Harford Tech has hired Brad Dreyer, a 2004 graduate of the school and longtime area youth football coach, as its next varsity football coach, Harford County Public Schools spokesperson Jillian Lader confirmed to The Aegis on Thursday.
Dreyer played football and wrestled for Harford Tech and went on to play football at Frostburg. He most recently coached for the Bel Air Terps youth football program and Bel Air Bobcats youth wrestling team. Dreyer’s son, Brock, is a freshman quarterback for the Cobras.
Ryan Hunt, who took over the program on an interim basis three weeks into last season after his father and former head coach Brad Hunt was fired amid a police investigation into hazing allegations within the program, will not return to Harford Tech, he said in a text message. He added he was offered the offensive coordinator position but that he turned it down “to pursue coaching opportunities elsewhere.”
Ryan Hunt, who previously served as the team’s offensive coordinator on his father’s staff, told The Aegis that administrators initially said they had “no plans for changes” on the football coaching staff entering the 2026 season. But a few weeks later, at his end-of-season meeting, Hunt said he was informed Harford Tech would be moving in a different direction.
“They gave me no specific reasoning and the administration did not care to reach out to me directly or have any communication with me once the season ended,” he said in a text message. “I know it was difficult for them. I’ve known both [athletic directors] Paul [Danielle] and Kyle [Mohr] for a long time and have a great relationship with both of them. I know they were in a tough position.”
HCPS declined to comment on the manner of Hunt’s split from Harford Tech, calling it a “personnel matter.”
Brad Hunt, who did not respond to a request for comment, was one of four coaches who lost their jobs as a result of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office and Maryland Department of Human Services investigation into the program. “I was made the scapegoat by the school after nine years. I’ll bite my tongue and take the high road,” Hunt told The Aegis in September. Harford Tech canceled its Week 2 game while the investigation began. Hunt attended the Cobras’ Week 3 opponent’s game the day HCPS said he was fired.
The team resumed its regular-season schedule the following week without several key starters. Ryan Hunt, a 2020 graduate of the school, declined to say postgame if those absences were related to the investigation.
“With everything that’s going on, it has been extremely tough for us in this program,” the former interim coach said after his team’s 47-7 loss to Edgewood in September. “The kids, by them coming out on the field tonight, they saved the reputation and the culture of Harford Tech football.”
Harford Tech went 1-9 last year, the program’s first losing campaign since 2017, after posting a combined 32-13 record over the previous four seasons under Brad Hunt.
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