MASSACHUSETTS BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL HALL OF FAME BANQUET NOVEMBER 2006 SPONSORED BY

Hall of Fame Banquet Program Sunday Evening, November 19, 2006 Henry M. Hogan Center The College of the Holy Cross Welcome -- MBCA President Steve Manguso Blessing -- Bill Gibbons, Sr. Dinner Introduction of MBCA Executive Board Presentation of Awards Past President's Award Player of the Year Awards Victory Club Awards Assistant Coaches of the Year Awards Coaches of the Year Awards Presidential Special Service Awards Leo Miller Award Introduction of Hall of Fame Members Dick Arieta Dick LaDuke Jerry Phillips Closing Remarks

Balance in Basketball (and Life) Balance is perhaps the most important word for a player or coach to keep in mind. You have to have emotional balance. You have to have physical balance. You have to have mental balance. As coach I had to teach players individual balance, and then the balance of losing themselves in the group for the greater good of the team. Balance means keeping things in proper perspective, not permitting either excessive exuberance or dejection to interfere with preparation, performance, or subsequent individual or team behavior. Balance is important in many aspects of basketball. Besides physical, emotional, and mental balance, we need squad balance, rebounding balance, offensive balance, defensive balance, size balance. Balance, balance, balance. The same thing is true in life. We must have physical, emotional, and mental balance; balance between making a living and making a home. We must keep things in perspective, both the good and the bad. And we must listen to achieve that balance. Listen and observe at home and work. Balance the work against the play. Achieving balance in life (or basketball) requires great, great effort, desire, and alertness. Life is complicated, and it's easy to get things totally out of balance. That's when you have a problem.

John Wooden

Hall of Fame Banquet Program President's Message On behalf of the Massachusetts Basketball Coaches Association, I would like to welcome you to the 2006 Hall of Fame Banquet. I would also like to extend my sincere thanks to The College of the Holy Cross for serving as our host this evening and to Spalding for their continued financial support of this event. The dedication and commitment of our Executive Board this past year has made my tenure as President rewarding and memorable. In particular, Don Byron, our Clinic Chairman, did an outstanding job to plan a first-rate clinic, and Mark Donahue has worked numerous hours to make this banquet one that will be enjoyed by all. I would like to congratulate our Hall of Fame inductees, Dick Arieta, Dick LaDuke, and Jerry Phillips. These three successful coaches have positively affected countless student-athletes throughout their careers and rightfully join the ranks of our other esteemed Hall of Fame coaches. It is also a great honor to present the Presidential Awards to three people who have contributed to the game in their own special ways. Emilio Diotalevi, Dale Hava, and Lenny Megliola have always made the game of basketball and the student-athletes with whom they deal their first priority. Scott Eaton is our deserving Leo Miller Award winner. As a Past President and our Graphic Communications Director, Scott has worked tirelessly for this organization. As we prepare for this upcoming season, I urge you to reflect on the tremendous responsibility that each of us has to our student-athletes. The young men and women whom we coach deserve our best efforts to provide them with nothing less than a great experience. This evening, as we acknowledge some of the best coaching performances of this past year, we also salute all of our coaches and MBCA members who carry out their jobs with dignity and honor. To all of our MBCA members and coaches, I would like to extend my thanks for your dedication and hard work and best wishes for an enjoyable and successful season.

Respectfully, Steve Manguso, MBCA President 2006-07

MBCA Hall of Fame -- 2006 Inductee Dick Arieta

Dick Arieta began his coaching career at Fairhaven High School as the Assistant Basketball Coach, Head Football Coach, and Golf Coach. Dick then became the Varsity Basketball Coach at Silver Lake Regional High School where he coached for thirty years. During his tenure, Dick enjoyed 407 victories with ten league championships and 23 State Tournament appearances. Dick also owned and operated basketball camps for 26 years and is currently an owner of the Plymouth Sports Dome. Coach Arieta has been honored with numerous awards for his coaching efforts over the years.

MBCA Hall of Fame -- 2006 Inductee Dick LaDuke Coach Dick LaDuke was the head basketball coach at Westboro High School for 33 years winning over 400 games in an outstanding coaching career. Westboro qualified for twenty Central Mass District Tournaments, reaching the finals four times, and winning one Central title. The Rangers also qualified for the Clark Tournament twenty times under Coach LaDuke's leadership playing in six finals, and winning four Clark titles. Dick's teams won twelve league titles playing in the Midland and Midland-Wachusett Leagues. Westboro also won the CerviniHardy Sportsmanship Award given out annually in Central Mass. Coach LaDuke has been named Middlesex News Coach of the Year three times and also received the MBCA Coach of the Year Award in Central Mass.

MBCA Hall of Fame -- 2006 Inductee Jerry Phillips

Jerry Phillips began his coaching career as an assistant to Ron Perry Sr. at Catholic Memorial High School in 1966. After two years at CM, he became the assistant coach at Newton High School under Al Fortune. Jerry became the head coach at Newton High School in 1969. As head coach at Newton North High School, Jerry's teams won 372 and lost 238 in both the very competitive Suburban and Bay State Leagues. Jerry's teams have qualified for 16 State Tournaments and have won eight league championships. He has won numerous League Coach of the Year Awards as well as the Greater Boston Referees Coach of the Year Award. Jerry is currently retired and spends his time between Cape Cod and Florida where he runs community parks' basketball programs.

2006 Presidential Special Service Awards Emilio E. Diotalevi Emilio Diotalevi has had a major influence on Central MA basketball for the past 33 years. He is a respected IABO official who has worked many Clark Tournament and district playoff games, and he is also the boys' basketball commissioner of the Dual Valley Conference. For the past 21 years, he has been the rules interpreter for Board 208 while training and mentoring officials across the state. Emilio was recently given the prestigious "life member" award, the highest honor a basketball official can receive, at the National IABO banquet in Rockville, MD. With his extensive knowledge of and passion for the game of basketball, Emilio has significantly impacted Central MA basketball, and we are fortunate that he has served both its student-athletes and officials for so many years.

Dale Hava

Dale Hava has volunteered to promote youth basketball in the Central MA area for over 20 years. In the 1980's, Dale was instrumental in developing Youth Hoop, an age appropriate basketball league that competes throughout the Northeast, and he served as its treasurer for 10 years. Dale was actively involved with Milford area youth basketball for 22 years. He served as president of the Milford Amateur Basketball Association from 1983 to 2004 and also volunteered as an eighth grade basketball coach for 16 years. For the last 17 years Dale has served Central MA student-athletes as an IABO official. Countless young athletes in the Central MA area have benefitted from Dale's passion for the game and his dedication and readiness to serve his community.

2006 Presidential Special Service Awards Lenny Megliola Lenny Megliola has been writing about sports for the past thirty-five years and has received more than thirty New England and national awards for his writing. He currently writes for the Metrowest Daily News, primarily covering professional sports, but still loves to cover what he feels is the purest level of competition, that is, high school sports and basketball in particular. His love of the game and respect for those who teach it and those who play it the right way is always evident in his writing. Lenny has always enjoyed the human element involved in sport. He clearly recognizes the positive impact that sport has on so many of our student-athletes, and his writing reveals that he truly has his finger on the pulse of what's important about high school athletics.

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MASSACHUSETTS BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION 2006-07 EXECUTIVE BOARD President Steve Manguso, Milford 1st Vice-President Tom Gibbons, Wachusett 2nd Vice-President Brian Miller, Easthampton Executive Director (9th PP) John Franceschini, Quincy Graphic Communications Director (7th PP) Scott Eaton, Northern Kentucky Publicity Promotions (19th PP) Nick Papas, Burlington Public Relations (25th PP) Bo Ruggiero, Foxboro Treasurer Dean O'Connor, Franklin Member Services John Fusco, Winchester Clinic Chairperson Don Byron, Abington Hall of Fame Chairperson Mark Donahue, Uxbridge Secretary Al Pettway, Worcester North Assistant Secretary Ilya Nicholas, Marlboro Executive Director emeritus (21st PP) Joe Amorosino, Charlotte Hornets

PAST PRESIDENTS 1st Past President 2nd Past President 3rd Past President 4th Past President 5th Past President 6th Past President 7th Past President 8th Past President 9th Past President 10th Past President 11th Past President 12th Past President 13th Past President 14th Past President 15th Past President 16th Past President

Dennis Dextradeur Quabbin Brian Buckley North Quincy Kevin McDermott Billerica Jim Diamantopoulos Shrewsbury Bill Devine Monson John Sullivan Milton Scott Eaton Northern Kentucky Jeanne Bonneau New Bedford John Franceschini Quincy Tom Flynn Bromfield Jim Daley Whitman-Hanson Ed Ladley Wahconah Dick Sizer Daniel Webster Ernie Green Boston English Laney Clement-Holbrook Oliver Ames Glen Field Dighton-Rehoboth

MASSACHUSETTS BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION PAST PRESIDENTS (continued) 17th Past President 18th Past President 19th Past President 20th Past President 21st Past President 22nd Past President 23rd Past President 24th Past President 25th Past President 26th Past President 27th Past President 28th Past President 29th Past President 30th Past President 31st Past President 32nd Past President 33rd Past President 34th Past President 35th Past President 36th Past President 37th Past President 38th Past President 39th Past President 40th Past President 41st Past President 42nd Past President 43rd Past President 44th Past President 45th Past President

Bill Gibbons Ron Buelow Nick Papas John Cody Joe Amorosino Ron Schofield Phil Moresi Ellis Lane Bo Ruggiero Tom Keough John McGrath Leo Miller Dick LaMothe Paul Sargent Dick Graves Jack Lehane John Flaherty Ken Nolet Bill Wyman Sherm Kinney Don Slaven Robert Welch Charles Christie A. Scott MacKinlay John Killilea George Taylor Fred Herget Arthur Boyle Mel Wenner

Worcester Doherty Amherst College Melrose Arlington Boston University Nashoba Regional Ashland Wakefield Medfield Holliston Danvers Nauset Regional Newburyport West Bridgewater Barnstable Brockton Worcester Norwood Oakmont Regional Manchester Don Bosco Gloucester Natick Rockland Melrose Beverly Braintree Malden Belmont

2006 MBCA Coaching Awards COACHES OF THE YEAR Division I Division II Division III

Central Girls Barry Finneron Kim Landry Dick Gowen

Holy Name St. Bernard's Quaboag Regional

Division I Division II Division III

Central Boys Paul Bilodeau Ethan Roe Tony Paranto

Westboro Blackstone-Millville Bartlett

Division I Division II Division III Division IV

North Girls Mike Crowley Lowell Bob Romeo Masconomet Regional Amanda Zegarowski Ipswich Patricia Fleming Great Lawrence

Division I Division II Division III Division IV

North Boys Don Nally Tom Sullivan Jim McCune Leo Boucher

Division I Division II Division III Division IV

South Girls Nicholas Krot Braintree Laney Clement-Holbrook Oliver Ames Pat Lamb Cardinal Spellman Rita Atkinson Marian

Division I Division II Division III Division IV

South Boys Dennis Wilson Gordon Cushing Ged Phelan Jim Quatromoni

Malden Concord-Carlisle Wilmington St. Clement

Madison Park Duxbury Archbishop Williams Hull

2006 MBCA Coaching Awards COACHES OF THE YEAR Division I Division II Division III

West Girls Amanda Theriault Jack Zabek Mike Gill

Chicopee Frontier Regional Granby

Division I Division II Division III

West Boys Doug Fraser Bob Prattico Dan Sullivan

Minnechaug Holyoke Catholic Sabis

VICTORY CLUB 300 Victories Bill Riley John LeVangie

Westwood Cohasset 400 Victories

James Daley

Whitman-Hanson

ASSISTANT COACHES OF THE YEAR Central Girls Central Boys North Girls North Boys South Girls South Boys West Girls West Boys

Bill Emrich Jason Ayer Brenda Burke Tom Brincklow Joe Strazdes Chris Beatrice Steve Menard Mike O'Connell

Tantasqua Quabbin Waltham Lexington Scituate Abington Chicopee Comprehensive Gateway

LEO MILLER AWARD Scott Eaton

Northern Kentucky

2006 MBCA Awards PLAYERS OF THE YEAR Central Girls Kelsey O'Keefe Central Boys Bryan Riley North Girls Shae Fitzpatrick North Boys Jimmy O'Keefe South Girls Brittany Engle State Player of the Year and South Boys Anthony Gurley State Player of the Year and West Girls Necole Evans West Boys Ray Witkos

Wachusett Wachusett Lynnfield Lexington Oliver Ames Newton North Springfield Central Holyoke Catholic

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MASSACHUSETTS BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME Monroe Maclean Arthur Staff Buster Sherry Luke Urban Henry McCarthy W. G. Grinell Vin Cronin Edward McDonough Francis Carey Arnold R. Auerbach Merle Miles Arthur Quinn George Taylor Howard Tozier Melton "Mel" Wenner Melvin Entin William Wise Dick Morey Winston Dodge Marty O'Malley Bill Mokray Frank Moynihan Edward "Doc" Abel James Sullivan David J. Murphy Phillip E. O'Connell John Skarzynski Glenn O'Brien Val Muscato John Killilea Clement S. Spillane Fred Herget Bob Devlin James Hayes Thomas Landers

Quincy Brockton Worcester Durfee MIT Brookline Somerville Spencer Natick Boston Celtics Westfield Waltham Beverly Attleborough Belmont Fairhaven Springfield Abington Fairhaven Worcester Boston Celtics Pittsfield Lexington Somerville Provincetown Worcester Smith Academy Salem Oliver Ames Melrose Wareham Braintree St. John's (Shrewsbury) Concord-Carlisle South Hadley

1964 1964 1965 1965 1965 1965 1966 1967 1967 1967 1968 1968 1969 1969 1970 1970 1971 1972 1972 1972 1973 1973 1973 1974 1974 1974 1975 1975 1976 1976 1977 1977 1978 1978 1978

MASSACHUSETTS BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME (continued) Arthur Fox John Flaherty John T. Concord Lawrence Folloni William Summers Ron Perry Richard Graves William B. Moge Earl Tonet John Doldoorian Al Palmieri Edward Culhane Charles Dunbar Richard Lynch Jinx O'Connor John P. Sheehan Charles Bibaud Roland V. Massimino John C. O'Brien Donald Slaven Jack Lehane Bob Licare Kathy Delaney-Smith Will Hixon Sherm Kinney Jack Nobrega Charlie Christie Skip Karam Max Moczulewski Paul Sargent

Pittsfield Doherty (Worcester) Bridgewater-Raynham Framingham Catholic Memorial Barnstable Chicopee Hampshire Regional Northbridge Dartmouth Rindge Tech Harwich Swampscott Holyoke Winthrop St. John's (Shrewsbury) Lexington Bishop Stang Brookline Brockton North Andover Westwood Andover Hamilton-Wenham Holy Family Natick Durfee Hatfield West Bridgewater

1979 1979 1979 1980 1980 1980 1981 1981 1981 1982 1982 1983 1983 1983 1984 1984 1984 1985 1985 1985 1986 1986 1986 1987 1987 1987 1988 1988 1988 1988

MASSACHUSETTS BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME (continued) Dudley D. Davenport George Finnegan Rick Janes Joe Madigan Edward Amaral Mary Duggan Watson Joseph Amorosino Bill Gibbons Vi Goodnow Mike Jarvis Ellis Lane Jim Doherty Bo Ruggiero Wayne Wilson Ed Burley H. William Ferris Robert Coakley Ann Ash Zelesky David Kinne William Wyman George Horton Martin Finnegan Philip Philip Richard Kelly Dorothy Chadwick John McGrath Robert McKenna Joseph Walsh

Sharon Bartlett Easthampton Boston Cathedral Hanover Rockland Quincy Doherty (Worcester) Frontier Cambridge Rindge and Latin Wakefield Dom Savio Medfield Fairhaven Boston English Burncoat Taconic St. Peter-Marian Monument Mountain Oakmont Regional Lincoln-Sudbury Quincy Algonquin Abington Methuen Danvers St. John's (Danvers) Holy Name (Worcester)

1989 1989 1989 1989 1990 1990 1990 1991 1991 1991 1991 1992 1992 1992 1993 1993 1993 1994 1994 1994 1995 1995 1995 1995 1996 1996 1996 1996

MASSACHUSETTS BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME (continued) Jeffrey Keating Charlestown Philip "Smokey" Moresi Ashland Ann Papagiotas Ipswich Thomas Keough Holliston Robert "Knobby" Nolan North Quincy Paul Procopio St. Joseph's (Pittsfield) Jim Calhoun UConn Fred Lafave Lenox Doug Grutchfield Fitchburg Leo Miller Nauset Bob Foley St. John's (Shrewsbury) Charlie Gallivan Hyde Park Henry McCarthy Winthrop Walter Perry Somerville James Brogioli Wareham William Kearns Weymouth William Nixon Oliver Ames Susan Brainard Walpole Don Klocek Hopedale Ed Miller Quincy Ed Hippert Leicester Charlie Ryan Lowell Jay Schofield Martha's Vineyard Lou Conte Agawam Don Cushing Bartlett Mike Goodless Milton Joe Day Catholic Memorial / J.E. Burke Ron Dunham Millbury / Acton-Boxborough Stephen Romasco Sutton Richard Stachowicz Lunenburg Dick Arieta Silver Lake Dick LaDuke Westboro Jerry Phillips Newton North

1997 1997 1997 1998 1998 1998 1999 1999 1999 1999 2000 2000 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002 2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006

A special thank you goes to all of the MBCA Past Presidents and Hall of Fame Award Recipients who took part in the MBCA "Sixth Man" sponsorship program.

The Final Four ($100) Scott Eaton Philip Philip Charles Ryan Mary Duggan Watson

The Elite Eight ($75) Brian Buckley

The Sweet Sixteen ($50) Jeanne Bonneau Laney Clement-Holbrook Joseph Day John Franceschini Rick Janes William Kearns Jack Nobrega Nick Papas Jay Schofield John Sullivan

The Big Dance ($25) Charles Bibaud James Brogioli Robert Coakley Lou Conte Kathy Delaney-Smith Robert Foley Charles Gallivan Bill Gibbons Robert Licare Richard Lynch Eddie Miller Leo Miller Walter Perry Dick Sizer Earl Tonet William Wyman

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MBCA HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES AND AWARD WINNERS

To the Reader: In order for us to keep the information in this booklet as accurate as possible, we depend upon on membership and friends to notify us of any changes or corrections that have to be made. If you have any changes or corrections, please send them to: Scott Eaton, Senior Associate Athletic Director, Northern Kentucky University, AHC 250A, Highland Heights, KY 41099 or at [email protected]. Thank you in advance for your assistance.