NEW ORLEANS — Two people with Rochester connections are Super Bowl champions. Philadelphia Eagles defensive line coach Clint Hurtt and the team’s president, Don Smolenski, are Section V alumni.

The Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in Super Bowl LIX on Sunday in New Orleans. One of the people who kept the team’s defense running was Hurtt, who is from the Bronx, but graduated from Gates Chili High School in 1996, winning the 1995 Section V Class “A” Championship.

Hurtt also attended a prep school, Milford Academy, before playing collegiately at the University of Miami. Hurtt spent two years as the Seattle Seahawks defensive coordinator before being hired as Philadelphia’s Defensive Line/Senior Defensive Assistant prior to this season.

Smolenski hails from Pittsford, graduating from Pittsford Mendon in 1985. Smolenski has been with the Eagles since 1998, serving as the team’s Chief financial officer, Senior vice president, and Chief operating officer before taking over as President in 2012. Smolenski was with the Eagles when they won Super Bowl LII.