Garin Veris
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Garin Lee Veris was an American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 defensive end
Defensive end
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 in the National Football League
National Football League
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, mainly for the New England Patriots
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.

Veris graduated from Chillicothe High School, where he starred in football
High school football
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 (playing offense
Offense (sports)
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 and defense
Defense (sport)
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) and basketball
Basketball
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 in 1981. Veris played football at Stanford before he was taken in the second round of the 1985 NFL draft by the New England Patriots. During his rookie season, he recorded 14 sacks—including four in the playoffs—and started in Super Bowl XX. He finished his career in 1992 with the San Francisco 49ers and later was named to the Patriots' All-1980s team

Veris Previously Served as the AD at Haverhill High School
Haverhill High School
Haverhill High School is the high school of Haverhill, Massachusetts. It enrolls around 2,200 students in grades 9 through 12 from many diverse backgrounds. The school offers a variety of Advanced Placement classes, a wide range of clubs, a number of varsity and junior varsity sports, as well as a...

 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
Haverhill, Massachusetts
Haverhill is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 60,879 at the 2010 census.Located on the Merrimack River, it began as a farming community that would evolve into an important industrial center, beginning with sawmills and gristmills run by water power. In the...



On July 14, 2011 Garin Veris Accepted the Athletic Director Position At his Alma Mater Chillicothe High School
Chillicothe High School
Chillicothe High School is a public high school in Chillicothe, Ohio and Chillicothe City School District's only high school. The current high school on Yoctangee Parkway replaced the one built during the 1930s on Arch Street in 1967.-Administration:...

 in Chillicothe, Ohio
Chillicothe, Ohio
Chillicothe is a city in and the county seat of Ross County, Ohio, United States.Chillicothe was the first and third capital of Ohio and is located in southern Ohio along the Scioto River. The name comes from the Shawnee name Chalahgawtha, meaning "principal town", as it was a major settlement of...

. He will also serve as the at-risk student coordinator—a new position, at Chillicothe High School—helping mostly high school juniors and seniors who are in danger of not graduating.

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