Miami Dolphins Honor Parkland Coach Aaron Feis During Season Opener

by Sharon Aron Baron September 11, 2018

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Melissa Feis, Arielle Feis and Miami Dolphins Chief Executive Officer Tom Garfinkel. Photos courtesy Miami Dolphins.

By: Sharon Aron Baron

The Miami Dolphins honored Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Assistant Coach Aaron Feis as their George F. Smith High School Coach of the Year during their season opener on Sunday.

Feis tragically lost his life protecting students during the Parkland mass shooting on February 14. The Dolphins posthumously honored Aaron along with his wife, Melissa, and daughter, Arielle, on the field where they won 27-20 against the Tennessee Titans. The Stoneman Douglas football team also were the Dolphins team of the week and had the opportunity to stand on the sideline during the national anthem.

“It’s an honor for all of us, really, for Coach Feis to get the Coach of the Year Award. If you knew him, you would appreciate that he got that award, because he really was a great man, mentor, friend and dad,” Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Head Football Coach Willis May said.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS Football Team were attending the Miami Dolphins/ Tennessee Titan football game.

Feis is now a nominee for the Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year Award, which honors high school football coaches that demonstrate the integrity, achievement, and leadership exemplified by the winningest coach in NFL history, Don Shula. The winner will be announced at the 2019 Pro Bowl in Orlando.

This offseason, the Miami Dolphins have generously given to support the Stoneman Douglas community and provide solace through sports.

Outreach has included financial support to the victims and families of the shooting, visits with five survivors by Dolphins players, alumni and senior leadership, a free football clinic for Parkland youth, inviting seniors of the Stoneman Douglas football team and members of the Feis family to announce selections on day three of the 2018 NFL draft, an invitation for the Stoneman Douglas soccer teams to attend the Peru vs. Croatia match at Hard Rock Stadium, Stoneman Douglas T-shirts worn by Dolphins players and staff that were also given to the Stoneman Douglas football team, inviting the Stoneman Douglas football team to a Miami Dolphins practice and attending the Stoneman Douglas football home opener vs. South Broward High School.

Said May, “What a wonderful day for our kids and our program and we had a blast. We loved it and we can’t thank the Miami Dolphins enough for everything they’ve done for us since February 14th. We want to say thank you and how much we appreciate it and what they’ve done for our kids, it’s amazing.”