The MSSADA Messenger

Director of Athletics (retired)

Hampshire Regional High School

Twitter: @MSSADA9

Greetings Friends!

It’s my pleasure to welcome you to the 2024-25 school year. Your MSSADA is led this year by President Jim Quatromoni, Athletic Director at Hingham High School. Jim is supported by fellow officers, 1st Vice President Kelly Wolff, 2nd Vice President Jennifer Gouvin, 3rd Vice President Brad Bustin, Past President Tom Tarpey, along with Secretary Tania Rich, and Treasurer Keith Mangan.

This is sure to be an exciting year as we will be celebrating the 50th Anniversary of our MSSADA conference. Your colleagues on the MSSADA Board have been hard at work planning for this very special event to be held in March and I hope that you will be able to join us!

Prior to that, you will all be hard at work with the day-to-day responsibilities within your own schools and districts. We all know the passion and commitment it takes to be an Athletic Administrator but the job cannot be accomplished alone. Having supportive Administrators and colleagues is a necessity. Never hesitate to reach out and communicate with those who “wear the same shoes”. Whether new to this position or a veteran AD, we can all learn from each other.

We have representatives on our board from each of the 9 MIAA districts. Their responsibility is to keep you in the loop with Association news, whether it be information about the National and State conferences, the Mentoring program or of the many LTC courses offered during the year. All of these things can benefit you in your position and I encourage you to take advantage of them. In addition, please take a moment to check out the MSSADA website (www.mssada.org) which offers a lot of interesting and important information.

In closing, I wish you the best as you start this year and hope to see you at our 50th Anniversary celebration in Cape Cod in March!

Proud to serve as your MSSADA Executive Director,

Ann B. Trytko, CAA

MSSADA Executive Director

Director of Athletics

Hingham High School

Email: jquatromoni@hinghamschools.org

Dear Colleagues,

The 2024-2025 school year is upon us. With work-life balance in mind, I hope that each of you had the opportunity to recharge with friends and family during the summer. I am humbled to be serving as your President this year. I take the leadership reins from Tom Tarpey. He will move into his new role as Past President on the Executive Board. Tom’s leadership in collaboration with Executive Director Ann Trytko was instrumental in what was a tremendous 2023-2024 school year. We are fortunate to have them both as part of our leadership team.

I would like to offer a welcome to new athletic directors just getting started in the world of athletic administration. The role you will play in guiding student-athletes and coaches through participation in interscholastic athletics will be tremendously rewarding. It is also exceedingly impactful. We are helping to develop good citizens. Consider Joe Ehrmann’s response when asked about his WHY, “I coach to help boys (and girls) become men (and women) of empathy and integrity who will lead, be responsible, and change the world for good.”

This year, let’s be reminded of the importance of the support of a network. People in your network can be in your league, district or on the other side of the commonwealth. The only people that truly understand our jobs are our colleagues. Never hesitate to reach out to ask a question or seek confirmation. Just as importantly, let us be mindful to check in with each other to help us navigate this school year knowing that we are all in this together. We can all get competitive. That is probably a significant reason we have landed in these positions. We can compete at the highest levels yet still model for our student athletes that it is important to be a good person, and a person that is good to other people.

Please consider involvement in two categories of opportunities that help athletic directors, at any level of experience, improve their ability to do their jobs. The first is involvement in MIAA committee work. Check in with your District Athletic Committee for openings on these committees. The second, is professional development opportunities. Whether it be our annual conference, district workshops, LTC courses or even your league meeting, getting out of your building and interacting with colleagues will help you become a more effective athletic administrator.

This school year marks the 50th anniversary of our MSSADA Conference, magnifying the honor that serving as your President provides me. Please join our Board in celebrating this milestone throughout the year. Our Board is here to serve you. Please reach out to any of us at your convenience. I am looking forward to a tremendous year.

Sincerely,

Jim Quatromoni, CAA

MSSADA President

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / NIAAA LIASON

Ann Trytko - Hampshire Regional HS - Retired

OFFICERS

President - Jim Quatromoni - Hingham HS

1st Vice President - Kelly Wolff - Swampscott HS

2nd Vice President - Jennifer Gouvin - Clinton HS

3rd Vice President - Brad Bustin - Durfee HS

Secretary - Tania Rich - Nashoba Regional HS

Treasurer - Keith Mangan - Bedford HS

Past President - Tom Tarpey - New Bedford HS

BOARD POSITIONS

LTC Coordinator - Karrah Ellis - Franklin HS

MIAA Board of Directors Liaison - Eric Scott - Medfield HS

Director of Communications - Andrew Crisafulli - Dartmouth HS

Web Administrator - Matt Trahan - Old Colony RVTHS

Conference Coordinator - Mike Denise - Blackstone Valley RVTHS

Asst. Conference Coordinator/Awards Chair - Terry Riley - Assabet Valley RVTHS - Retired

MSSADA Mentor Chair - Thom Holdgate - Rising Tide Charter

DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES

District 1 - Matt Marciniec - Palmer HS

District 2 - Chris Schmidt - Nipmuc RHS

District 3 - Ann Palumbo - Tyngsboro HS

District 4 - Jack Owens - Boston Latin School

District 5 - Cami Molinare - Manchester Essex RHS

District 6 - Sahill Quaisar - Boston Public Schools

District 7 - Eric Scott - Medfield HS

District 8 - Kevin Karo - Brockton HS

District 9 - Peter Serino - Abington HS

AT-LARGE MEMBERS

Sarah Martin - Tri-County RVTHS

Lindsey von Holtz - Mount Greylock RHS

RETIRED AD REPRESENTATIVES

Jeff Long - Marlboro HS - Retired

MIAA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Dr. Robert Baldwin

10:00am @ MIAA - Franklin, MA

Mondays

9/9/2024, 10/7/2024, 11/4/2024, 12/2/2024,

1/6/2025, 2/3/2025, 3/3/2025, 5/5/2025, 6/2/2025

Dual membership in the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) is available in Massachusetts, which means that membership dues cover both the state association and the NIAAA. This can provide more benefits than paying for individual membership in each organization.

Please forward any membership questions to our MSSADA Treasurer Keith Mangan: keith_mangan@bedfordps.org

On Monday August 12th, MSSADA offered their annual summer workshop for new Massachusetts ADs at the MIAA in Franklin. A special thank you to MSSADA mentor training program director Thom Holdgate, along with Peter Serino (Abington), Keith Mangan (Bedford), and Jim Quatramoni (Hingham) who presented a robust informational session full of job responsibilities, tips and tricks of the high school Athletic Director's position.

Click on the picture above for the direct link to www.MSSADA.org

(Click on the picture above for the direct link to the NIAA Professional Development Program)

LTC 502 - Monday, November 4th - MIAA OFFICE (8am-12pm)

LTC 501 - Monday, January 6th - MIAA OFFICE (8am-12pm)

LTC 503 will be offered at the 2025 MSSADA Spring Conference

Individuals should log into their NIAAA accounts and review their course transcript. This step will enable individuals to check on credited courses and determine the next level of certification and/or what courses they may still need.

Please contact MSSADA LTC Coordinator Karrah Ellis with any questions regarding certification and/or LTC Classes:

Karrah Ellis - Franklin High School

ellisk@franklinps.net