Football
Ernesto Purnsley
- Title:
- Assistant Coach - Running Backs
- Email:
- purnsleye@sacredheart.edu
Recruiting Areas - DE, MD (Baltimore City, Arundel, Calvert, Charles, St. Mary’s Counties), NC, SC, Southern VA
Purnsley enters his second season as assistant coach for Sacred Heart football in 2025. He works primarily with running backs.
Purnsley brings a wealth of coaching knowledge to the staff with 23 years on the sidelines. A native of North Carolina, he played collegiately at Catawba College, where he was a wide receiver and quarterback.
He earned a degree in physical education from Catawba in 1990.
BEFORE SHU
Chine Arena Football League
Purnsley enters his second season as assistant coach for Sacred Heart football in 2025. He works primarily with running backs.
Purnsley brings a wealth of coaching knowledge to the staff with 23 years on the sidelines. A native of North Carolina, he played collegiately at Catawba College, where he was a wide receiver and quarterback.
He earned a degree in physical education from Catawba in 1990.
BEFORE SHU
Chine Arena Football League
- Head Coach of Guangzhou Power
- Coached with the Iowa Barnstormers, Philadelphia Soul and Chicago Rush.
- Two seasons
- Helped the Racers to back-to-back winning seasons.
- Two seasons
- Two seasons
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