SPORTS CATEGORY

McCabe Waters Little League-3 years; St. Anthony’s Grammar School Basketball 1960-63; St. Anthony’s Grammar School Baseball 60-63; St. Anthony’s High School Soccer, basketball, baseball 64-65; Bristol Central soccer, basketball, baseball 66-67; coach JV soccer boys 73-86; coach Bristol Park & Rec. Coed, U-12 Boys; U-12 Girls 86-73; Girls coach JV soccer BCHS 1993; head coach girls soccer BCHS 94-present.

CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS YOU WERE ON

St. Anthony Grammar School Basketball American Conference Champs 63 undefeated; CYO Champs undefeated ’63; St. Anthony’s baseball champions American Conference ’63; Boys JV soccer BCHS 14 straight winning seasons back to back undefeated season 77-78 – never had a losing season; Girls Varsity soccer – back to back undefeated seasons ‘99 – 16-0; ‘2000 – 16-0; C.C.C. South Champions 99-2000.

ALL-LEAGUE/ETC. YOU WERE ON

Girls soccer; coached over 40 All Conference players; 3 All State Players; 1 All New England Player.

STATISTICS

Personal: Co-Captain of undefeated St. Anthony’s Grammar School basketball team ’63 League Champions; Captain of St. Anthony’s Grammar School baseball team ’63 League Champions; Captain of Freshman basketball St. Anthony’s ’64 18 pt. average; Captain of Bristol Central High baseball team – ’67; Athlete of the Year at Bristol Central ’67; Batting average over .300# in baseball career; JV soccer Boys Bristol Central 14 straight winning seasons – never had a losing season ’73-86; back to back undefeated seasons ’77-78; during a 5 yr. span was 54-3; overall record after 14 yrs. 134-32-18.  Coached park & rec. ’80-93; coached coed level U-13; coach U-13 boys; coached U-13 girls; during these 7 years coaching all these levels – lost just 1 game. BCHS Girls Soccer – took over program in ’94 that previously had 13 straight losing seasons; in ’97 his team made 1^st tournament appearance and have been there 7 straight years since then.  Had back to back undefeated 16-0 regular seasons in

’99 and ‘2000, both conference championship hears for Central; ’99 team had a record of 17-1; best in school history as well as city history. From ’99-‘2000, ‘2001 had a 46-1-1 record scoring 256 goals, 28 shut outs both city & school records in boys and girls soccer.  Have placed over 40 players on the C.C.C. South All Conference teams; had 3 All State Players in BriAnn Bruni, Tara Peterson, Stephanie O’Neil; 1 All New England player – BriAnn Bruni; ‘2000 team scored 105 goals allowed 4 and recorded 13 shut outs; city & school records both boys or girls; leading scorer in both boys or girls soccer for city and school records – BriAnn Bruni 97 total goals; leading goal keeper in city & school history both boys & girls Tara Peterson, 31 career shut outs.

RECOGNITION YOU HAVE RECEIVED

2002 Connecticut State High Schools Coaches Association Coach of the Year for Girls Soccer.

TELL US MORE

I was born and raised in Bristol all of my life.  I attended St. Anthony’s Grammar School and graduated in ’63.  I then attended St. Anthony’s high for two years and left because they discontinued all sports.  During my Junior and Senior years, I attended Bristol Central High School and earned “Athlete of the Year” in ’67. I then went to Quinnipiac College for two years and transferred to Southern CT. State Univ. earning both a Bachelor and Masters of Science degrees in Physical Education and Health. I have been teaching and coaching in Bristol for 30 years. I am married and will be celebrating my 30^th wedding anniversary in April ‘2004 and I have two children – Christina (25) who is in her 3^rd year teaching Spanish in Newington and my son Michael (21) who will be graduating this May from Keene State College in Keen New Hampshire.  NOTE:  105 Wins/54 Losses/ 14 ties.

SCHOLARSHIP/ACADEMICS