Bill McGregor is stepping away from DeMatha football for now, with the school announcing Wednesday that the longtime coach is taking a leave of absence for personal reasons.
Even with that move, McGregor is not disappearing from the program. DeMatha said he will stay connected to the Stags as Director of Football Operations.
McGregor’s resume at DeMatha is the kind that puts him in rare air. He was the winningest active head coach in Maryland and has guided the Stags to multiple Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championships. In 2025, he pushed DeMatha to an 11-0 record and another WCAC title.
Across his two runs leading the program - from 1982 to 2010 and again from 2019 to 2025 - McGregor built a 334-53-3 career mark. That total puts him among a tiny group in Maryland history: just one of four head coaches in the state to reach 300 wins, and second all-time behind only Bob Milloy, who finished with 405.
DeMatha turned to a familiar name to fill the vacancy. Bryce Bevill, a DeMatha alumnus and member of the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame, has been named interim head coach.
The school highlighted Bevill’s background in a Facebook post, writing, "Bryce was a standout football player at DeMatha, Syracuse, and in the Canadian Football League," the school wrote in a Facebook post. "He has extensive coaching experience at the high school, college, and professional levels."
Bevill’s path has taken him well beyond Hyattsville. According to his LinkedIn profile, he has been DeMatha Catholic High School’s Assistant Dean of Students since February. Before that, he spent six years in the NFL with the New York Jets as Manager of Player Engagement.
He has also worked as athletic director at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, Virginia, and as head football coach at Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, Maryland.
At the college level, Bevill has served as Director of Football Operations at Howard University in Washington, DC, and at the University of Maryland in College Park, where he was Director of Player Development for more than two years. He also served as the University of Maryland’s campus director for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
As a player, Bevill spent three seasons in the Canadian Football League with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and one season with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. In 1996, he was nominated for the CFL’s Rookie of the Year as a defensive back. He also worked as a talent scout for the British Columbia Lions.