Chaminade High School has announced the appointment of Thomas Claro ’92 as head coach of its varsity football team.

Claro has spent the last several seasons as offensive line coach at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains. Prior to his tenure at Stepinac, he coached at Fordham University as the tight ends coach and assistant offensive line coach.

Claro brings a wealth of high school and college coaching experience. He served as the offensive coordinator/offensive line coach at Xavier High School in Manhattan from 2001-2003 and as the offensive line coach at Chaminade from 1997-2001.

A 1996 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, Claro was named a First Team Associated Press I-AA All-American as a senior in 1995. He also was a First Team All-New England selection as a senior and was a three-time First Team All-Patriot League lineman (1993, 1994, and 1995).

Following graduation, Claro was a member of three NFL teams (Jacksonville Jaguars, New England Patriots, and Arizona Cardinals) and played for the Barcelona Dragons of NFL Europe. A 2003 Brooklyn Law School graduate, Claro practices law in New York.

“We are excited to start the next chapter of Chaminade football,” said athletic director Mr. John Honerkamp ’93. “I am looking forward to working with Coach Claro and the rest of the team. Go Flyers!”