The longtime coach then transitioned to an assistant coach at Gilman High in Baltimore in 2011 before becoming an assistant at St. Frances Academy in Baltimore in 2016, where he stayed until accepting the DeMatha coaching position once again.

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“We are happy to welcome Bill back,” said DeMatha President James Day said Friday in a statement. “Coach brings with him a wealth of experience, skills and a deep commitment to the DM mission.”

McGregor replaces Elijah Brooks, who left Hyattsville in December to become the running backs coach at Maryland under new Terps Coach Michael Locksley. Brooks was named McGregor’s successor in 2011 after being hired at 27, just four years removed from college.

Brooks won four consecutive WCAC titles with DeMatha from 2013 to 2016. He brought the Stags back to the WCAC title game this past year but lost, 46-43, on a Hail Mary touchdown pass by rival Gonzaga.

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The final round of interviews was Wednesday, a person close to the hiring process said, and the other leading candidates included DeMatha assistants Josh Wilson and Justin Cunningham and Bishop Ireton Athletic Director Bryce Bevill.

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Wilson graduated from DeMatha in 2003 and played college ball at Maryland before spending nine seasons as a cornerback in the NFL. He was hired by Brooks in 2017 to be a defensive backs coach and became the team’s defensive coordinator in 2018. Cunningham has been with the Stags for the past 16 years, both as a coach and as part of the administration.

Bevill is a 1990 graduate of DeMatha and had local coaching stints at DeMatha as well as Bishop McNamara. He most recently was the director of football operations at Howard University and before that served as Maryland’s director of football player development. He joined Bishop Ireton in his current role this past June.

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McGregor will inherit a DeMatha team with a slew of high-end Class of 2020 players, including five-star running back MarShawn Lloyd, four-star defensive end Coziah Izzard, three-star guard Golden Achumba and three-star defensive tackle Jordan White. The Stags lose a pair of Division I-bound seniors in the secondary with Alabama signee DeMarcco Hellams and Florida State commit Nick Cross.