New England Quarterback Development
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"There is nothing more rewarding than seeing an athlete reap the benefits of hard work and sacrifice. The formula we have built at M2 is one of innovation and success, and one that will continue to evolve year after year."
Owner Michael McCarthy
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Mike McCarthy is a Hall of Fame Quarterback and all-time Total Yards and Touchdown leader for Bridgewater State University. In his 41 games as signal caller he amassed 7,478 yards and 83 touchdowns. Following his collegiate career, he signed 2 professional football contracts, playing for the Geneva Seahawks of the European Football League and the New Hampshire Brigade of the CAN-AM Indoor Football League. Following his playing career, he began developing Quarterbacks of all ages and accepted the role of Quarterbacks coach for Bridgewater State University. Since 2015, Mike has groomed and mentored over 100 QB's in the New England Area. In January of 2018 he launched "M2 QB Academy" out of Massachusetts, focusing on developing all aspects of the Quarterback position. Career Highlights
"I'm passionate about helping young athletes reach their maximum potential, and mentoring those future leaders while guiding them through the intricacies of the Quarterback position" - Mike McCarthy |
News & Updates
Register Now for our 2020 QB Showdown Camp June 13th & 14th, 2020
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M2 QB Academy is running our 2nd Annual Mass QB Showdown Camp. Over the course of 2 days (8 hours broken into two 4 hour sessions) this competition camp will score Quarterbacks on skill execution, play outcome, leadership ability, QB IQ, and poise to crown the top attending QB. College Coaches and Scouts from ALL divisions will be in attendance. This is New England's Premier QB camp for Exposure, Development, and Competition.
Alongside of M2 QB Academy Owner, Mike McCarthy, current Divison I College Coaches and Former College Coaches and QB's will be mentoring and coaching the attending athletes through innovative reactionary drills that translate directly to gameplay. Attendees will learn cutting edge fundamentals used by current NFL Quarterbacks. Drills will include next level movement strategies and solutions to help build the complete QB. In addition, each athlete’s mechanics will be analyzed through video analysis to correct any biomechanical flaws. This Camp is open to ALL QB's in the Nation Classes 2020-2024 |
Sign up now for our Off Season Training program beginning Dec. 2nd, 2019
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Our Indoor Season began December 2nd and runs through March 1st! We are running sessions at The Snake Pit Indoor Turf in Hanover on Monday Nights 6:15-9:00 PM, and Wednesday Nights at John Smith Indoor Facility in Milford at 6 PM. Saturday Sessions will be run at the Snake Pit Facility from 9:00- 10:30, more locations and times will be coming soon. Our sessions run from 60-90 minutes long and the off season is broken down into 3 phases. We run Semi-Private training's which consists of limited QB spots to ensure maximized reps. These sessions are competitive and developmental, and all skill levels are welcome.
Contact for more information on training times, dates, and availability on our contact/booking page. December 15th, 2019 |
Toys for Tots Free Holiday Training
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The Toys for Tots free training was a very successful day. We were able to donate 45 Gifts to our local Toys for Tots campaign to help children and families in need this holiday season! Thank you for all QB's that came out and donated. This is so much more than just a game, we are all very proud of the future leaders that helped make a difference today. Gift donations will be accepted until December 20th.
December 14th, 2019 |
2019 Season Recap
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The M2 Team had a great 2019 season! Just a few of the many highlights below.
M2 QB Coach Stevie D'emilia had a record breaking season for Bridgewater State University throwing for 2,187 yards and 22 TD Passes. He was named MASCAC Player of the week 3 times, won the Lee Harrington MVP Trophy and was Awarded the DII/DIII Golden Helmet award for his 8 Touchdown performance against UMD. Steve broke multiple single season and career passing records, finishing his career as one of the best Quarterbacks to ever play at BSU. Danny Higgins completed his first year as a Professional QB, Danny helped lead his team to a National Championship Bid. He threw for 30 TD passes with only 2 INTS and was named Team Captain for the Copenhagen Towers. Brendan Smith helped lead Western New England University to a CCC conference Championship and an NCAA Tournament Bid where he threw 4 Touchdown passes against the #5 ranked Defensive in all of Division 3 (Brockport). Liam Foley saw time as a freshman at Bates College, starting in 2 games. Marc Reali had an amazing senior season for Biddeford High School in Maine, he had 25 total Touchdowns and helped lead his team to a winning season. Zach Lavergne had a great junior campaign helping lead Bishop Hendricken to a Rhode Island Division 1 State Championship. Aidan Brooks started at Quarterback as a sophomore for Roxbury Latin High School, having a great year. Declan Byrne led his Bridgewater Badgers team to a State Superbowl as starting Quarterback and was an OCYFL All Star. Finn Carley led his Duxbury Dragons Youth Football team as Quarterback and Captain to a State Championship and was an OCYFL All Star. Christian Dunn highlighted his senior campaign for Marshfield with a 28 point 2nd half comeback which garnered national attention against D-Y. Christian had a great career as captain and Starting Quarterback for the Rams. Clayton Rahaman had a great senior year leading his Stoughton team to a 8-3 overall record and a MIAA Playoff victory as Starting Quarterback. Jake Kelleher, Ryan Kelleher, and Nick Goffredo all played this year at Salve Regina University. Peter Bourque had an amazing season, winning a State Championship for the Hingham Raiders and starting QB/Captain for his FBU 6th grade team, which made it all the way to Naples, Florida to play in the national FBU Tournament. Kaden Silton boasted an undefeated regular season for his 7th grade team, and make the Massachusetts FBU travel team. He had 15 TD's and a 70% completion percentage. Ryan Sluhocki had a great year for his 8th grade Silver Lake Team, clinching a playoff birth and scored 18 touchdowns as Starting QB/Captain. He was an OCYFL All Star. Eddie Jewel played professionally overseas, leading his team to their best record in team history George Addona had a stellar 8th grade season as starting Quarterback for St. Sebastians. Will LeClair started at Quarterback for Carver High School in his 1st season with his new team. Jake Becker helped lead Hingham High School to a sectional finals in the MIAA Tournament. Dallas Murphy started at Quarterback for the Plymouth North Eagles, leading his team to the MIAA playoffs. Donovan Carr played for North Kingstown, the #2 ranked team in Rhode Island, and was a NE Legacy Champion Jackson Huntington had a great 8th grade year as the starting quarterback for the Attleboro Whitehawks. Josh Larson started at Quarterback for Bishop Guertin in New Hampshire and played well before suffering an injury. Will McDonald led Needham to the MIAA Division 1 playoffs as the starting Quarterback. Cam Perron started at Quarterback for Oliver Ames. Tim Bengtson started at Quarterback for Sandwich Varsity Football as a Freshman. Colin Arnold started at Quarterback for the Weymouth 6th grade team. Jayce Duarte started for the Fairhaven freshman team as an 8th grader. Nick Hidalgo started at QB for Waltham High School before suffering a season ending injury. Kyle Conroy started at QB for the North Attleboro freshman team. Gus Belsher started at QB for the Hingham freshman team. Conor Meehan threw for three touchdowns in his season opener for Whitman Hanson before suffering a season ending injury. Please send us any information about your season and we will add you to the article. December 1st, 2019 |
1st Annual Mass QB Showdown Camp Recap
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Our 1st annual Mass QB Showdown camp was held this past weekend on June 8th and 9th, 2019. It was an amazing weekend working with so many talented student athletes. We had 50 QB's from all over New England come together to develop and compete. Each QB was graded on QB IQ, accuracy, footwork, drops, progressions, & different types of throws throughout the entire camp.
For our High School division the camp MVP was Brett Pullman, a 2020 QB from Holy Name in Worcester, MA. Brett put together a strong performance on Day 1 finishing at #3 and was even stronger on Day 2 to secure the #1 spot. Brett impressed our coaches with his efficient high release, and ability to change the tempo on his throws to place balls in the right spot at the right time. Brett had a high QB IQ and was extremely coachable, making big adjustments on Day 2. Our runner up for the High School division was Zach Lavergne, 2021 QB from Bishop Hendricken, RI. Zach also had an almost perfect day 2, climbing the rankings from #5 after day 1. Zach is coming off an ACL injury from last season and showed no signs of weakness in his movements. Zach's strengths included arm strength and accuracy, Zach used great tempo in his drops and his timing was spot on. Zach displayed a strong understanding of proper concept progressions and where to go with the football during our 1/2 field periods. Our Youth Camp was just as successful. We had our 1st ever tie for 1st place at the end of Day 2. It came down to a tiebreaker 1/2 field challenge in order to determine a winner. Our camp MVP was Tim Bengtson, a 2023 QB from Sandwhich. Tim was unranked after Day 1 but made huge adjustments day 2 and really shined in 1v1's, and 1/2 field competitions. Tim had an undefeated season and was a Superbowl Champion for Sandwich last fall. Our Runner up was Kyle Conroy from North Attleboro. Kyle was ranked #1 after day 1, putting together a near perfect score. Kyle battled through some elbow pain on day 2 to hang on the runner up spot. The camp was put on by Mike McCarthy, M2 Academy founder. The coaching staff included current Merrimack College (Division I FCS) Coaches Joe Clancy and Luke Bakanowski, Former UConn Coaches Mike G. McCarthy and Eric McCarthy, Former BSU Coach Cam Moitoza, Current HS Head Coach at Plymouth North Chris Whidden, Former Pro and All American WR Matt Green, Current College QB's Stevie D'emilia (Bridgewater State), Cam Furtado (WNEU), and Curt Cann (MMA), Current BSU WR Billy Watts, Current Mass Pirates Mardy Gilyard (4th round draft pick in the NFL, St. Louis Rams), and Devonn Brown (1st Team all-NAL). College Scouts were in attendance from Merrimack College, Stonehill College, UMass Dartmouth, Bridgewater State University, Mass Maritime Academy, and WNEU. High School Camp MVP: Brett Pullman, Holy Name, C/O 2020 High School Camp Showguns: 1. Brett Pullman, Holy Name MA, C/O 2020 2. Zach Lavergne, Bishop Hendricken RI, C/O 2021 3. Clayton Rahaman, Stoughton MA, C/O 2020 4. Christian Dunn, Marshfield MA, C/O 2020 5. Donovan Carr, North Kingstown RI, C/O 2021 6. Aidan Brooks, Roxbury Latin MA, C/O 2022 7. Hugues Picard, Quebec City Canada, C/O 2022 8. Nick Hidalgo, Waltham MA, C/O 2021 9. Matt Festa, Duxbury MA, C/O 2023 10. Will Lederman, Natick MA, C/O 2021 Youth Camp MVP: Tim Bengtson, Sandwich C/O 2023 Youth Camp Showguns: 1. Tim Bengtson, Sandwich, C/O 2023 2. Kyle Conroy, North Attleboro, C/O 2023 3. Tevin Mayzck, Worcester, C/O 2023 4. Finn Carley, Duxbury, C/O 2024 5. Jackson Huntington, Attleboro, C/O 2024 Article published on June 12th, 2019. |
M2 QB Dan Higgins Signs Professional Contract with Top European Team
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Former 1st Team All-MASCAC and record breaking Quarterback Dan Higgins inked his first professional contract with The Copenhagen Towers of Denmark on Monday. Danny has been with M2 since the beginning and is one of the more talented, hard working Quarterbacks around. He has been in contact with teams throughout Europe since last spring, and was finally able to land the right deal. The Copenhagen Towers are currently the # 10 top ranked team in all of Europe. Danny looks to take over as their starting Quarterback for the 2019 season which kicks off this April.
September 25th, 2018 |
M2 QB Academy 2018 Off-Season Training Video Recap
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The 1st off season for M2 QB academy was a great success! Since launching on Febuary 2nd, 2018, over 50 Youth, High School, and College QB's have joined the M2 team. Main training locations include Bridgewater, Hanover, Norton, Wellesley, Foxborough, and Plymouth Massachusetts. We wish all the athletes and QB's that worked with us the best of luck this season! Tune up sessions will take place on Sunday AM, and Monday-Wednesday Afternoons. Check out part 1 of our recap series video. September 16th, 2018
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Meet the M2 Team
Types of Training
Our Academy offers many different avenues of instruction. The most popular is our competitive, small group training. Our small group training is capped at 6 Quarterbacks per session, and matches athletes of similar age and ability. Our group and individual training sessions focus on the physical, mental and emotional aspect of the Quarterback position. We implement innovative drills that transfer directly to game play. All drills will test your ability to execute and challenge you mentally as well as physically. We also offer online training sessions through skype and facetime.
Our training season is split up into Four phases: Phase 1 starts with a mechanical analysis, breakdown and study of technical errors, strengths and weaknesses in gameplay, etc. We will set long term and short term goals for the year in phase 1. We will also evaluate your strength and conditioning plan as well as nutrition and set/tweak if needed. This phase is used to correct any errors with technique, footwork etc. Phase 2 begins to implement moving parts (receivers, reaction drills, moving targets, moving platforms, pocket movement etc.) as well as continue to build on phase 1 goals. Phase 3 begins the implementation of your offensive system, complex reads, defensive recognition and coverages. At this time we will bring in defensive backs as well. QB's will work a lot of timing routes, 1v1's, 7v7, defensive recognition as well as an overview of phases 1 & 2. Phase 4 is our in-season tune up phase. This phase is created to tweak and correct any bad habits that may occur during the season. Even the highest level QB's will have a breakdown of mechanics in season if not trained properly. Once the season is over, all of our QB's will start back on Phase 1, with new goals and a new evaluation.
Our training season is split up into Four phases: Phase 1 starts with a mechanical analysis, breakdown and study of technical errors, strengths and weaknesses in gameplay, etc. We will set long term and short term goals for the year in phase 1. We will also evaluate your strength and conditioning plan as well as nutrition and set/tweak if needed. This phase is used to correct any errors with technique, footwork etc. Phase 2 begins to implement moving parts (receivers, reaction drills, moving targets, moving platforms, pocket movement etc.) as well as continue to build on phase 1 goals. Phase 3 begins the implementation of your offensive system, complex reads, defensive recognition and coverages. At this time we will bring in defensive backs as well. QB's will work a lot of timing routes, 1v1's, 7v7, defensive recognition as well as an overview of phases 1 & 2. Phase 4 is our in-season tune up phase. This phase is created to tweak and correct any bad habits that may occur during the season. Even the highest level QB's will have a breakdown of mechanics in season if not trained properly. Once the season is over, all of our QB's will start back on Phase 1, with new goals and a new evaluation.
Small Group Training
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Private 1 on 1 Sessions
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Online Coaching
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Player & Coach Quotes
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Proven Success, Proven Results
Split screen corrections and improvements from M2 Clients, the left screen is Day 1 Evaluations, the right screen is during or after Phase 1 training
1 month comparisonZach Lavergne of Bishop Hendricken vastly improved his footwork, alignment, shelf level, base, rotation, and follow through mechanics in his 1st month of training this off season! Zach is a sophomore Varsity QB for BH and has been with us all year.
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Day 1 to Day 2 comparisonAidan Brooks of Roxbury Latin made big time improvements to his throwing mechanics, dramatically increasing his rotational force and ground force production in just 1 session! Aidan is now the playing Varsity as a Freshman for RL
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1 year transformationCam Furtado of Attleboro made huge improvements before his senior campaign, it resulted in Cam being elected to the Massachusetts Shriners All Star Game, a hock-5 QB and honorable mention MVP. Cam then committed to Western New England University to play Quarterback in 2018
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McCarthy’s Playing Highlights
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Mike McCarthy inks his second professional contractFormer Bridgewater State University Quarterback has signed a professional football contract with the New Hampshire Brigade, an Arena League football team. This is McCarthy's second professional contract. After setting high school and college records, he went on to play professionally in Europe, with the Seahawks of Geneva. There he led the league in scoring, passing, and rushing yards, according to a press release. He was scouted to play for the arena league (CAN-AM IFL) based on that performance. March 30th, 2017
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McCarthy finds success in SwitzerlandFormer Bridgewater State University quarterback Mike McCarthy is undefeated in his first two professional starts in Europe. Mike is the starting quarterback for the Geneva Seahawks. He began his season with 43-16 and 48-6 victories. During Mike McCarthy’s impressive start, he has thrown for four touchdowns and run for three. He was contacted by European teams this past winter after impressing representatives with his athleticism at the All-American Bowl in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In February he made the decision to sign with the Geneva Seahawks out of Switzerland. April 2nd, 2015
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Mike McCarthy sets all-time passing mark at BSU, and is 1st ever 3-time Harrington trophy winnerSenior quarterback Mike McCarthy (Edgartown, Mass.) amassed 402 yards of total offense and accounted for three touchdowns to earn his third straight Lee Harrington Most Valuable Player Trophy in leading Bridgewater State to a 45-20 victory over Massachusetts Maritime in the 35th Annual Cranberry Bowl Presented By Ocean Spray Saturday afternoon at Clean Harbors Stadium. McCarthy completed 20-of-30 pass attempts for 273 yards to set the Bears' career passing yards mark of 4,672, breaking the previous record of 4,628 held by Dan Maurer from 1996-99. November 16th, 2013
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