is a Hopewell native with a long resume of coaching and administrative duties in Beaver County. Back in 1995, Rosa served as Hopewell’s offensive coordinator.

Rosa is currently the athletic director at Western Beaver High School, before that he served as athletic director at Freedom and a 34-year-old association with Freedom athletics, including as high school football coach (1996-1998 and 2021-2022.

During those 34 years, he’s also served as head coach of Freedom wrestling and softball. He’s a man with a deep history and participation in all athletics.

Courtesy Beaver County Times

Aside from his work on the field, Rosa was instrumental in two major off-the field projects at Freedom: the Jimbo Covert Golf Outing, which raised funds for the Freedom football program and scholarships and the Freedom Gridiron Greats, which is the Freedom football Hall of Fame.

Assuming his hiring is approved, Rosa will be replacing Matt Weiss, who resigned following the 2023 season.

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Carl Santamaria

Hello Hopewell! While I am not originally a Hopewell native, it has been my home for over 12 years. My wife and I have three beautiful children that all play Hopewell sports including baseball and softball. My wife and I are both active in coaching our Children's teams. I am a member of the Hopewell Youth Baseball Board of Directors and you will probably see me out at the fields at least a few days a week. Most recently coaching my youngest sons TBALL team.