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Photo: Matthew Brown / Hearst Connecticut Media
Danbury coach Jackie DiNardo reacts to the action on the court against Stamford during an FCIAC girls basketball game at Stamford High School in Stamford, Conn. on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018.
Danbury coach Jackie DiNardo reacts to the action on the court against Stamford during an FCIAC girls basketball game at Stamford High School in Stamford, Conn. on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018.
Photo: Matthew Brown / Hearst Connecticut Media
Danbury High School golf coach Kathy Boucher during girls high school golf match between Danbury High School and Greenwich High School at the Griffith E. Harris Golf Course, Greenwich, Tuesday afternoon, April 26, 2011.
lessDanbury High School golf coach Kathy Boucher during girls high school golf match between Danbury High School and Greenwich High School at the Griffith E. Harris Golf Course, Greenwich, Tuesday afternoon, April
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Danbury head coach Jackie DiNardo watches her team during the championship game of the 13th Annual The News-Times Greater Danbury Holiday Festival girls high school basketball tournament. Thursday, December 28, 2017, at the Danbury War Memorial, in Danbury, Conn
lessDanbury head coach Jackie DiNardo watches her team during the championship game of the 13th Annual The News-Times Greater Danbury Holiday Festival girls high school basketball tournament. Thursday, December 28,
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Danbury Head Coach Jackie DiNardo during Tip Off Classic holiday basketball action against New Fairfield in Danbury, Conn., on Tuesday Dec. 26, 2017.
Danbury Head Coach Jackie DiNardo during Tip Off Classic holiday basketball action against New Fairfield in Danbury, Conn., on Tuesday Dec. 26, 2017.
Photo: Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media
Danbury head coach Jackie DiNardo signals her players during the girls basketball game between Trumbull and Danbury high schools, Tuesday night, December 19, 2017, at Danbury High School, in Danbury, Conn.
Danbury head coach Jackie DiNardo signals her players during the girls basketball game between Trumbull and Danbury high schools, Tuesday night, December 19, 2017, at Danbury High School, in Danbury, Conn.
Photo: H John Voorhees III, Hearst Connecticut Media
Richter Park's Kathy Boucher hits a fairway iron during first round play in the Connecticut Sate Women's Amateur Golf Championship at Ridgewood Country Club in Danbury.
Richter Park's Kathy Boucher hits a fairway iron during first round play in the Connecticut Sate Women's Amateur Golf Championship at Ridgewood Country Club in Danbury.
Photo: Barry Horn
Two Danbury High teachers named national coach of the year finalists
DANBURY — Two Danbury High School teachers will be recognized as National High School Coaches Association 2018 coach of the year finalists.
Girls basketball coach Jackie DiNardo and girls golf coach Kathy Boucher are each among eight coaches in their respective sports who will be honored at the association's award presentation in South Dakota this summer.
DiNardo is the administrator of the district’s REACH and Endeavor programs, alternative programs for at-risk students, and Boucher is a social studies teacher at the high school.
In 2012, DiNardo was inducted into the Texas Hall of Fame, where she was an All-American college basketball player at the University of Texas, and the Connecticut Basketball Hall of Fame. She has more than 460 wins over 30 years coaching the Danbury High team, which is one of only three programs to win three straight Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference tournaments, winning the title in 2012, 2013 and 2014.
Boucher founded girls golf as a club sport at the high school in 1998 and it became a varsity sport in 2003. The team then won FCIAC and state championships in 2004 and 2005. She was named FCIAC Girls Golf Coach of the Year in 2015 and received an FCIAC Coach of Excellence Award in 2016, when the team was a state runner-up.
zach.murdock@hearstmediact.com
