River Hill's Van Deusen named Ravens Coach of the Week
River Hill football coach Brian Van Deusen has been named Ravens High School Coach of the Week after leading the No. 3 Hawks to a 35-14 victory Friday over then-No. 14 Atholton to remain undefeated and clinch their seventh straight Howard County championship.
Van Deusen has been a Ravens Coach of the Week four times during his 10-year tenure as the Hawks head coach, a run that includes the last two state Class 2A titles. The Hawks have won 37 straight games and have not lost a regular-season game since 2005.
He is the sixth Baltimore area coach in eight weeks to be honored by the Ravens this season along with Patterson's Corey Johnson, Atholton's Kyle Schmitt, Dunbar's Lawrence Smith, Calvert Hall's Donald Davis and Chesapeake-Baltimore County's Mark Junker. Also named were North Caroline's James McCormick and Linganore's Rick Conner.
The Ravens will named their High School Coach of the Year on Dec. 13 at the Ravens-Lions game.





