Family Connections
Family connections among SUMH players and their siblings and/or parents has existed since the very beginning of the Modern Era (1959) starting with the Fitzgerald brothers as players and their father as one of the original coaches right up to our current team with Robbie Murphy and Chris Fanning who both had brothers that played before them. During the past 67 years there have been nine sets of brothers who have played for SUMH, five of those sets of brothers played together for a year or more including a set of twins (Scott and Glenn Schaul) and four pairs of siblings whose time with the program did not overlap. There has been instance of a father and son having played for SUMH during different decades (Mike Jacobs 1982-1983 and Matt Jacobs 2016-2020 – a class of 2026 inductee). And there have been six occasions where a player has been on a team coached by his father starting with the very first team in 1960 with Royden M. Fitzgerald helped coach his son Brian Fritzgerald (HOF Class 2021).
Here is a brief list of those family connections:
Of the various father-son connections:
There has been only one multi-generational pair father and son connection -Mike Jacobs (1982-83) and Matt Jacob (2016-2020)
There have been eight Coach –Player connections
-Royden Fitzgerald, M. (1960-1961) Coach and Brian Fitzgerald (1960-1964) player and Royden Fitzgerald J. (1963-1967) player
-Dr Richard Johnson (1960-1962) Coach/Advisor and Mike Johnson (1964-1965) player
-John Goodman (1977-1979) Coach and Peter Goodman (1976-1979) Player
-Rick Albright (2002-2004) Coach and Kyle Albright (2000-2005) Player
-Brad Park (1996-2000) Occasional Coach and Kelly Park, (1996-2000) Player
-Paul Rene (2011-2013) Coach and Wes Rene (2009-2013) Player
There have been nine Brother Combos
Five of those sets of brothers played together for a year or more
-Brian Fitzgerald (1960-1963) player and -Royden Fitzgerald J. (1964-1967) player
-Scott Schaul (1982-1986) player and -Glenn Schaul (1983-1987) player
-Marshall Hall (94-98) player and -Tyson Hall (96-98) player (only twins to play on SUMH at the same time)
-Carter Hansen (2001-2005) player and-Reid Hansen (2003- 2005) player
-Tim Cook (2021-2023) player and Cade Cook (2022-2026) player
Four sets of brothers who played in the same era but didn’t play at the same time
-Brendan Flanagan (2012-2016) player and -Connor Flanagan (2017-2023) player
-Luke Caddo (2016-2020) player and Sean Caddo (2022-2026 player
-MacKenzie Murphy (2019-2023) player and Robbie Murphy (2025-P) player
-Matt Fanning (2022-2023) player (1 year) and Chris Fanning (2025-P) player
Other player-family connections include:
-Nino DiPasquale (2012-2016) Player and asst coach -John Petosa (2012-2018) Advisor - Sharon DiPasquale (2012-2016) Parent Communications Coordinator
-Luke (2016-2020) and Sean (2022-2026) players -Candace Caddo (Parent Communications Coordinator (2016-2026)
-Eric Parker (2016-2020) player -Jim Parker 2016-2020 +) Team photographer
-Peter-Owen Hayward (2016-2020) player -Peter Hayward (2016-2020) Co-Parent Communications Coordinator and SUMH Historian and HOF Weekend Organizer(2019-P)
-Parent Communications Committee Coordinators and their players. (please let us know who should be included under this group)
Family Members Who Participated in SU Sports
-Brendan (2012-2016) and Connor Flanagan (2017-2023) Coach Paul Flanagan (SU Women’s Varsity Hockey Coach (200?-2022)
-Vincent Abatemarco Jr (2000-2003) player Vincent Abatemarco Sr ‘1975 (Varsity Baseball 1971-1975)
-Bill Oakley (1963-1967) Oakley’s father was a running back and safety for the SU varsity football team in the 1930s.
-Matt Jacob (2016-2020) Mike Jacob (father), attended SU and briefly played hockey (1982-1983).
-Mike Johnson (1964-1965) Dr Richard Johnson (father) Coached/Advisor of hockey team 1960-1962
Family Member who attended SU
-Mike Pace (1986-1990)’s father attended SU, maybe mother (60-70s)
-Steve Berni (1959-1962) granddaughter attended SU 2019-2024
-Pels Matthews (1984-1987) and niece attended SU (2021-2025)
HELP US We know there are probably other family connections we haven’t discovered and listed here, so please help us sending us any information you may have of other family connections whether between players and family or between Operations Communications Unit staff and family. Contact Peter W Hayward pwh.ehi@gmail.com
