It’s Friday night under the lights in Richland, N.J. Before the Saint Augustine Prep kickoff team takes the field, it huddles up together, says a few words and breaks down as it heads onto the turf.
Some might say this ritual looks vaguely familiar to the Villanova football team’s pre-kickoff routine, and they might be right. Mark Reardon, head coach of the Hermits, was once the defensive coordinator under Andy Talley. Reardon tries to embody all he learned from Talley and instill the same values into the players at Saint Augustine Prep.
Reardon grew up in Atlantic County, N.