Miami Central Senior High School #RocketPride

01/05/2026

It is Spring Football season! MIAMI CENTRAL IS ON THE NATIONAL STAGE. Since 2010, no school in Miami has played more national games than Miami Central.

📊 7–9 vs National Competition (2010–2023)

🏆 9 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
(2010 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022)

💪🏾 We don’t duck smoke. We run toward it.
💪🏾 Battle tested. Not built on hype.
🌎 National schedule. Year in and year out.

From IMG Academy to Bishop Gorman
From St. John Bosco to DeMatha
From Georgia to California to Washington, D.C.

We have lined it up with the best in the country.

🔥 2026 NATIONAL MATCHUPS
🗓️ August 14 at Orange Lutheran in Los Angeles, California
🗓️ September 11 at Buford High School in Atlanta, Georgia

🏈 Proud Adidas Program
🏈 Official Patrick Mahomes 15 School
🏈 Part of an elite national network of excellence

🌎 From coast to coast, we represent.
📍 Miami’s Team. America’s Respect.

While others build records,
WE BUILD RESUME. WE LEAVE LEGACY.

19/04/2026

Miami Central was honored to host.

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08/04/2026

The Mighty ROCKETS!

Warm Up

18/03/2026

Head Coach Derrick Gibson is building something special for the 2026 season, a great team, a great coaching staff, and rebuilding our championship mindset at Miami Central Senior High School. This is year two as our head coach.

Gibson is a former FSU star safety and 1st round draft pick, and won 5 state championships as a coach and defensive coordinator at Miami Central. He finished his first season at Miami Central 10–2 and advanced to the 3rd round of the playoffs, bringing elite experience and leadership back to 95th Street.

We are striving to win our tenth state championship in 17 years.

Calling out our Green Jacket Club, Boosters, and Alumni. We need you behind us as we chase greatness once again. Let’s pack Traz Powell, show up, and ball out like only Miami Central can.

The mission is clear.

17/03/2026

🏆 Principal’s Honor Roll Celebration at Miami Central Senior High! 🚀💚

Today we proudly celebrated our Principal’s Honor Roll scholars and their commitment to academic excellence. These outstanding Rockets continue to demonstrate what it means to work hard, stay focused, and achieve at a high level.

A special thank you to the Miami Central Alumni for helping make this celebration possible, and sincere appreciation to Lorna’s Caribbean & American Grille for graciously hosting our students and providing a wonderful meal.

To our scholars: we are proud of you. Keep striving for greatness and keep leading the way.

It is always a great time to be a Rocket! 🚀💚

15/03/2026

Parents, please log in to the M-DCPS Parent Portal at dadeschools.net and click the Admissions Application tile to view and accept your offer.

At Miami Central Senior High School, students thrive in our innovative, award-winning NAF academies:

• Academy of Finance
• Academy of Hospitality and Tourism (Culinary Arts)
• Academy of Information Technology

Another step forward for Operation A as we prepare Rockets for college, careers, and leadership.

🚀 It is a great time to be a Rocket.

28/02/2026

Welcome our new Head Coach for 2026

28/02/2026

It’s back.

After a two-year hiatus, Alumni Career Day returns to Miami Central Senior High School on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

This day is about legacy. It is about pride. It is about showing our students what is possible. Rockets are thriving in every industry of professional endeavor. Our graduates are leading in medicine, law, education, engineering, entrepreneurship, public service, technology, the arts, and the skilled trades. They are building companies, saving lives, serving communities, and shaping the future.

When our alumni walk back through these doors, it sends a clear message to every student in the building. Excellence lives here. Success starts here. The path forward is real.
We expect to see the house filled with proud Rocket graduates ready to pour into the next generation. Your presence matters. Your story matters. Your journey matters.

This is how we continue to instill Rocket pride. This is how we remind our students that greatness is not far away. It is part of who we are.

Once a Rocket, always a Rocket. 🚀

16/02/2026

16/02/2026

If you are looking for an inner city high school that is truly on the move, choose Miami Central. We are not just providing students with access to school and remediation. We are intentionally offering advanced academic opportunities that prepare students for college and beyond.

Miami Central is and a on the move. We offer a growing lineup of Dual Enrollment and Advanced Placement courses, and we continue to expand academic programming every year. Dual Enrollment courses are real college courses taken at Miami Central, allowing students to earn college credit while still in high school and helping families save significant money on the college journey.

Our students benefit from partnerships with Florida International University, Miami Dade College, St. Thomas University, and the National Education Equity Lab, with additional virtual dual enrollment opportunities through institutions such as the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), Howard University, Florida A&M University, Stanford University, Harvard University, Princeton University, Brown University, Cornell University, Georgetown University, Dartmouth College, Barnard College, Spelman College, Morehouse College, Arizona State University, and the University of California system, among others, each semester. Many students even earn their Associate of Arts degree through Miami Dade College before graduating high school.

Students who earn a 3 or higher on AP exams often receive college credit at the majority of colleges and universities across the United States. Strong performance in Dual Enrollment and AP courses prepares our students for the rigor of college, giving them the confidence, skills, and academic foundation to succeed at the next level.

16/02/2026

Since 2010, no public high school football program in America has played more out of state opponents than Miami Central. And through three different principals, four athletic directors, and four head football coaches, Miami Central has stayed committed to playing elite national competition.

People always ask why:

1. We prepare student athletes for
college.
2. We expose students who may
never play football in college
to a college style experience.
3. Win, lose, or draw, your team
comes back tougher and ready
for the rigors of the playoffs.
4. It has become a private school
world, and you must play the
best of the best to stay
relevant.
5. Our fans travel well for high
school football.
6. As they say in the streets, we
duck no smoke.

Miami Central stays on the national stage.

MIAMI CENTRAL OUT OF STATE OR AGAINST IMG ACADEMY 2010 TO 2023
Overall Record Including Bowl Win: 7 and 9

🏆 MIAMI CENTRAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

⭐ Special Note: 2022 is the only undefeated season and a share of a National Championship.

🏆 2010
September 3 at Camden County Georgia, Loss 45 to 42
September 11 vs Madison Dallas Texas, Win 48 to 6
October 29 at Prattville Alabama, Win 49 to 28

2011
September 23 at Elder Ohio, Loss 24 to 21, Forfeit
Miami Central won the game on the field, but the result was later changed due to a forfeit.

🏆 2012
August 31 at Grayson Georgia, Loss 35 to 3

🏆 2013
No out of state opponents

🏆 2014
August 23 at Hoover Alabama, Win 24 to 21
August 30 at Stephenson Georgia, Win 21 to 20
December 27 vs Bothell Washington, Win 37 to 27
Inaugural Burger King State Champions Bowl Series Champions

🏆 2015
August 29 at DeMatha Maryland, Loss 38 to 14

2017
September 8 at Bishop Gorman Nevada, Win 24 to 20
September 22 vs IMG Academy Florida, Loss 24 to 15

2018
September 8 at St John’s DC, Loss 37 to 34 in 5 overtimes

🏆 2019
August 24 vs St Frances Academy Maryland, Loss 49 to 13

🏆 2020
No out of state opponents

🏆 2021
August 20 at St John Bosco California, Loss 35 to 12
September 4 vs Bishop Gorman Nevada, Loss 21 to 20

🏆 2022
August 26 at IMG Academy Florida, Win 20 to 14

2023
September 1 at Bishop Gorman Nevada, Loss 39 to 35

2026 Season National Matchups
Orange Lutheran from Los Angeles, California
Buford from Georgia, the defending high school national champions

Rocket Pride.