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The FCIAC’s “Run a Mile” and Push Up Challenges were created to give our spring sport athletes an athletic experience and challenge during the month of May, while also thanking our “Front Line Heroes” in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. The slogan for the event was “We Run a Mile Alone to Say Thank … Read more
Jason Shaughnessy Fairfield Warde Wrestling Years as head coach: 23 Other sports coached or currently coaching: Director and coach of the Fairfield PAL wrestling program; Youth soccer coach. Full-time profession: Physical Education teacher at Fairfield Warde HS. From the coach: “I was a 4-year starter at Springfield College and Captain. I was honored as Academic … Read more
Howard White Westhill Boys Basketball Years as head coach: 18 Other sports coached or currently coaching: Coached basketball at Bridgeport Central and Bullard-Havens before coming to Westhill. Full-time profession: Deputy Superintendent State Of Connecticut Bridgeport Juvenile Detention Center. About the coach: More than 200 wins and 31 years overall coaching between Westhill, Central and Bullard … Read more
Jack Nogueira St Joseph Girls Soccer Years as head coach: 22 Full-time profession: School counselor at St Joseph HS About the coach: Married for 20 years to wife Patricia, love to play Golf and run! Owner of Yankee United Futbol club, a premier level girls soccer program in Connecticut.
David Nulf Fairfield Ludlowe Boys Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field Years as head coach: 17 Other sports coached or currently coaching: Assistant coach for boys soccer for many years; currently assistant coach for cross country. Full-time profession: English Teacher at Fairfield-Ludlowe HS From the coach: “I live in Fairfield with my wife and our … Read more
Jeff Brameier Darien Boys Lacrosse Years as head coach: 37+ Winningest coach in Connecticut lacrosse history Other sports coached or currently coaching: Was head coach of Darien football and boys swimming; Coached football for 28-plus years, and swimming for 9-plus years. Full-time profession: Retired teacher; director of lacrosse in regional programs and at Chelsea Piers … Read more
Shaun Gallagher Ridgefield Boys ice hockey Years as head coach: 13 Other sports coached or currently coaching: Girls varsity golf (head coach, 5 seasons), and Girls varsity ice hockey (assistant coach, 3 seasons), both at Ridgefield HS. Coaching youth hockey year-round at various levels has also been a large part of my life for the … Read more
Colin Devine Staples Boys Basketball Years as head coach: 14 Full-time profession: Physical education teacher Staples High School. From the coach: “I Started my coaching career shortly after playing high school basketball at Trumbull High School. I spend my free time with my family, playing golf, and enjoy coaching my twin daughters’ first-grade recreational basketball … Read more
Charlie Anderson Trumbull Wrestling Years as head coach: 12 Other sports coached or currently coaching: Assistant freshman football and girls track and field; Was head coach of Norwalk wrestling for eight years. Full-time profession: Health and physical education teacher at Trumbull High School From the coach: “I have been a member of the Connecticut National … Read more
Recent Fairfield Ludlowe gradate Tess Stapleton has been named the 2019-20 Gatorade Connecticut Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year. The Gatorade Company, in its 35th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, made the announcement Thursday. Stapleton is the first Gatorade Connecticut Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year to … Read more