Stephens Named National Coach of the Year

U.S. Squash, the New York City-based national organization overseeing the sport, has recognized Brunswick Squash Coach Jim Stephens as 2014 U.S. Squash National Coach of the Year.
 
For the first time in the organization's history, a high school coach has garnered its most prestigious award, U.S. Squash president and CEO Kevin Klipstein said. 
 
Klipstein was on hand to present the honor on Thursday, March 12, during Brunswick's 85th Annual Father-Son Dinner.
 
Although Stephens coached Bruins Squash to New England and National championships in 2015, Klipstein made special note that the award was being conferred to recognize his work and achievement prior to this season.
 
"Coach Stephens represents leadership and mentoring at the highest level,” Klipstein said.
 
“He is known throughout the squash community for impressing values of fairness, teamwork, and accountability on all of his players — lessons that will reverberate throughout generations to come.”
 
Stephens has seen thousands of matches, coached hundreds of players, and guided dozens of teams in his 30 years of experience on the court — dating back to his first season at Brunswick in 1985–86.
 
His success has been staggering.
 
Prior to this winter, Stephens’s teams had won 12 New England Interscholastic Team Championships and compiled more than 350 match victories. 54 players had won individual New England crowns — and his best-ever season was still yet to come.
 
In the 2013–14 collegiate squash season, 19 Brunswick alumni could be found on Division I rosters, six serving as team captains.
 
The crowd of Brunswick fathers and sons rose to join Klipstein in a resounding ovation to honor Stephens's decades of coaching excellence.

"It was very unexpected," Stephens said. "I'm humbled."
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