Meet the Athletic Director:

Athletic Director: Mr. Rich Hansen, P’03,’09

Email: HansenR@spprep.org

  • 39th year as Athletic Director
  • Head Football Coach – 1988-2020
  • NJSFC Past President
  • NJSFC Division Commissioner
  • HCIAL Basketball Chairman/Past President
  • NJFCA Executive Committee

The Athletic Director is responsible for the management of all aspects of Saint Peter’s Prep’s athletic programs. Prep’s Athletic Director oversees all 18 varsity sports and 40 teams across all levels. Hiring coaches, establishing conference and league schedules, marketing events, budgeting, and working with student-athletes are all a part of the Athletic Director’s duties. The student-athlete experience is a big part of a Prep student’s journey if they choose to participate in a varsity sport. The Athletic Director ensures that all student-athletes have a positive and competitive experience that is just as important as winning or losing.

Athletic Director Photo Gallery:

  • Prep’s new state of the art Strength & Conditioning Center, located in the basement of the Humanities Building
  • Coach Hansen with Deric Burgess, ’87. Prep QB on campus with his son Beckham, an accomplished Fencer, to tour the facilities.
  • Coach Hansen with former player and current Wofford football assistant coach Brandon Napoleon, ’12
  • Coach Hansen with the 2025 State Champion Bowling team. Where champions are built!
  • Coach Hansen with Caedyn Ricciardi, ’25, Prep’s first two-time State Champion in Wrestling.
  • Left to Right: Will Wilkes, ’86, Rashawn Jackson, ’05, Coach Hansen, Mike Brown, ’05, Ken Such Prep’s Hudson Country Hall of Fame contingent in September 2024
  • Left to Right: Corey Davis, ’10, Mike Brown, ’05, Coach Hansen, Khalil Wilkes, ’09, Malcolm Farrar, ’09 Coach Hansen hugs it up with former players in Atlanta.
  • Left to Right: Greg Toal, Tony Karcich, Mike Quick (MSG Network/ESPN NY Radio), Coach Hansen and Fred Stengel Coach Hansen’s last game in 2020 featured a pregame picture tabbed “North Jersey’s Super Power Coaches”. The 4 New Jersey legends are credited with raising New Jersey high school football to national prominence during their long historically successful careers.
  • Coach Hansen, Prep’s longtime Director of Athletics, shared time with alum John Formoso ‘89 and his son Luke at Prep’s football opening game at Paramus Catholic in 2024. Formoso was Hansen’s 1st captain on the ’88 County Championship team and later played and graduated from the Naval Academy.