The first award presented was the team award. The announcement of the team award from the Daily Record:
Matt Joyce turned and threw his arms straight up into the air. Angelo Gallego ran up to Ryan Shaw and lifted Shaw high off the MetLife Stadium turf. Coaches hugged. Players high-fived. Fans stood up and screamed. Before long, the stadium’s field was a sea of black, white, and blue. The Vikings concluded the 2014 season in a way that they never have before: with a state championship. Parsippany Hills held on for a pulsating 20-13 victory over Cranford in NJSIAA North 2 Group 3 for the first sectional football title in school history.
Albano also receive the following awards:
The first is the USA Today All USA NJ Football Coach of the Year.
Mugs Media Coach of the Year Award – Mugs Media is a full service video production company based out of Sparta, New Jersey. Mugs Media is the premier video production company in the area. Mugs Media offers athletic recruitment videos for your Son or Daughter to assist them in getting noticed in the college selection process.
Morris Sussex Football name Dave Coach of the Year. Morris Sussex Football wrote the following: Dave Albano took a freshman quarterback, an undersized running back, a bunch of scrappy tough kids from the streets of Parsippany and then physically kicked the crap of everyone they faced until they won the ultimate prize. Albano has been ranked as the preseason favorite to win states quite a few times but was never able to bring it home. This year the Vikings were rated as a solid team but nobody picked them to win states. But Albano had his team believing that nothing could get in their way. All season, the Vikes pounded, pushed and clawed their way until they ended up beating Cranford at MetLife Stadium to win Albano his first state championship.
New Jersey Football Coaches Association awarded Dave with their Coach of the Year Award – Their Mission Statement reads: The purpose of the New Jersey Football Coaches Association is to maintain the highest possible standards in football and in the profession of coaching football; to promote the highest level of interscholastic competition and to honor the young men who play this great game. In addition, the goal of the association is to have a strong voice in legislation that affects football programs across the state.
