More important to Coach Makechnie than the team's win percentage or championships is the character development of its members. The team has three priorities: the first is academic excellence, the second is excellence in citizenship, and the third is excellence on the court.

 

Each year the majority of the team earns honor roll status. Each member of the team is encouraged to define himself more broadly than as a basketball player. The team is a tightly knit group that functions as a family in the true sense of the word. Coach Makechnie was appointed to the faculty in 1997. He taught English and Spanish for five years and currently works in the Admission Office. Additionally, he has coached soccer, football and baseball. He and his wife have four children: Cope (9), Nelson (7), Brynne (4), and Paige (1).

MS- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; BS- Castleton State College; NATABOC certified athletic trainer; NH licensed athletic trainer; previous work at Phillips Exeter Academy, Holmen High School (WI), and Cheshire Academy; wife: Jen, and daughter: Delaney.

Scott enters his fourth year teaching and coaching at Proctor Academy. A four year college basketball player and an all-state high school soccer player, Scott possesses a sincere passion to use athletics to further the education of Proctor's students. In his roles as Head Varsity Boys' Soccer coach and Assistant Varsity Boys' Basketball coach, Scott's focus on the consistent execution of fundamental skills combined with an emphasis on building character, teamwork, and responsibility to self and group has proven successful.

Scott earned his BA from Gordon College and his MA in Education with a focus on School and Sport Leadership from Michigan State University. In addition to his coaching responsibilities, he teaches US History and Economics in the Social Science Department, assists with the Student Leadership group, and runs a dorm with his wife, Lindsey, and their one year old son, Camden.

I graduated from Proctor Academy in 2001. After Proctor Academy, I attended Colby-Sawyer College where I earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise and Sport Sciences with a concentration in Sport Management. While attending Colby-Sawyer, I coached varsity softball and junior varsity girls basketball at Proctor. Last year I taught and coached at Maine Central Institute, a private high school located in Pittsfield Maine. This year I am back at Proctor coaching three sports.

Andrew Donaldson has been living and working at Proctor since 2000. He is the Assistant Dean of Students and teaches in the Learning Skills department.
Andrew currently holds a USCF category one racing license. He graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder and he is a four time Collegiate National Champion cyclist.

Christina Dotchin enters her third season as Head Coach for the Girls' Varsity Ice Hockey Team. She holds a Masters Level Coaching Certification with USA Hockey. Christina attended the Andrews Hockey Coaches Conference in Prince Edward Island, Canada in the summer of 2007, as well as USA Hockey’s National Hockey Symposium in the summer of 2006. Christina was selected to serve as head coach for the New Hampshire All-Star Team at the 2007 Make-A-Wish Hockey Classic, held at the University of Vermont. She was also selected to be head coach of the Northeast Team at the 2007 Hockey Night in Boston.

A former four-year player at Colby College, where she majored in English with a minor in Education, Christina served as team Captain in her junior and senior years. Before attending Colby, Christina played for the North American Hockey Academy and Vermont Select Teams.

Teamwork, skill development and the basics are the focus of every season. She coaches using a “big team, little me” philosophy, with the idea that each player learns to put the team first. This is a team that buys into the value of hard work and individual sacrifice for the common good of the team. If you are interested in attending Proctor Academy and playing hockey, please e-mail Christina at cdotchin@proctornet.com or call 603-735-6383.

Ian has played and coached soccer at the secondary school level for five years. Since coming to Proctor in 2002, he has been the Varsity Boys' Soccer Assistant Coach.

Will Hennegan will start is first season as Proctor Academy's Head Girls' 2009-2010 Varsity Basketball Coach. Will is no stranger to basketball; he was an All-American nominee. He then proceeded to take his skills down to the Sunshine State Conference while attending Eckard College, located in St. Petersburg, Florida. After receiving his B.A. in athletic administration, Will played for the Manchester Millrats, an ABA Franchise.

As the Hornet's 2009-2010 season gets underway, Will is looking forward to developing the skills and knowledge of his young team. With only one senior on the squad, he is depending on all players to raise their game and intensity to make the Hornet's Girls' Basketball Program an elite program.

Education:

Deerfield Academy, 2001: Varsity Soccer, Basketball (captain), Lacrosse

Wheaton College, 2005: Varsity Women's Lacrosse (four years, Captain senior year), Athletic Mentor

Coaching experience:

Head JV Lacrosse at Gould Academy 2005-2006

Varsity Soccer, Basketball, Lacrosse at Bement School 2006-2008

Nike lacrosse camps

Coaching is one of my favorite parts of my day, and I am excited to help with recruiting in the Admission Office. I like to run intense (but fun) practices, where a lot of the conditioning is linked with drills. I also believe that it's important to play as many sports as you can, as habits with one sport can help develop those of another.

Lynne Kenney has coached varsity field hockey and lacrosse at Proctor Academy. Her coaching career spans over twenty years. She was previously the General Manager and Owner Representative of the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer. Her other responsiblities at Proctor include teaching history, dorm parenting in Burbank West, and advising. Her husband, David Kenney, is the head of the Student Activities Department.

I am a lifelong player and tennis coach. Growing up on Cape Cod, I played for Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School and taught at area clubs in Dennis and Yarmouth. I played varsity tennis for Bowdoin College and taught tennis again on the Cape and in New Hampshire after college. In the 2008-2009 school year, I will be returning as the coach of the boy’s varsity tennis team for my tenth consecutive year. The highlight of my competitive coaching experience came during the spring of 2004, when the boy’s team finished a perfect 14-0 season!

Karl Methven had several head coaching assignments at Proctor, including Varsity Girls' Lacrosse, JV Girls' Tennis, Boys' Varsity and Boys' JV Hockey, and 13 as Head Boys' Soccer Coach, before joining the Varsity Girls' Soccer team in 2002. For many years Methven was Proctor's Director of Athletics; he served two years as the president of the New England Prep School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) at a time when the current NEPSAC tournament structure developed.

With a Master's degree in Sport Management from UMass/Amherst, and national level certification from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, Methven has spent a career learning about the psychology and sociology of sport. Proctor Soccer emphasizes the technical and tactical development of each player, and the importance of selfless dedication to the team.

Buz Morison was appointed to the Proctor faculty in 2009, serving as Head Nordic Coach and Rock Climbing Instructor. Buz has over 25 years coaching experience in skiing and other sports including cross-country running and cycling. He thrives on bringing newcomers into sport and helping them discover the joy of skiing and a passion for improvement. A number of his former athletes have garnered spots on junior national, national, and olympic teams.

Buz is committed to the growth of each athlete, and works with skiers on an individual basis year round to insure their best chance at reaching their potential. An experienced climber and mountaineer, Buz has spent many years on the rock, primarily in Colorado and New Hampshire. Buz teaches in the science department and lives on campus with his wife and two daughters.

Proctor Teacher and Coach for 37 years (retired)
Ski Jumping Coach for 38 years
11 NEPSAC Championships 4 U.S.
Olympians 4 U.S, Junior Worlds participants
16 Junior Olympians
6 Eastern Elite Team members
Founder and Coach of Andover Outing Club

Coaching Philosophy: Every athlete is as important as every other athlete. Ski Jumping is a very technical sport with lots of personal attention built in. Training is intrinsically fun which is why kids like to do it and why I like to coach it. The emphasis is on moving forward from wherever you are. Veteran jumpers and new jumpers definitely get equal attention. We start on the flat and work up through a series of small jumps (Proctor has 5). You can certainly try it on alpine skies with no commitment. The emphasis is on enjoying the sport and each other. Jumpers like to do well but competitions are friendly. All the coaches know each other well and skiers get to know each other too.

Proctor selected from inside its football program to replace the highly successful Chuck Reid. Ben is entering his third year as a football coach at Proctor, and it will be his first as the head coach. Ben joined the faculty in 2007 as a member of the Social Studies department, a dorm parent, and has coached football, basketball, and baseball, as well as being an instructor for the Mountain Classroom program. Ben played football, baseball, and wrestled at Carroll High School, in Dayton, Ohio, and was an All-Ohio selection in football his senior year.

He holds several records at the school as a punter and place-kicker. In baseball, he still holds the 5th highest single season batting average in school history. He was a key member of the football program’s first ever playoff appearance and first playoff win. At the age of 18 Ben was published in Gridiron Strategies, a national coaching magazine, where he wrote an article detailing the Inside and Outside Veer. Ben attended and graduated from John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was an offensive lineman all four years of college. He capped his college career as an All Ohio Athletic Conference selection at center.

Baseball is a sport that has withstood the test of time. It remains America’s pastime because it is not only a game of speed, stamina, coordination, and strength, but also one of intellect, intuition, and mental toughness. Walt Whitman saw baseball’s virtues even in its stages of infancy when he said, “It's our game - the American game. It will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical stoicism. Tend to relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set. Repair these losses, and be a blessing to us.”

Baseball has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. Over the past 20 years I have competed on many different levels and have been a part of many championship teams. I carry the love of the game I had as a player with me today, as coach, and aspire to pass it on to those I teach. In addition to coaching baseball, I’m also the JV basketball coach, I teach English, and run Burbank East dormitory with my wife.

Mike Walsh is currently the head coach at Proctor Academy in Andover, NH. Coach Walsh is in his 16th year as a coach in the prep school circuit. He spent his first eight years at Tilton School and left as the only coach ever to win three consecutive New England titles. In his first at Proctor, he transformed a team that was under .500 at Christmas into his fourth, and Proctor's first, New England title.

Coach Walsh was a standout at St. Sebastian's in the late '70's and then played four years at Colgate University. After college, he played eight years of professional hockey, including three seasons in Europe and five in the AHL and NHL. Coach Walsh's success has been driven by players committing to the concept of team, and dedicating themselves to getting better each day. The results can be seen not only in the accomplishments of his teams, but also in the numerous players going on to play at the college level.

Running is about reaching an individual’s potential. No matter how slow or fast that is, every athlete’s philosophy should be, as Steve Prefontaine put it, “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.”

I’ve been a runner for many years. Over the past 20 years, I’ve competed at distances from 400 meters up to the marathon. I enjoy running for the health benefits, for conditioning, and for the competition.

I've coached two runners to be New England Champions in Cross Country and several others in Track & Field. Most years I've had runners on the All League and All New England Teams. Recently, runners that I've coached have gone on to run at Bates, University of New Mexico, and Northwestern. In addition to coaching, I teach Spanish.