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Athletic Director

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

York High School Appoints Two Veteran Athletic Directors to Take the Place of John Rutter

They will serve from January through May.

A message York High School parents received on Wednesday reveals the names of the two retired athletic directors who will temporarily take the place of John Rutter, who has resigned. Both are veterans in the field. Mike Morris is Lyons Township High School's former A.D., and Washington Bush retired from James B. Conant High School in Hoffman Estates. They will share the York AD responsibilities. Both are inductees into the Illinois Athletic Directors Association Hall of Fame. “We feel this is the best way to proceed at this time,” York Principal Diana Smith said. “In the early spring, we will begin an intensive search process to identify a new athletic director for the 2013-14 school year. Because Mike and Washington are both retired, they…

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Former ICHS Basketball Coach and Athletic Director Finds New Home at Oswego High

Oswego welcomes Darren Howard's expertise in expanding opportunities for student athletes and mentoring young coaches, principal said.

The board of Oswego High School District 308 hired former Immaculate Conception High School athletic director and basketball coach Darren Howard as its new athletic director Monday. In a statement released by District 308, Howard, 47, said he is "honored and humbled " to be named to the position. “I look forward to working with the students and staff at OHS to add to the tremendous tradition of this excellent high school," he said. Howard, who served as athletic director at ICHS since June 2003, was also the school's head varsity basketball coach since 2000, leading his team to five consecutive regional titles, including two regional championships. In an interview with the Beacon News, Howard, who has five children ranging in age from 12 …

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Immaculate Conception High School Hires New Athletic Director

New AD has extensive background in special education, coaching and administration; makes the move to Elmhurst from Mount Carmel in Chicago.

Immaculate Conception High School is welcoming Tom Schergen as its new athletic director. Schergen, who most recently served as a special education program director and head boys varsity soccer coach at Mount Carmel High School, also was athletic director for Marist High School in Chicago from 2007 to 2011. ICHS President and Principal Pamela Levar cited Schergen’s professional skills, energy, integrity and enthusiasm for Catholic education as some of the key attributes that led to his selection as new athletic director.  “I am honored to have a successful, proven leader such as Tom Schergen join our administrative team as athletic director,” she said in a prepared statement.  “He understands the importance of athletics in a private high …

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