MISSION
Our Mission is to promote and develop the power of amateur football in developing the qualities of leadership, sportsmanship, and academic excellence in the Suffolk County football community.
We will fulfill this mission in the following ways:
1. By inspiring high school football players to achieve athletic and academic excellence by promoting their achievements and recognizing their accomplishments.
2. By motivating young people, and those who influence them, about the game.
3. By promoting football programs and youth initiatives, which further strengthen the educational and character-building qualities of the game.
4. By organizing and running camps, clinics and other special events that promote football and highlight the individual athletes that play football on Long Island.
HISTORY
The Suffolk County Chapter received its charter in 1995 and has been operating since and is dedicated to honoring the top scholar athletes in the county for their academic and athletic excellence. The chapters on Long Island have distributed over $300,000 since its inception to deserving high school student-athletes in recognition of their academic and athletic excellence, and supported various nonprofit entities dedicated to promoting amateur football. The chapter partnered with the Suffolk County Coaches Association in 1995 and the chapter has enjoyed a mutually beneficial partnership since. The chapter presents the “NFF Receiver Award” each year at the Suffolk County Coaches All-County Dinner. In 2020, the chapter was dedicated and renamed the James C. Metzger Suffolk County Chapter of the NFF in recognition of one of the most talented multi-sport athletes in Long Island history who went on to build an enormously successful insurance brokerage business, The Whitmore Group. Perhaps James’ biggest contribution has been his philanthropic commitment to Long Island Youth Athletics, which has spanned building fields and athletic complexes to supporting an array of youth scholarships.