Steven Crist to Lead Manassas Park High School Football Program

Manassas Park High School has selected Steven Crist as its new varsity head football coach.

Crist comes to Manassas Park from Warren County High School in Front Royal where he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach as well as an assistant track coach for the past six years.

 “I am excited for the opportunity to be joining the staff at Manassas Park and the Manassas Park community who values education and athletics," Crist said.

He will join the Manassas Park High School faculty as a social studies teacher. Crist highlighted his beliefs when he said, “Manassas Parkʼs desire to
promote students first then athletes is what I believe. This is a program that I want to be a part of and grow with.”

 Dan Forgas, director of Manassas Park High student activities, said the open varsity football position attacked candidates from as far away as Alabama and Minnesota.

" ... The search took a long time, but we knew it was an important position and we had to do things right. We feel we not only got a great football coach, but academically, the students who get Steven are getting a top notch educator," Forgas said.

Crist was an assistant football and head indoor track coach at Radford High School for three years. Prior to that he was at Altavista and Harrisonburg High
Schools coaching varsity football, baseball and track.

He is a graduate of Bridgewater College where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science.

Crist, a native of Blacksburg is married to wife, Lori and has two children,
Farren and Brady.

Visit the Manassas Park website at mpark.net and the athletic
website at manassasparkathletics.org to see more information about the
athletic program, parent and student meeting dates and important information about off season activities.