Ferreer Named 2015 Coach of the Year

 

MARLBORO -- The MIAA Educational Athletics Department and Coaches Education Program recently announced that Frank Ferreer is the 2014-2015 recipient of the Girls Basketball Coach of the Year Award.

 

According to the nomination packet, “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, 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.”

 

In his letter to Mr. Ferreer, MIAA Assistant Director Dick Baker said that his selection “was based upon excellence of character, impact upon students and community, and coaching quality.”

 

Mr. Ferreer has coached at Assabet Valley since 2004, and has compiled over 180 wins, taking the team to two vocational championships, six Vocational Tournament appearances, five Colonial Athletic League titles and 12 consecutive district qualifying seasons. This year he was also honored for achieving his 300th career win as a girls basketball coach. In addition to coaching, Mr. Ferreer is also the Student Council Adviser, a member of the 3-5 Year Strategic Planning Committee, teaches social studies, leadership, and Advance Placement US Government, and was the 2010-11 Assabet National Honor Society Honorary inductee.