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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
Diane Burns Stamford Girls Basketball Years as head coach: 7 Full-time profession: Math Teacher at Stamford High School. From the coach: “I grew up in Brewster, New York, and played field hockey, basketball and softball. I attended Felician College in NJ on a basketball scholarship and was a four-year starting point guard and three-year captain. … Read more
Gary Chadwick Wilton Girls Gymnastics Years as head coach: 23 Full-time profession: Physical Education Teacher (retired); Girls Gymnastics Teacher About the coach: Played Football in High School and College, Married to wife JoAnne for 42 years, and had a son and a daughter. His hobby is riding dirt bikes.
Marsha Turek Danbury Girls Cross Country Years as head coach: 15 Other sports coached or currently coaching: Head coach XC at Newtown High 1999-2003; Assistant coach XC Danbury 2004; Head coach track and field at Newtown High 1999-2004. Full-time profession: Teacher, Chemistry 1998-2016; Baking and Pastry, Child Development and Parenting (2016-2020). From the coach: “I … Read more
Chris Laughton Norwalk Boys Soccer Years as head coach: 13 Full-time profession: Norwalk High School Social Studies Department Chair. From the coach: “When I’m not coaching I enjoy spending time with family, especially my two sons (6 and 7 years old), playing basketball and soccer and traveling.” – Chris Laughton
The FCIAC has a long and proud tradition of having plenty of the best boys high school lacrosse players in the country. Some recent examples which confirm that were the many former conference players who were on the rosters of the best college programs in the country and especially with the six former FCIAC players … Read more
For the second straight year and fourth time overall, the National Wrestling Coaches Association has named Danbury wrestling coach Ricky Shook as the Connecticut Coach of the Year. Shook previously won the award in 2008, ’09 and ’19 The Hatters were undefeated this past season (16-0), winning the New England, State Open, Class LL and … Read more