Tom Alpers Elite Football Camp Staff

Greg Tweardy-Quarterback 

Greg Attended Bethel Park High School and was a:

• 2 year starter and 4 year letterman and was
• 1st Team All Conference- 2002
• He was Elected to Fab 22 -2002 and was a
• Finalist for Almanac's Athlete of the Year 2002.
• Greg was the recipient of the Papa John's Student Athlete Scholarship Award 2002.
• He Attended Washington & Lee University (Div III, ODAC=Old Dominion Athletic Conference) and was a 3 Year Starter and Letterman. He set 11 School Records and was 2 Second Team All-Conference Awards-2005, 2006. Greg was also Second Team All State in Virginia-2006 and 3 time ODAC player of the week.
• He is currently employed by Tweardy & Associates Financial Services as a Junior Producer/Agent. 
   
  

Eric Kasperowicz-Quarterback 
Eric was a four-year starter at QB and Safety for the North Hills High School Indians and led them to their first A.A.A.A. WPIAL and Pennsylvania State Championship.  He was named Parade All-American, Pennsylvania State AAAA Player of the Year, and was the QB in the annual Big 33 All-Star game.  Kasperowicz was highly recruited out of high school and chose the University of Pittsburgh where he was a two year starter at linebacker. He was recently bestowed with a great honor--voted the All-Time Greatest Player in Western Pennsylvania (WPIAL) history by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review beating out 100 years of NFL greats from the region like Mike Ditka, Dan Marino, Tony Dorsett, and LaVar Arrington.    Eric currently is an assistant coach at North Hills High School and teaches health & physical education. 

Rick Roth

Rick has coached high school football in the WPIAL for ten years.  Pubished in Coach and Athletic Director Magazine, a national publication in 2003.  Experienced QB consultant for spread pass offenses most recently at South Fayette and North Catholic High Schools.  WR coach for Metro Index Scouting Camp for the past four years.  Spent three years as a AAAA Coordinator for Butler Area High School.  National GTE Academic All-American in 1995 at Saint Francis University (PA) where he was a team captain and starter at LB.

Jeff Simmons-Quarterback/Receivers

Entering his third season on the Carnegie Mellon staff is Jeff Simmons. Simmons will be coaching the wide receivers in 2009.  Simmons is the grandson of former Carnegie Mellon University football coach Chuck Klausing. Klausing later coached at Kiski Prep where Simmons was his quarterback, winning the Inter-Scholastic Prep School League his senior year. Simmons then played his collegiate career at Slippery Rock University from 1994-1997 as a quarterback.  
Simmons and his grandfather, Klausing, continue to coach at the Team Klausing Wing-T Football Camps each summer throughout the United States. The camp promotes team skills, life skills and team leadership. Simmons has also co-authored two books with his grandfather. 
Simmons’ coaching resume includes a high school quarterback and defensive secondary coach at Kiski Prep, quarterback coach at Seneca Valley, Gateway and most recently at Shaler High School.

TJ Plack
Coach Plack will be entering his tenth year of football coaching as he leaves his Alma matter, South Fayette Township High School to join the Peters Township football program as their Offensive Coordinator. Coach Plack began coaching South Fayette’s wide receivers and defensive backs. He took over as interim head football coach in 2002 as South Fayette moved up from A to AA level competition. On the heels of a 4-3 conference record, Coach Plack was officially named South Fayette’s head coach. Over the next four seasons, Coach Plack led his teams to three consecutive WPIAL playoff appearances and tallied an overall record of 26-13. 
 
Brian Dawson-Quarterbacks

Brian was a record setting Quarterback a Washington and Jefferson College. He is currently the Offensive Coordinator and Bentworth High School and a Computer teacher at Elizabeth Forward  Middle Schoo l in the Elizabeth Forward School District

Brad Holtzapple

Brad is the receiver coach at Moniteau High School. He has been coaching for the last nine years and has worked at the Penn State Football Camp where he coached the receiver postion.

Gary Amos
Gary is an alumnus of the Tom Alper Kicking Academy. He has numerous kicking records at California University of Pa. including longest Field Goal. (48 Yards) He is currently the Head Coach for the Bentworth High School Boys soccer team.

Dave Brytus
2006: Joined Pitt as a transfer from Purdue in January and sat out the season under NCAA guidelines. At Purdue (2004-05): Two-year starter at punter...as a sophomore in 2005 was named to the Ray Guy Award watch list...averaged 39.5 yards on 62 punts that season...dropped 22 of his punts inside the 20-yard line (35%)...had a season-long punt of 56 yards against Iowa...his freshman year in 2004 Brytus averaged 40 yards on 53 punts...placed 15 of his punts (28%) inside the 20...had a career-long 63-yarder against Michigan...capped his freshman year by being named the Sun Bowl's Most Valuable Special Teams Player after averaging a career-best 48.9 yards on eight punts, including a career-high (tied) four that landed inside the 20 against Arizona State. High School: Named to The Associated Press Pennsylvania Class AAA All-State Team (first team) as a senior after missing his entire junior season due to a broken leg...averaged 42.6 yards per punt his senior year...placed 18 of his 44 punts (41%) inside the opponent's 20-yard line...also converted 8-of-12 field goals (.667), including a school-record 53-yarder...nearly 70% of his kickoffs were touchbacks (20 touchbacks on 29 kickoffs)...averaged 45 yards per punt as a sophomore...rated the nation's No. 5 kicker by Rivals

Frank Berzansky
Frank is a 26 year veteran of coaching high school football. He was an all-conference punter at Edinboro University of Pa. in the 1970’s. Frank recently retired from his teaching position at the Jeanette School District.

Jim Littler
Jim is the kicking/punting coach at West Allegheny High School. He has placed many of his kicker and punters in Division I programs including our own Dave Brytus. As a kicker at California University of Pa. in the 1970’s he set the record for the longest field goal until our Gary Amos broke it with his 48 yard field goal.

Mike Halberg
Mike is an alumni of the Tom Alper Kicking Academy and attended the camps when he was at Blairsville High School. He went on to punt at Slippery Rock University and in his senior year he was an all-conference punter.

Bob Cosgrove
Bob was a stand out player in the 1960’s at Charleroi High School. He went on to be a long-snapper at North Carolina State University. He was a high school coach for over 25 years. Bob is a retired school principal from the Elizabeth Forward School District.

Chad Glasser - Long Snappers
2008 Graduated from Bucknell University with a major in Accounting in May Three year starter on the offensive line ... one of the leaders up front ... Started every game at left tackle ...Four-year letterman who has played in all 44 games over the last four seasons ... Played four years as the team's long-snapper ... All-conference selection (second team)... Voted Offensive lineman of the year for the Bucknell football team