Brother Rice High School (Michigan)

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Brother Rice High School

Established	1960
Type	Private all-boys secondary
Affiliation	Catholic, Christian Brothers
Principal	David Kozlowski
Students	705
Grades	9–12
Location	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan USA
Website	www.brrice.edu

Brother Rice High School is a Catholic all-boys non-residential college prep school located in Bloomfield Township, Michigan (Bloomfield Hills mailing address). Its address was for many years in neighboring Birmingham, Michigan's postal district and the school is still often called "Birmingham Brother Rice."

It was founded by the Congregation of Christian Brothers in 1960 and named after their founder Edmund Ignatius Rice. The school maintains high academic standards, approximately 655 students, and one of the most successful athletic programs in the state, with 45 state championships. Their head football coach, Al Fracassa is the all time wins leader in Michigan high school football history with 354 wins and was named National High School Coach of the Year in 2005. The Warriors are members of the Michigan High School Athletic Association and compete in the Detroit Catholic League with its rivals being Detroit Catholic Central High School, St. Mary's Preparatory and Detroit Country Day School. The school was the site of a labor battle in 2004 and 2005 when a group of teachers attempted to unionize. However, a state court ruled that that state labor and union boards have no jurisdiction over private religious schools. Since then, John Birney ’76 became the school’s first alumni Principal.