Wellesley Excessive Faculty sporting occasions will look fairly totally different in 2026-27.
Wellesley athletic director John Brown introduced Monday his retirement from the college in an official e mail to media retailers.
The change is just not efficient instantly. Brown will proceed by the rest of the 2025-26 tutorial 12 months and “expects” to assist his successor by the start of the 2026-27 season.
Within the launch, Brown expressed delight within the “super groups, hundreds of contributors, a whole lot of league championships” that the athletics applications at Wellesley have skilled in his 20 years with the college.
“How usually can somebody say that their passion and their ardour is their job,” Brown mentioned in a press release. “I’d not have traded this for something. I used to be capable of make my dwelling in sports activities in an incredible group. I anticipate to stay on this position by October and look ahead to supporting a easy transition to the brand new athletic director. I’ve liked my time because the Wellesley Public Colleges Athletic Director and can completely miss it.”
Throughout Brown’s tenure with the district, Wellesley has notably raised 47 state championship banners and is constantly a MIAA event qualifier throughout all the athletic division.
