Sparrows Point mourns loss of Eric Webber, longtime football coach

Pointers went from 1-39 to a perennial winner under Webber

SPARROWS POINT, MARYLAND – Eric Webber, who spent 13 years as the head football coach at Sparrows Point High School died earlier this month after a brief battle with gastric cancer.

Webber spent 33 years as a physical education teacher with Baltimore County Public Schools and also coached football at Parkville and Dundalk high schools as well as Owings Mills middle school.

Webber took over the football program at Sparrows Point in 2003. Prior to his arrival the Pointers had only won one of their previous 40 games. In his first season the team reached the Class 1A North championship game. During his tenure at the school, the Pointers never had a losing season as his Wing-T offense gave opposing defenses fits.

A native of Cumberland, Maryland, Webber played center in high school for the Fort Hill football team and graduated from Frostburg University (then Frostburg State College) in 1985.

He resigned as head coach at Sparrows Point in 2017 to work as an assistant coach at Bel Air High School in Harford County, where his sons played football.

Webber celebrated his 60th birthday last December and was diagnosed with gastric cancer two months later. He passed on July 11th. A memorial service will be held on July 29th at CrossRoads Community Church in Bel Air. He is survived by his wife of nearly 35 years, Shelly; his son Benjamin and his wife Tina; his son Daniel; two sisters; two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.