As he steps back into a head coaching job on familiar terrain, new Thomas Johnson High football coach Vince Ahearn is this week's guest on The Final Score podcast.

Ahearn was hired back in late January to take over the Patriots' program, which has fallen on hard times over the last decade. Previously, he was the longtime football coach at rival Frederick High, but had not had a head-coaching position since he left Smithsburg High School in 2021.

He tells host Greg Swatek why he decided to be a head coach again and why the TJ job was such a good fit for him.

What are some of the biggest challenges he faces? What is the state of TJ's feeder program, which folded and is in the process of being restored? What is he most excited about?

Ahearn answers all of these questions and more over the course of the conversation.

Prior to that discussion, FNP sports writer Alexander Dacy joins Greg to talk about another buzzer beater, the upcoming high school boys and girls basketball playoffs, the state indoor track meet and the state wrestling duals.

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