As of Monday, February 12th, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority have started offering interviews to conditionally approved Global Entry applicants departing the United States from Washington Dulles International Airport.
Brian Fleury, a 1997 state championship winning quarterback at Seneca Valley, is in his fifth season with the San Francisco 49ers and second season as the team’s tight end coach. This is the second time he will be going to the Super Bowl as a member of the 49ers staff (see our post from 2020 below).
Following his graduation from Seneca Valley, Fleury began his collegiate career at Maryland before transferring to Towson, where he played quarterback for four years (1999-2002) and earned a degree in sports management from the school in 2002. He and his wife, Natasha, have one daughter, Nadia.
Per his 49ers bio: “Fleury spent the 2020-21 seasons as an offensive quality control coach and the 2019 season as a defensive quality control coach with the team. He joined San Francisco after spending the previous three years with the Miami Dolphins as the team’s football research analyst (2016) and director of football research (2017-18).
In 2022, Fleury worked directly with TE George Kittle, who caught a career-high 11 touchdowns, ranked second on the team with 60 receptions and 765 yards over 15 games and earned Second-Team AP All-Pro honors and a trip to the Pro Bowl. His 11 touchdown receptions were the third-most in a single season by a TE in franchise history.
Kittle finished the 2021 season ranked second on the team with 71 receptions for 910 yards and six touchdowns while earning a trip to the Pro Bowl. In 2020, Kittle added 48 receptions for 634 yards and two touchdowns, while TE Jordan Reed tallied 26 receptions for 231 yards and four touchdowns and TE Ross Dwelley played in all 16 games (nine starts) and set single-season career highs in receptions (19) and receiving yards (245).
In his roles with the Dolphins, Fleury worked closely with defensive coordinator Matt Burke to help prepare for upcoming opponents and follow NFL trends. He assisted the team’s defensive backs in 2018 after assisting the defensive line in 2017 and linebackers in 2016.
Fleury joined Miami from the Cleveland Browns, where he was the team’s outside linebackers coach in 2015 and assistant linebackers coach in 2014. In 2015, OLBs Armonty Bryant (5.5) and Christian Kirksey (3.5) set career highs in sacks. In his first season with the Browns, Fleury helped coach Paul Kruger to the most productive season of his career, as he set career highs in tackles (53), sacks (11.0) and forced fumbles (four). Kruger’s 11.0 sacks tied for the fifth-most in team history at the time and were the most by a member of the Browns since 2006. In addition, the Browns finished second in the NFL with 21 interceptions, while also finishing tied for fourth in takeaways (29).
Prior to his time in Cleveland, Fleury spent the 2013 season as a quality control coach for the Buffalo Bills, working with the linebackers. He helped develop rookie LB Kiko Alonso, who registered 159 tackles, four interceptions, 2.0 sacks, four passes defensed, two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble and was named PFWA NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. The Bills set a franchise record with 57 sacks, the second-most in the NFL in 2013. Buffalo’s defense also finished 10th in the NFL in total defense (333.4 yards per game).
Before Buffalo, Fleury spent four seasons (2009-12) at Towson University where he served as the special teams coordinator/defensive backs coach. He helped the team achieve top-10 national rankings in kickoff return yardage (24.28 yards per return) in 2011 and punt return defense (3.46 yards per return) in 2010. Towson won the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in 2011 and earned a share of the conference title in 2012.
Fleury was an assistant at Sacred Heart University for four seasons, spending one year (2005) as secondary coach and the following three (2006-08) as defensive coordinator. In 2008, the Pioneers posted an 8-3 record, which ranked as the third-highest win total in the history of the school. Fleury began his coaching career as an intern and graduate assistant at the University of Maryland from 2003-04. In 2003, the Terrapins went 10-3, earned a victory in the Gator Bowl and finished 17th in the nation in the final poll.
“I’m so excited to share my first player edition shoe with Jordan Brand – the Air Jordan 38 Low “Cherry Blossom.” It’s an absolute honor to be the first Jordan Brand NIL athlete to receive a PE. Shout out to The District, my hometown!!” -Kiki Rice
Maryland Secretary of State Susan C. Lee wrote a letter to state election officials stating that former President Donald Trump will join Nikki Haley on the Republican primary ballot on May 14th for the 2024 Presidential election in the state of Maryland.
Montgomery County was featured in the Weekend Update segment of Saturday Night Live last night, with the hosts poking fun at the crash through the Bethesda Whole Foods that occurred last week.
The National Weather Service’s (NWS) Weather Prediction Center has released its key messages for the January 6th and 7th winter storm that will bring a mixed bag of precipitation across the region.
When Sandra Hicks found out she was pregnant at 17 back in 1970, she knew the difficult decision to give her daughter up for adoption had to be made. She gave birth to a baby girl in a maternity home and was able to hold her for just thirty minutes.
Former Maryland Governor Martin J. O’Malley has been sworn in by Senator Ben Cardin as Commissioner of Social Security, to a term that expires on January 19, 2025.
The Baltimore Ravens have signed Montgomery County native Jake Funk to their practice squad after signing running back Melvin Gordon to their 53-man roster following a season-ending injury to running back Keaton Mitchell.
USA Climbing has announced that the USA Climbing National Team Trials and Paraclimbing National Championships will be combined into one National Team-qualifying event for the Elite and Paraclimbing series for the 2024 season- and they’ll both be held in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Known for their pizza, mojo potatoes, and game rooms, Shakey’s Pizza Parlor is fondly remembered by many MoCo residents over the age of 30.
