Ravens Insider: Ravens 2025 High School Coaches of the Year: Sparrows Point’s Nick Burkhardt, Linganore’s Brian Sweene honored

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Sparrows Point football coach Nick Burkhardt and Linganore girls flag football coach Brian Sweene were named the 2025 Ravens High School Coaches of the Year, John Harbaugh announced Friday afternoon.

Burkhardt, who is also an alum of Sparrows Point, is the first coach from the school to receive the honor in the 29-year history of the award. He did so in what was just his second year at the helm after leading the Pointers to a 10-1 record, the best in school history.

“It means everything,” Burkhardt said. “Our community truly is one of kind down in Sparrows Point and to be able to not just for me but bring this spotlight down to our school and our community truly does mean the world to us.”

Sweene also said that the honor “means the world.”

Coach Harbaugh announces the 2025 HS Coaches of the Year, Ravens High School Coach of the Year (for tackle) – Nick Burkhardt, Sparrows Point High School and Ravens High School Flag Coach of the Year – Brian Sweene, Linganore High School pic.twitter.com/ap8kbHh6hz

— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) December 12, 2025

He is the second recipient of the award after Boonsboro coach Chad Hartman took home the inaugural honor last year. Sweene led Linganore to the Class 2A/1A state title, knocking off No. 1 seed Calvert along the way, with the defense only allowing an average of 8.6 points in five games in the state tournament.

Sweene credited the Ravens for helping the sport get off the ground in the state and said that it wouldn’t have happened without their assistance. The NFL also recently announced plans to launch professional men’s and women’s flag football leagues, something that the current generation of high school players can now aim for.

Said Sweene: “The fact that they get to play a sport that they cheered on for boys for years is amazing.”

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Linganore girls flag football coach Brian Sweene, posing with Ravens coach John Harbaugh, is the 2025 Ravens High School Flag Coach of the Year. (Courtesy of Ravens)

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