 George Petrides was named head football coach in 1975 and remained in the same position for 40 years . Petrides , a 1967 graduate of the school , retired in 2015 with a coaching record of 257 – 144 – 1 and as the second winningest active coach in Maryland high school football . During his tenure , City had a 29 @-@ game winning streak en route to two Maryland Scholastic Association A @-@ Conference championships in 1991 and 1992 . Coach Petrides guided City College to appearances in the semifinals of the MPSSAA state football playoffs in 1996 , 2001 , and 2005 . The Knights finished the 1987 and 1992 seasons ranked in the top @-@ 20 nationally in the USA Today high school football poll . In August 2015 , Daryl Wade was named the 27th head football coach in Baltimore City College history , the first African @-@ American head football coach in school history . 
