 George Young became head football coach in 1959 and guided the Knights to six Maryland Scholastic Association A @-@ Conference championships . Young left the program after the 1967 season to join the National Football League as an offensive line coach for the Baltimore Colts and would later become the general manager of the New York Giants . One of his star players was quarterback Kurt Schmoke , who later became States ' Attorney for Baltimore City and served two terms as the Mayor of Baltimore , the first elected African @-@ American mayor in the history of Baltimore City . 
