It’s the top of an period for Massachusetts highschool basketball.
Cohasset boys basketball coach Bo Ruggiero confirmed to the Herald that he formally stepped down from his place in the course of the season attributable to “private household well being issues.”
“I’m grateful for my time with this system,” Ruggiero mentioned. “It was an incredible 17 years, and whereas we had a number of success and wins as a staff, being with these children was one of the best half.”
Ruggiero started his teaching profession at Medfield in 1967 and in addition had stops at King Philip, Taunton and Foxboro wile additionally having a stint at Bridgewater State. He additionally served as an assistant coach at Boston School and was the pinnacle basketball and baseball coach at Newton Junior School. He received greater than 100 video games at Medfield, Foxboro, Bridgewater State and Cohasset.
He’s additionally an inductee of the Massachusetts Basketball Coaches Affiliation Corridor of Fame (1992) and the New England Basketball Corridor of Fame (2015). He was additionally a six-time MBCA Coach of the 12 months recipient and served because the president of that group.
Ruggiero completed his profession with 588 wins at the highschool degree and 706 total profession victories. He had been on the helm for Cohasset since 2008 and helped lead this system to a state championship look in 2011.
He led his groups to 37 state tournaments and had 11 seasons by which his groups received greater than 20 video games. He led Cohasset to the event in 15 out of his 17 full seasons with the college, together with 14 consecutive, relationship again to 2011. He received 265 video games whole with the Skippers.
The Skippers are at the moment 3-4 on the season and had been rated because the No. 22 staff in Div. 4 within the MIAA’s newest energy rankings. The athletic division didn’t reply to a request for remark.
Cohasset’s subsequent recreation is scheduled for Tuesday when it takes on South Shore League foe Norwell. Tip-off is scheduled for six:30 p.m. at Norwell Excessive College. The Skippers’ first residence recreation with out Ruggiero on the helm will likely be Jan. 23 towards Randolph.
