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Reaching the third year, the Ravens are continuing to honor the Ravens Girls Flag Coach of the Week award. Similar to the long-standing Ravens High School Coach of the Week award for traditional high school tackle teams, the Ravens will honor 10 girls flag coaches who excel on and off the field of play. Winning coaches receive a $1,000 donation to their school's program and will be in the running to earn Ravens High School Girls Flag Coach of the Year.
2026 Ravens Flag COTW Winners

Rebecca Forrester (Huntingtown)
Honored for Week 5 – October 5, 2026
The Hurricanes are 5-3 in Coach Forrester's first year at the helm. This week they were 2-0, beating opponents 56-9 in total.

Jonathan Mensah (Richard Montgomery)
Honored for Week 4 – September 28, 2026
The Rockets downed Rockville in 'the Battle for Rockville' this week, 6-0 and Northwood, 26-6. They're playing great defense, in their last four games, they have two shutouts and have only allowed three scores.

Scott Davis (Poolesville HS)
Honored for Week 3 – September 21, 2026
Coach Davis has the Falcons flag program flying high on both sides of the ball. They are 5-0 and outscoring opponents 125-24 on the year.

Keith Wilson (Eastern Tech)
Honored for Week 2 – September 14, 2026
The Mavericks flag program is out to a 3-0 start in their first-ever season. Coach Wilson's team blanked Sparrows Point en route to a 24-0 win. They'll take on Kenwood next week to stay unbeaten.

Jamie Willis (Long Reach)
Honored for Week 1 – September 8, 2026
Willis a converted tackle coach in his first year at the helm of his 'home' school, Long Reach, toppled Patterson from Baltimore City 38-30 in their first game of the year. Willis is the first area coach to receive this award from the Ravens for both tackle (2018) and now flag football.
2025 Ravens Flag COTY, Brian Sweene, Linganore High School
2025 Ravens Flag COTW Winners

Travis Blackston (Western)
Blackston has led the Western program in both years of girls flag at the school and the Doves have improved each year. Coach Blackston's leadership is unparalleled, managing both the offense and defense for the Doves program, as well as being the Head Coach. This year Western stormed through their region (4A-3A North) by defeating Montgomery Blair, Digital Harbor and top-seed and host Paint Branch. Western ultimately came up short in the championship semifinals, losing to overall 4A-3A champion, Clarksburg.

Brian Sweene (Linganore)
Coach Sweene is in his 3rd season as the Linganore flag Coach, and they are headed back to the state tournament at M&T Bank Stadium this weekend for the second consecutive year. The '25 Lancers were Frederick County runners-up and 2A-1A West Region Champions after knocking off Boonsboro and Damascus on November 4. Linganore will play in the state semifinals this Friday at M&T Bank Stadium.

Davon Muhammad (North Point)
Muhammad in his (and North Point's) first season has the Eagles playing well together. The Eagles took a while to get settled but handled their business in the region playoffs on (10/29) and advanced to the 4A-3A South semi-finals that will take place next week.

Mike Free (Calvert)
Mike Free and the Calvert program have been on a tear in their inaugural season. The Cavaliers are 9-1 and unbeaten on the road. Their lone loss came to county rival Northern earlier this year. The 'Cavs' are rolling as they head into the region playoffs next week.

Sean Brunson Jr (Poly)
Coach Brunson is a first-year high school flag football coach, leading Poly in their inaugural season. The Lady Engineers have won 3 straight and knocked off unbeaten teams in consecutive games. In that stretch they've given up one score and pitched back-to-back shutouts.

Bijyon Foster (Digital Harbor)
Coach Foster led the Rams Girls Flag program to their 4th win of the season with a win over Western, 15-6. They've doubled their win total from 2024 and their only loss came from Dunbar by 1 point earlier this season. Through 5 games, Digital has only given up 21 points.

Rob Dixon (Frederick)
Coach Dixon's Cadets are off to a strong start this year. They are unbeaten and outscoring opponents 128-12 in four contests in 2025, only giving up two touchdowns. His squad has won seven of their last eight games dating back to 2024.

Justin Marshall (Governor Thomas Johnson)
Coach Marshall has been the 'TJ' head coach in all three years of the program's existence. After an opening season loss, they've bounced back and rattled off three wins, outscoring opponents 97-6. The Patriots currently stand at 3-1.

Dennis Stubbs II (Northern)
Coach Stubbs is leading the Patriots in their first Girls Flag season and they're off to a hot start. Northern is 4-0 and leading the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference (SMAC). Stubbs's offense has tallied 116 through four games and his defense has given up just one score all season.

Alexis Wade (Edmonson-Westside)
The Red Storm took down reigning City Schools champion, Dunbar, in week 1 of the Girls Flag season, 19-14. Coach Wade's group had a strong finish to 2024 season and picked up where they left off to begin the 2025 campaign.