Wooster’s Athletic Director – Dave MacNutt
Work: 203-830-3991
Cell: 203-470-9943
Home: 860-799-0124
Email: david.macnutt@woosterschool.org
Responsibilities: Include, but are not limited to, budgeting, training, directing, purchasing, inventory monitor, scheduling, transportation, hiring, evaluating Coaches and physical education teachers, counseling students, securing officials, writing and implementing policy, writing college recommendations, organizing annual sports banquet, representing Wooster at more than 15 league meetings per year, coordinating school van use and licensing, web page content, oversee all afternoon activity sign-ups, oversee all aspects of gym and field use, teaching physical education classes, overseeing the K-12 physical education program, lining fields, retention efforts, attraction efforts, seasonal athletic schedules, attend and present at multiple school events such as Open Houses, Board of Trustee meetings, attend weekly meetings such as Leadership Team, faculty, and department, prep special events in the gymnasiums, daily updating of the athletic hotline phone number, daily supervision of two jobs period workers, coordinate the annual Athletic Hall of Fame efforts, and respond within 24 hours to all emails and phone calls.
Experience:
1992 – Present: Wooster School, Danbury, CT (K-12)
Director of Athletics and Physical Education
Co-Director of Afternoon Activities Program
Director and Founder of the Summer at Wooster Program
Leadership Team
Coach: varsity soccer, basketball, baseball, and lacrosse
1989 – 1992: Friends Seminary
Director of Athletics
Physical Education and Health teacher
Coach: varsity soccer, basketball, and basebal
Camp Winaco, Sebago, ME
Director of Athletics
Head Programmer
1988 – 1989: Far Hills Country Day School
Director of Athletics and Physical Education
Coach: varsity soccer, hockey, and lacrosse
1984 – 1988: Rutgers Prep School
Director of Alumni Relations
Physical Education and Health teacher
Coach: varsity soccer, basketball, softball, and lacrosse
Publications:
Authored Physical Education book entitled “Kukamunga”
Authored Independent School Coaching Handbook
Featured in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers 2002-05 and 2007
Professional Associations:
Executive Board of the Hudson Valley Athletic League
Executive Board of the Hudson Valley Lacrosse League
Executive Board of the Hudson Valley Soccer League
NEPSWBA Tournament Director and All-Star game coordinator
Mentor in New England Prep School Coaches Associations
American Alliance for Health and Physical Education
Connecticut Alliance for Health and Physical Education
National Association for Sport and Physical Education
National Association for Girls and Women in Sports
National Soccer Coaches Association
Connecticut State Soccer Coaches Association
National Women’s’ Basketball Coaches Association
US Lacrosse
Coaching Highlights:
39 sportsmanship awards in my tenure at Wooster
19 undefeated seasons in league play
24 trips to NEPSAC tournaments (in 3 sports)
14 varsity girls’ basketball league titles
4 varsity boys’ basketball state titles
4 varsity boys’ soccer league titles
3 varsity boys’ lacrosse state titles
3 varsity girls’ lacrosse league titles
2 varsity boys’ baseball league titles
1 varsity boys’ ice hockey league title
1 varsity girls’ softball state title
640-176 lifetime coaching record
332-43 lifetime basketball coaching record
Education:
Bethany College, Bachelor of Arts (1984)
