2025 Roster

Coaching Staff

Leadership and excellence on and off the field

Head Coach Randall Prose
HEAD COACH

Randall Prose

A native of Southern Ohio, Coach Prose graduated from and played football at Ohio Wesleyan University before moving to Connecticut. He helped start the football program at RHAM High School with Head Coach Tom Hammon in the early 2000s. In 2007, Prose took a job as a social studies teacher at Windham High School and joined the program as defensive coordinator shortly thereafter. In 2015, Coach Prose took over as Head Coach after the retirement of legendary Coach Brian Crudden.

Coach Mike Haggerty
OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR

Mike Haggerty

A Windham High School and Southern Connecticut State University graduate. Served under Coach Brian Crudden and brings decades of experience to the program. Haggerty also serves as baseball head coach and coached wrestling with Crudden.

Coach Robert Mangual
DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR

Robert Mangual

A former Whippet who played under Coach Brian Crudden in the 2000s. Mangual has been on staff for nearly a decade and also serves as girls' basketball head coach. He brings a player's perspective to building dominant defenses.

Mark Labbe

A Windham graduate who played under Coach Crudden. Labbe is a defensive specialist who works hard on defensive game play and is known as the "eye in the sky" during games. He has helped develop young athletes in town through the Windham Youth Program. His son, Brody Labbe, was an all-league QB on the 2014 playoff team.

Francisco Cruz

Cruz played for Crudden in the early 2000s as the program transitioned from the CCC to the ECC. A Windham graduate, Cruz coaches running backs and currently helps develop young athletes in town through the Windham Youth Program. His son, Julian Cruz, was a starter on the 2022 playoff team.

Coach John Wells

John Wells

Wells was an all-state player at Hall High School in West Hartford, CT and played collegiately at Southern Connecticut State. He joined the Windham staff in 2022 and teaches social studies at Windham High School.

Michael McGuirk

Volunteer assistant and 2025 graduate of Windham High School. McGuirk was a 4-year player for the Whippets and currently studies at the University of Connecticut.

2025 Team Roster

Our student-athletes by jersey number

2025 Windham Whippets Football Team

Complete Roster

#1

Carter Rau

Freshman • QB, DB • 5'5" • 140 lbs

#2

Francisco Alvarado

Junior • QB, DB, ATH • 5'9" • 160 lbs

CAPTAIN STARTER
#3

Giovanni Rodriguez

Junior • WR, OLB • 5'10" • 160 lbs

#4

Alejandro Carrion

Freshman • RB, DB • 5'9" • 170 lbs

#5

Edwin Gonzalez

Senior • OLB, DB • 5'10" • 170 lbs

#8

Justice Ollenu

Junior • TE, DE • 6'2" • 190 lbs

#9

Jaydenn Taylor

Freshman • WR, DB • 5'8" • 150 lbs

#11

Jessan Roman Martinez

Junior • RB, OLB • 5'9" • 160 lbs

#12

Nikolai Torres

Senior • ATH, DB, QB • 5'9" • 160 lbs

#15

Adrian Hill

Freshman • RB, WR • 5'8" • 150 lbs

#18

Kevon Roberts

Junior • RB, LB • 5'10" • 180 lbs

CAPTAIN
#19

Yael Atlixqueno

Senior • K • 5'8" • 150 lbs

#20

Kaiden Williams

Sophomore • RB, OLB • 5'9" • 170 lbs

#21

Luis Rivera

Freshman • WR • 5'8" • 150 lbs

#33

Troy Torres-Morey

Sophomore • LB, RB • 5'11" • 170 lbs

CAPTAIN
#34

Emilion Flores

Freshman • LB, RB, TE • 5'9" • 170 lbs

#50

Josue Cancel Cruzado

Junior • DL • 6'0" • 240 lbs

#52

Jael Garcia Gonzalez

Freshman • OL, DL • 5'9" • 220 lbs

#53

Brayden Rios

Sophomore • DL, OL • 5'10" • 220 lbs

#55

Alexander Mezquita Alcantara

Senior • DT, LB • 5'10" • 220 lbs

#56

Benn Nelson

Freshman • OL, DL • 6'1" • 180 lbs

#57

Yaxiel DeJesus

Freshman • DT • 5'10" • 230 lbs

#58

Joniel Hernandez Figueroa

Sophomore • OL, DL • 5'9" • 220 lbs

#63

Isaiah Torres

Senior • OL, DL • 5'9" • 240 lbs

#65

Ramon Caraballo

Sophomore • OL, DL • 5'11" • 250 lbs

#67

Ashton McIntosh

Freshman • OL • 6'3" • 315 lbs

#71

Alexiel Miranda

Sophomore • DL, OL • 5'11" • 260 lbs

#75

Myles Coulombe

Sophomore • C • 5'9" • 200 lbs

#76

Isan Gonzalez

Freshman • OL • 6'0" • 300 lbs

#83

John Anthony Nieves Ortiz

Junior • DE, TE • 5'11" • 170 lbs