Media Release

4/27/2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 26, 2017

Contact: Dawn A. Miceli

203.752.2617

E-mail: dmiceli@hamdenhall.org

Hamden Hall Country Day School

1108 Whitney Ave.

Hamden, CT 06517

Hamden Hall Announces New Varsity Boys’ Basketball Coach and Director of Hamden Hall Basketball Club.

Hamden Hall Country Day School is pleased to announce that Sean Doherty of Hamden has been appointed the Head Varsity Boys’ Basketball Coach. Doherty formerly served as an assistant coach on Tom Moore’s staff at Quinnipiac University and brings 20 years of collegiate coaching experience to the Hornets’ court. In addition to his coaching duties, Doherty will serve as Director of the Hamden Hall Basketball Club, a new initiative for the school.

“I'm humbled and honored to be the next Head Coach that will strive to maintain this winning culture and lead this program to new heights in the years to come,” said Doherty. “I also want to thank Coach Dave Beckerman and his staff for the tradition of excellence they have built and maintained for so many years.”

Doherty’s appointment follows the retirement of Beckerman, Hamden Hall’s legendary coach, who just completed a second stint with Hamden Hall. After retiring from the school in 2004, Beckerman returned to the program in 2015 and coached two successful seasons. He amassed a 536-143 record and won his 500^th career game while coaching his beloved Hornets.

“Sean will not only continue building the outstanding boys’ basketball program that Coach Beckerman left him, but he will also utilize Hamden Hall’s state-of-the-art athletic facility to build a robust boys and girls basketball club during the evening and weekend hours,” said Athletic Director David Doyle.

During the last two seasons, the Hornets won 35 games and earned berths in both the Fairchester League Tournament and the New England Prep School Athletic Council Class C Tournament semi-finals.

“Coach Doherty has very large shoes to fill, but we are confident that Sean will do a great job coaching the varsity team and building the new basketball club. The Beckerman Athletic Center is such a wonderful facility, and to be able to offer top clinics and camps to Hamden Hall student-athletes as well as to non-Hamden Hall students of all ages by someone of Sean’s caliber will be truly unique for the Greater New Haven area,” said Head of School Bob Izzo.

Doherty just completed his 10th season with Quinnipiac. Prior to coaching the Division I Bobcats, he served as the head coach at Salem State College in Massachusetts for four years. During his tenure, Doherty produced seven NCAA Tournament appearances and countless all-conference players.

Doherty, a Worcester, Mass., native, began his coaching career at Worcester State in Massachusetts as an assistant to Tom Moore in 1993 after concluding a solid four-year playing career at Worcester State College. He was a four-year letter-winner as a point guard at WSC before graduating in 1992. He also received a master’s degree in education from Assumption College in 1998. A 1987 graduate of Burncoat High School, Doherty was inducted into the Burncoat Hall of Fame in 2003. Sean and his wife, Jennifer, are the parents of three children: Ryan, Ethan and Addison.

The new Hamden Hall Basketball Club will be a full-club program utilizing the premier Beckerman Athletic Center for boys and girls of all age levels throughout the Greater New Haven area. In addition to organizing teams and games, Doherty will coordinate clinics and camps that will provide athletic opportunities for young basketball enthusiasts.

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