run at Hillsborough, Mantz took over a South Brunswick program that had qualified for the NJSIAA playoffs just one in 30 years.

"I remember vividly walking through the building after I was hired, I went to the coaches office and started looking at film and Mohamed came in to introduce himself,'' Mantz said. "He goes, 'My name is Mohamed Sanu,' and I said, 'I know who you are.' He said, 'Coach, I will do everything and anything I can to help us get better.' He just started coming in and hanging around, in between school, basketball practice, he was just a gym rat. The happiest and most positive kid I ever met and you have to love a kid like that.''

Mohamed Sanu starred at South Brunswick High School from2006-08, playing quarterback, wide receiver and punter.

In his lone season playing for Mantz, Sanu tallied 900 yards passing, 700 yards rushing and handled the punting duties en route to earning All-Greater Middlesex Conference honors and leading South Brunswick to its first playoff appearance in three decades.

"For all the struggles South Brunswick had he was never down on anybody, he never blamed anybody,'' Mantz said. "He just wanted to be part of the solution. The thing I was most impressed by was how he'd do whatever it took to help his teammates get better, helping them off the ground, encouraging them to watch film and stick around for extra coaching, staying on them about their grades. He was a competitor -- losing was not part of his DNA. He'd