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Sean Carty promoted to head football coach of Montgomery (New Jersey)

Carty hails from a coaching family that has had its fingerprints throughout Somerset County football for decades.

John Beisser

Former Montgomery High School offensive coordinator has been elevated to head coach.
Former Montgomery High School offensive coordinator has been elevated to head coach. / Photo courtesy of MyCentralJersey.com/Courier News

Montgomery High School dipped into Somerset County football royalty by officially naming Sean Carty as its new head coach, as the Somerville High School graduate and former Rutgers wide receiver succeeds Zoran Milich, who resigned in January after starting the program 25 years ago.

Carty has served as an assistant under Milich the past seven years, primarily as Montgomery’s offensive coordinator. His father, Kevin Carty, Sr., a longtime state-championship winning coach, is the patriarch of a family that has had its fingerprints all over Somerset County for decades.

Sean Carty’s older brother is Hillsborough High School state-championship winning head coach Kevin Carty Jr., who has guided the Raiders for the past 14 seasons after spending his first six years as a head coach at nearby Bound Brook High School. Sean Carty was his brother’s defensive coordinator for seven years before switching to the offensive side of the ball at Montgomery.

His younger brother is current University of Delaware head football coach Ryan Carty. All three sons played for their father at Somerville.

Sean Carty told MyCentralJersey.com that he was perfectly content serving as an assistant under Milich, teaching at the school, and having his three sons grow up in the community.

“I appreciated my role with Coach Milich. He was so influential to getting me here to Montgomery and supporting me through everything, from my athletics career to my teaching career to my coaching career,” Carty said. “I was very comfortable as an assistant, so I wasn’t looking for a head coaching job anywhere else. I’m glad Coach Milich got to coach for as long as he wanted to coach and I’m glad to be getting the opportunity to keep this going.”

“Sean Carty is the perfect choice to lead the Montgomery High School football program,” Milich said in an interview with CentralJersey.com. “He is totally prepared for this opportunity after putting in many years mastering all three phases of the game — as an offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator, and special teams coach. On top of that, he’s deeply committed to building the future of the program, having just launched the tackle youth football program this past season and consistently running a variety of youth football initiatives.

“His passion, leadership, and dedication to developing young athletes is unmatched,” Millich continued. “I have no doubt he will elevate the program to new heights while continuing to build a culture of excellence, integrity, and heart. Montgomery football is in great hands.  This is a home run hire!”

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John Beisser
JOHN BEISSER

A recipient of seven New Jersey Press Association Awards for writing excellence, John Beisser served as Assistant Director in the Rutgers University Athletic Communications Office from 1991-2006, where he primarily handled sports information/media relations duties for the Scarlet Knight football and men's basketball programs. In this role, he served as managing editor for nine publications that received either National or Regional citations from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). While an undergraduate at RU, Beisser was sports director of WRSU-FM and a sportswriter/columnist for The Daily Targum. From 2007-2019, Beisser served as Assistant Athletic Director/Sports Media Relations at Wagner College, where he was the recipient of the 2019 Met Basketball Writers Association "Good Guy" Award. Beisser resides in Piscataway with his wife Aileen (RC '95,) a four-year Scarlet Knight women's lacrosse letter-winner, and their daughter Riley. He began contributing to High School On SI in 2025.

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