Eric Bitoude named new boys soccer head coach at Crofton (MD)

He replaces new Old Mill Athletic Director Pat Carey

Gary Adornato | Jul 5, 2022

Eric Bitoude named new boys soccer head coach at Crofton (MD) /

CROFTON, MD – Eric Bitoude has been hired as the new boys' soccer head coach at Crofton High School (MD), the school announced last week.

Bitoude replaces over Pat Carey, who departed to accept the Athletic Director's position at Old Mill. He led the Cardinals to a 9-7 record in their inaugural season in 2021.

Previously, Bitoude coached at Loch Raven High School in Baltimore County, Park School and, most recently, Meade High School. He is also on the faculty at Broadneck High School where he teaches mathematics. He is a graduate of UMBC where he played on the school's Club Soccer team.

Published Jul 5, 2022

GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.