Cantey will work with the American Team that is coached by former S.C. State legend Willie Jeffries while Noonan will be with the National Team that is guided by former Dallas Cowboys, Buffalo Bills and Georgia Tech coach Chan Gailey.

The Medal of Honor Bowl, which will be televised live nationally by the NBC Sports Network, is a premier all-star game the features the nation’s top draft-eligible college football players as projected for the NFL Draft. The game honors the Medal of Honor recipients and the game’s beneficiaries, the Medal of Honor Museum Foundation, disabled veterans and wounded warriors.

“John Cantey and Jimmy Noonan are proven winners who have excelled as outstanding head coaches — and most importantly, as influential mentors to top high school programs in the Lowcountry,” stated McQueeney.  “We are honored to have both of them as a part of the practices and game.  It will demand much of what would otherwise be their vacation time.”

Cantey is a native Charlestonian who is the son of Bishop England High’s legendary football coach Jack Cantey, and the younger Cantey has guided the Battling Bishops since 2008. He has amassed a 57-28 record that includes two state championships and four region titles.

He was an assistant at BEHS from 1998-07, and served as an assistant coach at Ruffin High in 1997.

Cantey, a 1996 graduate of Clemson, has been named 2013 Region 6-AA Coach of the Year, the 2012 coach of the year as named by The Post and Courier, High School Sports Report and Region 6-AA, and in 2011 enjoyed similar honors from The Post and Courier, High School Sports Report and Region 7-AA.

Noonan, who has guided Wando’s football team since 2009, captured the school’s only region championship in 2012 and was named the AAAA Big 16 Lower State Coach of the Year. Noonan was the head coach at Spring Valley High in Columbia from 1999-06 and captured four region crowns and was a state semifinalist in 2005. A four-time region coach of the year, he also is a two-time Palmetto Sports Outreach coach of the year. Prior to joining Wando, he was the head coach at Wilson Hall in his hometown of Sumter for one year and guided them to the region title and the state semifinal game.

Noonan graduated from The Citadel in 1992 having lettered three times as a fullback. He was a member of the Bulldogs’ coaching staff as a graduate assistant in 1992-93, and was on the staff when The Citadel captured the ‘92 Southern Conference Championship.

Tickets, which range from $15-$40, may be secured at the Medal of Honor Bowl Game’s dedicated website www. MOHbowl.com. They will also be available at The Citadel Athletic Ticket Office at 843/953-DOGS (3647).

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