PAUL MORRELL, DIRECTOR

Paul Morrell, Director

Coach Morrell brings over 25 years of championship coaching, innovation, and development to the CFA.

Coach Morrell is currently a Physical Education teacher, and most recently was Head Lacrosse coach and Offensive Coordinator at Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven, CT.

His football coaching resume is second to none in Connecticut's football community.

High School Football Coaching Career

1991 Freshmen Assistant Coach, New Britain High School
1992 Freshman Assistant Coach, Glastonbury High School
1993 Head Freshman Coach, Glastonbury High School
1994 Varsity Linebackers, Glastonbury High School
1995-1998 Head Freshman Coach, New Britain High School
1999-2000 Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line, New Britain High School
2001-2003 Offensive Line Coach, New Britain High School
2003-2004 Offensive Coordinator/ Quarterbacks Coach, Cromwell High School
2005-2011 Head Football Coach, New Britain High School
2012- 2013 Assistant Coach, Wilbur Cross High School
2013-2020 Offensive Coordinator, Wilbur Cross High School

Additional Coaching Accomplishments

2006 Connecticut vs Rhode Island All Star Game, Running Backs Coach
2014 Team Constitution CT All Star Game, Offensive Coordinator
2015 Team Constitution CT All Star Game, Tight Ends/ Offensive Line Coach
2017 Team Constitution CT All Star Game Offensive Line Coach
2018 Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach, Connecticut vs Rhode Island All Star Game
2007-Present Nike Coach Of the Year Football Clinic, Assistant Clinic Director
2015 Published article in 2015 Nike Coach of the Year Football Manual, “Inside Zone Attached with Bubble Screens” (Article was about RPO’s before they were called RPO’s)

Mike "CHIEF" Peterson

A CT all-state football and track star born and raised in New Britain, CT, Michael “Chief” Peterson is dedicated to his family and focused on motivating and helping our youth.
At D1 University of Rhode Island, Chief was an all conference selection and scholar athlete award winner
Chief was a four year letterman at New Britain High School in football and basketball
He holds a bachelor of arts in Elementary Education and a master’s degree in Educational Leadership.
Chief has spent many seasons coaching NBHS’s football and basketball teams and is the Dean of Students at New Britain High School.
He has travelled the world as a poet and internationally decorated spoken word artist with appearances in Helsinki, Finland and the 2012 London Olympics and is New Britain’s first Poet Laureate
Mike has four children -David, Mia, Major and Storm.

Christopher Roberts

Chris was a full athletic scholarship football player at Southern Connecticut State University where he was a 2 year starter at QB
Chris led his team to the NCAA DIV II National Playoffs in 2008 and shared the NE-10 conference title in 2009.
At Southern in 2008 he was named All Conference and won the Harry Jakunski Award as the area’s best college player
In 2008, he was named to the pre-season NCAA DIV II All American Team
Chris also played multiple positions including Wide Receiver, Kick Returner, and Punt Returner. He finished his career Top 5 All-time at Southern CT in Most Passes Completed, Most Passing Yards, Most Total Offense Yards, Most Passing TDs, and Highest Passing Efficiency.
Chris is a Physical Education Teacher at Wilbur Cross High School and has coached the QBs/DBs for 10 years as well as being the passing game coordinator for many of them
Chris has also coached CT’s top QB’s in the CT HS All Star game on 3 occasions.
Chris was also the baseball’s varsity assistant coach for 10 years as well.
In High School, Chris won 2 State Championships at New Britain High, was 2004 team captain, and 2 year varsity starter at QB and FS.
He was and all conference and all state selection, and was chosen in CT’s top 50 players to play against Rhode Island.
At NBHS Chris threw for over 2600 yards, and 34 TD’s, ran for over 500 yards with 9TDs accumulating over 3,100 total yards at the QB position
Chris was also a 4 year varsity starter in baseball at NBHS where he was all conference and all state his senior year.