Barrington football officials are planning a send-off for longtime Barrington High School football coach Bill McCagney, who stepped down this year after 25 years leading the Eagles.

The event will be held on Friday night, Aug. 14 at Rhode Island Country Club, and will include a buffet dinner and music. For more information or to purchase tickets, please send an email to jim@andersonmotors.com

McCagney, or “Coach Mac” or “Cags,” joined the Barrington High School football program in the fall of 1990, inheriting a team that had, one year earlier, lost all but one game. He struggled for wins in his first season — the bright spot coming in a 6-6 tie against Westerly — but won three games in his second year.

“Against Pilgrim… that was my first win coaching Barrington,” he said, referring to a 13-7 victory at Pilgrim High School.

McCagney said he can recall each game he has coached in Barrington, and proved it by reciting the scores of various match-ups. He recalled — score included — his first championship with the Eagles, and the names of the players who, in the mid-90s, went to three straight championship games.

McCagney and a team of faithful assistant coaches brought the Barrington High School football program into the Division One standings in the early 2000s and won a pair of Division One championships.

In total, McCagney’s teams reached the playoffs 12 times, won five championships and compiled a record of 197 wins, 111 losses and two ties. He has coached Barrington High School football longer than anyone else.

Recently, Barrington High School named Sandy Gorham the new head football coach. Gorham served as head coach prior to McCagney's arrival and was also an assistant coach for McCagney recently.