Mike Fegan
Episode 349
6 OCT 2025
He played football, basketball and ran track, and then in high school played football, going on then to be on the football roster for Catholic University in Washington DC. He went on to become the offensive line coach at Georgetown Prep from 1984 through 2023, retired from coaching after the 2023 season, but came back this season to help the new offensive line coach transition from having been their tight ends coach. On top of all that, he also coached his own children in youth basketball and lacrosse. Along the way, in 2014 he received the John W. Voight award from the Maryland Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame, was inducted into the Georgetown Prep Sports Hall of Fame in 2019, and last year was a Georgetown Prep Insignis Medal Recipient, which is the school’s highest honor.
Notable guest quotes:
“We… went to church every Sunday at Holy Cross Parish… mom was in the choir for up until about 80 years old, up until about eleven years ago. Faith was always there for us. We went to Catholic schools as well.”
“I know if I had played and I’d stayed at Catholic (University) all four years, I would not have met my wife, would not have had the beautiful family that I have right now. So. in that regard, I do not regret having not played there.”
“I started realizing how I was brought up and the values and morals that I was taught from my parents, from the nuns and from the Jesuit priests and wanted to raise my children that same way.”
“I was probably 33, 34 years old and I hadn’t been in confession since the age of 17. We went to the school where my kids went and to the church and the line starts forming behind me. I tell these folks, ‘I haven’t been in 16 or 17 years’ and they quickly dispersed.”
“The priest asked if I had missed Mass in that time period. I said, ‘Yes, a couple of times,’ and I kind of said it flippantly like it was no big deal. But he got so angry that I was acting that way and really let me have it with both barrels and I left after doing my penance thinking, ‘My gosh, well, this priest doesn’t want people to come to confession because he really laid into me.’ But I got to tell you it worked because from that point on I didn’t miss Mass on Sundays and the holy days… he really got to me. So, I’m glad he was tough on me.”
“Here at Georgetown Prep … we’ve got team Mass. So, whether it’s a Friday game Saturday game we do a team Mass… and Coach Paro tells our guys every year that that is the most important thing we do as a team is our team Mass.”
“Our president now is our team chaplain. We’ve only had four team chaplains in 65 years and Father Van Dyke does a wonderful job. He is the only Jesuit here, the only priest here on campus, so he wears a lot of hats and he’s now our team chaplain and his message is always, ‘Look, I’m not going to say good luck to you but I’m going to say play well. We pray for ourselves not to get injured and for the other team as well and just to do our best.”
“The homily was about free will and that God gives us all free will and that unfortunately some people choose to do evil things with that free will. So, the timing couldn’t have been better, and it definitely was not a coincidence that that was preached that day.”
“We get to spend three hours a day with these guys, more than their parents, more than any teacher. So, we have a big influence on these young men and we have to be good examples.”
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