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Coach of the Year Award
“Recognizing Excellence in Character, Achievement and Coaching”
This award seeks to recognize and honor “teacher coaches” who have had an impact on the lives of student-athletes, by encouraging them to succeed and by helping them develop self-confidence, ambition, a sound work ethic, and other skills or values necessary or helpful for success in their later lives. Award candidates should have a record of encouraging student-athletes to be well-rounded (i.e. displaying excellence in areas of scholarship, citizenship, fine arts, etc.), as well as a reputation, among their peers and the athletic community, for fair play, good sportsmanship, and the development of these attributes in their student-athletes.
Coach of the Year Award Recipients
2023-2024
MIAA Coaches of the Year | ||
| Coach | School | Sport |
| Jane O'Riordan | Hampshire Regional Middle/High School | Alpine Ski - Girls |
| Joe DeMelo | Seekonk High School | Baseball |
| CJ Neeley | Franklin High School | Basketball – Boys |
| Diana Newcomb | Rockland High School | Basketball - Girls |
| Jeff Bartlett | Danvers High School | Cross Country – Boys |
| Eileen Donahue | Watertown High School | Field Hockey |
| Bryan Aylward | Tewksbury Memorial High School | Football |
| Sean Noonan | Saint John's High School | Golf – Fall |
| Breanna Vacca | Medway High School | Gymnastics – Girls |
| Gino Khachadourian | Winchester High School | Ice Hockey – Boys |
| Tina Beauchemin | Algonquin Regional High School | Ice Hockey – Girls |
| John Isaf | Medfield High School | Lacrosse – Boys |
| Hilary Greene | Mount Greylock Regional School | Nordic Ski - Girls |
| Andrew McLean | Hanover High School | Rugby – Boys |
| Richard (Matt) Amonte | Weymouth High School | Rugby - Girls |
| Phil Fousek | Cambridge Rindge & Latin School | Soccer – Boys |
| Rachael Sprague | Walpole High School | Softball |
| Dave Arinella | East Boston High School | Swimming & Diving - Boys |
| Jessica Pridham | Franklin High School | Swimming & Diving - Girls |
| Len O'Neil | Westborough High School | Tennis – Boys |
| Jessica Walls | Pembroke High School | Tennis - Girls |
| Brian Walsh | Ludlow High School | Track & Field, Indoor – Girls |
| Adam Tanguay | Chicopee High School | Track & Field, Outdoor – Girls |
| Kevin Niceforo | Waltham High School | Unified Basketball |
| Lisa Burger | Franklin High School | Unified Track & Field |
| Pat Cawley | Canton High School | Volleyball – Fall |
NFHS Sectional Coach of the Year Award | ||
| Lisa Downs | Foxborough High School | Basketball - Girls |
| John O'Neill | Quaboag Regional Middle/High School | Field Hockey |
| Brandon Mendez | Old Colony Regional Voc/Tech High School | Football |
| John Maguire | Waltham High School | Ice Hockey - Girls |
| Matthew Wheeler | Shrewsbury High School | Soccer - Boys |
| Kevin Smith | Mansfield High School | Soccer - Girls |
| Stacy Ciccolo | Central Catholic High School | Softball |
| Julie Nocka | Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School | Swimming & Diving - Girls |
| Scott Johnson | Plymouth South High School | Tennis - Boys |
| Peter Boccia | Milford High School | Wrestling |
2022-2023
MIAA Coaches of the Year | ||
| Coach | School | Sport |
| Zach Brown | Franklin High School | Baseball |
| Al Pettway | North High School (Worcester) | Basketball – Boys |
| Lisa Downs | Foxborough High School | Basketball – Girls |
| Rebecca Gauvin | Ludlow High School | Cross Country – Boys |
| Carolina DiBiase | Mansfield High School | Cross Country – Girls |
| John O’Neill | Quaboag Regional Middle/High School (Warren) | Field Hockey |
| Brandon Mendez | Old Colony Regional Voc/Tech HS (Rochester) | Football |
| Joel Jenkins | Billerica Memorial High School | Golf – Fall |
| John Anderson | Monomoy Regional High School (Harwich) | Golf – Spring |
| Heather Fusco | Central Catholic High School (Lawrence) | Gymnastics – Girls |
| John Maguire | Waltham High School | Ice Hockey – Boys |
| Allisyn Furano | Needham High School | Ice Hockey – Girls |
| Phil Reuland | Winchester High School | Lacrosse – Boys |
| Stacey Beaulieu | Triton Regional High School (Byfield) | Lacrosse – Girls |
| Ryan Kiff | Blue Hills Regional Technical School (Canton) | Rugby – Boys |
| Matthew Wheeler | Shrewsbury High School | Soccer – Boys |
| Kevin Smith | Mansfield High School | Soccer – Girls |
| Stacy Ciccolo | Central Catholic High School (Lawrence) | Softball |
| Julie Nocka | Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School | Swimming & Diving – Girls |
| Scott Johnson | Plymouth South High School | Tennis – Boys |
| Tristan Smith | Saint Mary’s High School (Lynn) | Track & Field, Indoor – Boys |
| Ryan Spinney | North Reading High School | Track & Field, Outdoor – Boys |
| Mike Persenaire | Whitinsville Christian School | Track & Field, Outdoor – Girls |
| John Leighton | Franklin High School | Unified Basketball |
| Jared Shannon | Wahconah Regional High School | Unified Track & Field |
| Allison Luppi | Tewksbury Memorial High School | Volleyball – Fall |
| Peter Boccia | Milford High School | Wrestling |
NFHS Sectional Coach of the Year Award | ||
| Kristen Igoe | Franklin High School | Girls Lacrosse |
| Erik Mandell | Minnechaug Regional High School | Boys Swimming & Diving |
| Matthew Goldberg | Concord-Carlisle High School | Girls Swimming & Diving |
| Dawn Diedricksen | Hingham High School | Girls Outdoor Track & Field |
NFHS National Coach of the Year Award | ||
| Dan Shine | Arlington Catholic High School | Boys Ice Hockey |
2021-2022
| Steve Simoes | Hopkinton High School | Baseball |
| Kalon Jenkins | Randolph High School | Basketball – Boys |
| Matthew Ramponi | North Quincy High School | Basketball – Girls |
| Kyle Sousa | Oliver Ames High School | Cross Country – Boys |
| Heather Joyce | Westwood High School | Field Hockey |
| Eddie Blum | North Reading High School | Football |
| Linda Healy | Ursuline Academy | Golf – Spring |
| Bill Kane | Groton-Dunstable Reg. HS/Acton-Boxborough Reg. HS | Gymnastics – Girls |
| Dan Shine | Arlington Catholic High School | Ice Hockey – Boys |
| John Findley | Notre Dame Academy – Hingham | Ice Hockey – Girls |
| Matt Biggs | Nashoba Regional High School | Lacrosse – Boys |
| Kristin Igoe | Franklin High School | Lacrosse – Girls |
| Ryan Casey | Weymouth High School | Rugby – Boys |
| Sarah Greeley | Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School | Rugby – Girls |
| Dan McGrath | Reading Memorial High School | Soccer – Boys |
| John Hickey | Greenfield High School | Softball |
| Erik Mandell | Minnechaug Regional High School | Swimming & Diving – Boys |
| Matthew Goldberg | Concord-Carlisle High School | Swimming & Diving – Girls |
| Michael Morgan | Somerville High School | Tennis – Boys |
| Joe Maher | Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School | Tennis – Girls |
| Ian Butterfield | Shrewsbury High School | Track & Field, Indoor – Boys |
| Casey Kaldenberg | Littleton High School | Track & Field, Outdoor – Boys |
| Dawn Diedricksen | Hingham High School | Track & Field, Outdoor – Girls |
| Ann Valacer | Groton-Dunstable Regional High School | Unified Basketball |
| Charlie Ferro | Walpole High School | Unified Track & Field |
| Tyler Wingate | Westfield High School | Volleyball – Spring |
| Paul Canniff | Hingham High School | Wrestling |
2020-2021
Gerry Lambert | Xaverian Brothers High School | Baseball |
Tony Cordani | Hopedale Jr-Sr High School | Basketball – Boys |
Frank Greene | Lunenburg High School | Basketball – Girls |
James Gonyea | Auburn High School | Cross Country – Boys |
Patricia Provost | Notre Dame Academy – Worcester | Field Hockey |
Sean Mahoney | Marlborough High School | Football |
Ben Kelly | Milton High School | Golf – Fall |
Paula Lupien | Franklin High School | Gymnastics – Girls |
Jonathan Abban | Hanover High School | Ice Hockey – Boys |
Michelle Roach | Peabody Veterans Memorial High School | Ice Hockey – Girls |
Jesse Nocon | Cambridge Rindge and Latin | Rugby – Boys |
John Barata | Oliver Ames High School | Soccer – Boys |
Elizabeth Walsh | Duxbury High School | Swimming & Diving |
Joan Cutter | Sharon High School | Tennis – Boys |
Geoff Swett | Wareham High School | Tennis – Girls |
Derek Rose | Milford High School | Track & Field, Indoor – Boys |
Moira Nobili | Nauset High School | Track & Field, Indoor – Girls |
Nick Davis | South Hadley High School | Track & Field, Outdoor – Girls |
Nick DiAntonio | Natick High School | Unified Track & Field |
Jacqui Niosi | Quincy High School | Volleyball |
Steve Sentes | New Bedford High School | Wrestling |
2019-2020
John Silk | Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School | Baseball |
Sean Ryan | Jeremiah Edward Burke High School | Basketball – Boys |
Jay Keane | Malden Catholic High School | Basketball – Girls |
Perry Pappas | Wakefield Memorial High School | Cross Country – Boys |
Joseph Colbert | Triton Regional High School | Cross Country – Girls |
Karen Gomez | Agawam High School | Field Hockey |
Andrew MacKay | Ashland High School | Football |
Mary O’Brien | Weston High School | Golf – Fall |
Jay Durfee | Notre Dame Academy (Hingham) | Golf – Spring |
Rich Butler | Attleboro High School | Gymnastics – Boys |
Jennifer Wrenn | Medfield High School | Gymnastics – Girls |
John Messuri | Arlington High School | Ice Hockey – Boys |
Edward Amico | Westwood High School | Ice Hockey – Girls |
Wayne Puglisi | Andover High School | Lacrosse – Boys |
Greg Bruce | Belmont High School | Rugby – Boys |
Erik Ruhmann | Westford Academy | Ski, Alpine |
Pat Garrison | Acton-Boxborough Regional High School | Ski, Nordic |
Jared Scarpaci | Masconomet Regional High School | Soccer – Boys |
Stephen Estelle | Gateway Regional High School | Soccer – Girls |
Kathy Georgina | Agawam High School | Softball |
Jean Fedak | Algonquin Regional High School | Swimming & Diving |
Douglas Chapman | Somerset Berkley Regional High School | Tennis – Boys |
Tami Degelder | Plymouth South High School | Tennis – Girls |
John Griffith | Wellesley High School | Track & Field, Indoor – Girls |
John Goda | Pope Francis Preparatory School | Track & Field, Outdoor – Girls |
Joe Zenus | Milford High School | Unified Basketball |
Lauren Tarlow | Needham High School | Unified Track & Field |
Courtney Chaloff | Needham High School | Volleyball |
Deshawn Fentress | Brockton High School | Wrestling |
2018-2019
Dave Fazio | Andover High School | Basketball – Boys |
John Rice | Fenway High School | Basketball – Girls |
Patrick Mahoney | Masconomet High School | Cross Country – Boys |
Joe Chadwick | Mohawk Trail Regional High School | Cross Country – Girls |
Jen Crook | Somerset Berkley Regional High School | Field Hockey |
Michael Ross | West Boylston Middle/High School | Football |
Dick Bliss | Hopkinton High School | Golf – Coed |
Stephen Cudworth | Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School | Gymnastics – Girls |
Matthew Gibbons | North Quincy High School | Ice Hockey – Boys |
Sarah Oteri | Methuen/Tewksbury | Ice Hockey – Girls |
Charles Hardy | Reading Memorial High School | Lacrosse – Boys |
Kara Connerty | Norwell High School | Lacrosse – Girls |
Paul Carty | Boston College High School | Rugby – Boys |
Kate McCable | Belmont High School | Rugby – Girls |
Jim Willis | Cohasset High School | Soccer – Boys |
John Forte | Ursuline Academy | Soccer – Girls |
John Furno | Douglas High School | Softball |
Jim Mercer | Chicopee Comprehensive High School | Swimming & Diving – Boys |
Lois Margeson | Reading Memorial High School | Swimming & Diving – Girls |
Mark Metropolis | St. John’s Preparatory High School | Tennis – Boys |
Robert Jampol | Newton South High School | Tennis – Girls |
Sotirios Pintzopoulos | North Reading High School | Track & Field, Indoor |
Kristin Nelson | Seekonk High School | Unified Basketball |
Kevin Hausmann | Algonquin Regional High School | Unified Track & Field |
George LeVasseur | Danvers High School | Volleyball – Girls |
Peter Connery | Nashoba Regional High School | Wrestling |
2017-2018
| William “Bill” O’Connell | Baseball | Braintree High School |
| Robert “Bob” Boen | Basketball ‐ Boys | Brockton High School |
| Eric Levie | Basketball ‐ Girls | Bishop Stang High School |
| Maureen Noone | Field Hockey | Andover High School |
| Todd Kiley | Football | Holliston High School |
| Gino Faia | Ice Hockey ‐ Boys | Swampscott High School |
| Deb Beal | Ice Hockey ‐ Girls | Cohasset High School/Hanover High School |
| Emily Philbin | Rugby ‐ Girls | Algonquin Regional High School |
| Tom Hill | Soccer ‐ Boys | The Bromfield School |
| Jimmy Hinchion | Soccer ‐ Girls | Danvers High School |
| Adam Cole | Swimming & Diving ‐ Boys | Needham High School |
| Jim Pignato | Swimming & Diving ‐ Girls | Nantucket High School |
| Robert Bilsbury | Tennis ‐ Boys | Manchester Essex Reg. High School |
| Craig Stone | Tennis ‐ Girls | Lynnfield High School |
| Ben Benoit | Track ‐ Cross Country ‐ Boys | Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School |
| Kurt Gustafson | Track ‐ Indoor ‐ Boys | Shrewsbury High School |
| William Gillin | Track ‐ Indoor ‐ Girls | Sutton High School |
| Ed Ryan | Track‐ Outdoor ‐ Girls | Marshfield High School |
| John Breault | Unified Track & Field | Dartmouth High School |
| Ed Wallace | Unified Basketball | Methuen High School |
| Roger Anderson | Volleyball ‐ Girls | Westborough High School |
| Torin Sweeney | Wrestling | Cohasset High School |
2016-2017
| Jeff Johnson | Acton‐Boxborough Regional HS | Boys Swimming & Diving |
| John Geilfuss | Bedford HS | Boys Tennis |
| Tony Gannon | Clinton HS | Boys Basketball |
| Sara (Gigi) Meehan | Cohasset Middle‐HS | Girls Tennis |
| John LeVangie | Cohassset Middle‐HS | Girls Basketball |
| Ray Pavlik | Concord‐Carlisle Regional HS | Boys Soccer |
| Jim Hoar | Dennis‐Yarmouth Regional HS | Girls Cross Country |
| John Todd | Hingham HS | Boys Lacrosse |
| Michelle Perrone | Lynnfield HS | Girls Volleyball |
| Timothy Morris | Melrose HS | Football |
| Steve Beckwith | Nashoba Regional HS | Boys Cross Country |
| Carl Tarabelli | Needham HS | Girls Soccer |
| Meredith Frank McGinnis | Notre Dame Academy | Girls Lacrosse |
| Leanne Roy | Oakmont Regional HS | Field Hockey |
| Fernando Braz | Peabody Veterans Memorial HS | Boys Indoor Track |
| Heather Fulginiti | Shrewsbury HS | Gymnastics |
| Steve Turnblom | Shrewsbury HS | Boys Ice Hockey |
| Frank Panarelli | Shrewsbury HS | Girls Ice Hockey |
| Ken Tocci | Silver Lake Regional HS | Baseball |
| Al Selden | Southwick‐Tolland Regional School | Boys Golf |
| Gary Mullins | Turners Falls HS | Softball |
| Caitlin Klick‐McHugh | Westford Academy | Girls Swimming & Diving |
2015-2016
| Rich Feeley | Agawam High School | Ice Hockey ‐Boys |
| Richard Luongo | Algonquin Regional High School | Lacrosse ‐ Boys |
| Richard Ellis | Braintree High School | Gymnastics ‐ Boys |
| James Crandall | Concord‐Carlisle High School | Volleyball ‐ Girls |
| John Bunar | Duxbury High School | Tennis ‐ Boys |
| George McCabe, Jr. | East Bridgewater Jr/Sr High School | Track & Field (Outdoor) ‐ Boys |
| Barbara Toohey | Hanover High School | Swimming and Diving ‐ Girls |
| Ian Doreian | John D. O’Bryant School of Math & Science | Soccer ‐ Boys |
| Roger Fuller | Methuen High School | Indoor Track ‐ Boys |
| David Fallon | Millis High School | Basketball ‐ Girls |
| Thomas Shaw | Milton High School | Cross Country ‐ Girls |
| Eric Degnan | Monson High School | Soccer ‐ Girls |
| David Reid | Montachusett Reg. Voc. Tech School | Softball |
| Jill Svirida | Monument Mountain Reg. High School | Swimming and Diving ‐ Boys |
| David Powell | Needham High School | Volleyball ‐ Boys |
| Joseph Siciliano | Newton North High School | Baseball |
| Cindy Tilden | Old Rochester Regional High School | Indoor Track ‐ Girls |
| Stephanie Finn | Plymouth South High School | Field Hockey |
| Thomas Bingham | Saint Bernard’s CCHS | Football |
| Kelsey Beaton | Sandwich High School | Lacrosse ‐ Girls |
| Jessie LaValle | Tantasqua Regional High School | Tennis ‐ Girls |
| Brad Simpson | Wakefield High School | Basketball ‐ Boys |
| Ross Ickes | Wakefield High School | Wrestling |
2014-2015
David Wilbur | Beverly High School | Baseball |
Frank Ferreer | Assabet Valley RTHS | Girls Basketball |
Jaime Mariani | Nashoba Regional High School | Field Hockey |
Peter Afanasiw | Cohasset Middle-High School | Football |
Chris Spillane | Franklin High School | Boys Ice Hockey |
Nathan Skermont | Shrewsbury High School | Boys Lacrosse |
Samantha Martyn | Needham High School | Boys & Girls Alpine Ski |
Fran Bositis | Franklin High School | Boys Soccer |
Tom Geysen | Franklin High School | Girls Soccer |
Brian McGan | Hampshire Regional High School | Softball |
David Chaplin | Milford High School | Boys Swimming |
Marilyn Fitzgerald | Andover High School | Girls Swimming |
Michael Wartman | Andover High School | Boys Tennis |
Linda Zacchilli | Milford High School | Boys Volleyball |
Margie Grabmeier | Hopkinton High School | Girls Volleyball |
Manny Costa | St. John’s Preparatory High School | Wrestling |
2013-2014
| Robert Crook | Braintree High School | Boys’ Basketball |
| Kristen McDonnell | Braintree High School | Girls’ Basketball |
| Michael Beckner | Sturgis East Charter Public | Boys’ Cross Country |
| Cara O’Connell | Needham High School | Girls’ Cross Country |
| Ann Simons | Longmeadow High School | Field HOckey |
| David Woods | Bishop Fenwick High School | Football |
| Roger Lauzon | Lynnfield High School | Golf |
| Paula Chausse | Dracut Senior High School | Gymnas�cs |
| David Fasano | Braintree High School | Boys’ Ice Hockey |
| Kent Taylor | Norton High School | Boys’ Outdoor Track |
| Nicholas DiPilato, Jr. | Shrewsbury High School | Girls’ Outdoor Track |
| Graham Taylor | Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School | Ski |
| Michael Elster | Su�on High School | Boys’ Soccer |
| Pam Vaughan | Nashoba Regional High School | Girls’ Soccer |
| George Roy | Dracut Senior High School | So�ball |
| Claude Valle | Weston High School | Boys’ Swimming & Diving |
| Karen Goodwin | Norwood Senior High School | Girls’ Swimming & Diving |
| Drew Lawrence | Needham Senior High School | Boys’ Tennis |
| Geoff Burgess | North A�leborough High School | Girls’ Tennis |
| Neil Macedo | New Bedford High School | Girls’ Volleyball |
2012-2013
| Chris Gould | Amherst‐Pelham Regional High School | Boys’ Outdoor Track |
| Robert L’Homme | Bishop Feehan High School | Girls’ Cross Country Track |
| Thomas Rivet | Chicopee High School | Boys Soccer |
| Donald Savi | Dedham High School | Girls Soccer |
| Chris Sweet | Duxbury High School | Boys Lacrosse |
| Friend Weiler | Duxbury High School | Girls Ice Hockey |
| Kirk Fredericks | Lincoln‐Sudbury Regional High School | Baseball |
| Alyssa Schatzel | Masconomet Reg. High School | Girls Volleyball |
| Brenda Sullivan | Maynard High School | Field Hockey |
| Michael Kirby | Narragansett Regional High School | Softball |
| Robert Ryan | New Bedford High School | Boys Tennis |
| Wayne Griffin | North Attleboro High School | Wrestling |
| Paul Worth | North Shore Technical High School | Football |
| Jose Rocha | Peabody Vet. High School | Boys’ Cross Country |
| Shawn Thornton | Pope John Central Catholic (Everett) | Girls Basketball |
| Jeffrey Nelson | Reading Memorial High School | Boys’ Golf |
| Mark Pierce | St. Bernard’s Central Catholic HS | Boys Basketball |
2011-2012
| Robert Mahoney | Academy of Notre Dame | Girls Volleyball |
| Amelia Davis | Algonquin Regional High School | Gymnastics |
| Kevin Burchill | Braintree High School | Girls Ice Hockey |
| Jack Stoddard | Duxbury High School | Boys Golf |
| Alex Naumann | Everett High School | Boys Ice Hockey |
| Michael Foley | Framingham High School | Swim |
| Fred Jewett | Hingham High School | Indoor Track |
| Jim Leonard | King Philip Regional High School | Softball |
| Phil Maia | Lowell High School | Cross Country Track |
| David Duffy | Needham High School | Football |
| Frank Carey | North Reading High School | Baseball |
| Rick Kates | Notre Dame Academy | Outdoor Track |
| David Gianferante | Notre Dame Academy | Girls Golf |
| Kim Penney | Reading Memorial High School | Girls Basketball |
| David Curley | Rockport Middle/High School | Boys Soccer |
| Edward Scollan | Westford Academy | Boys Basketball |
| Leslie Frank | Westwood High School | Girls Lacrosse |