bklaslo@barnegatschools.com

Coach McCoy is entering his 7th season as our Varsity Baseball Coach after serving 4 years as a Varsity Assistant.  Under his tutelage the program has risen to state prominence.  Compiling a 69-57 record during his tenure; Coach McCoy was named B-South Coach of the Year in 2012 and 2014 and Ocean County Coach of the Year in 2014.

Coach McCoy had a stellar high school baseball career as a pitcher at St. John Vianney HS in Holmdel.  He took that success to Rutgers University where he became a New Jersey College Baseball All-Star in 1994.

Coach McCoy is an active member of the Barnegat community.  His three children have been/are participants in Barnegat Athletics.  Coach has also served as an Assistant Football Coach during his tenure with the Bengals.

epeters@barnegatschools.com

echerry@barnegatschools.com

Coach Cherry is currently in her 12th year at the helm of our swim program having compiled 91 career wins. Prior to coming to Barnegat she served as the Head Coach at Somerville HS for 3 years and Moanalua HS, Hawaii for 2 years.

Coach has been involved in swimming since the age of 11.  She swam at Hillsborough High School and at Washington College; serving as a team captain at both levels.  She began coaching a summer team her senior year of high school and was an Assistant Coach on a local club team throughout college.

Coach Cherry has also been our Varsity Girls Cross Country Coach (2013) and was an Assistant Girls Volleyball Coach from 2005-2009.

kstokes@barnegatschools.com

Coach Stokes has been in charge of our Boys Cross Country program for the past four seasons.  He is a graduate of the University of Hawaii at Manoa and is a United States Marine Corps veteran.  Coach Stokes is a professional lifeguard and has been involved in health and fitness and martial arts for the past 20 years.

ltorree@barnegatschools.com

Coach Torre is set to start her 1st season as our Girls Varsity Lacrosse Coach.  She comes to us after spending the last two years as an Assistant Coach at Stockton University.  Coach as also served as an Assistant at Georgian Court and a Head Coach at Ultimate Club Lacrosse.

As a player at Kean University Coach Torre had an outstanding career.  She was a team captain during the 2012 and 2013 seasons and was team MVP during all four seasons (2010-2013).  She was selected 1st Team All-Sklyine Conference four times (2010-2013); She was selected 1st Team All NJAC two times (2012 & 2013).  She holds Kean University career records for goals, assists, points, groundballs, and draw controls.  She also holds single season records for goals, assists, and points.

Coach Torre is a Physical Education & Health Teacher at the High School and is also our Freshman Girls Basketball Coach in the Winter.

mpalmieri@barnegatschools.com

Coach Palmieri has been a part of Barnegat Township School District Athletics since the 2003-2004 school year.  After coaching softball for one season at the Russell O. Brackman Middle School, Palmieri spent the next five seasons as the junior varsity coach at Barnegat High School.  During the 2010 season he moved to the varsity level where he served as an assistant and interim head coach.  Coach took over the program in 2015 and enters the 2017 season with two years under his belt.

After spending two years coaching soccer at the middle school, Palmieri has spend the last 11 seasons with the Bengals soccer program.  During his tenure with BHS soccer he has served as both the varsity assistant and the JV coach.

Coach has also served as the head boys' bowling coach since the program's inception during the 2004-2005 school year.  

Coach Puorro is entering his 13th year of coaching high school basketball and will be entering his 3rd season as the Head Basketball Coach at Barnegat High School. Prior to his arrival at Barnegat, Coach Puorro spent two seasons as the Assistant Varsity Coach at Point Pleasant Borough, two seasons as the Freshman Basketball Coach at Barnegat High School and six seasons as the Head Basketball Coach at Wall Township HS. 

Coach Puorro possesses a great deal of knowledge regarding what it takes to be successful in the game of basketball as he was the Boy's All-Time Leading Scorer at Point Pleasant Borough High School from 2002-2012 (Currently is second).  In his first season as the Head Basketball Coach at Barnegat High School, Coach Puorro was voted 2014-2015 Division Coach of the Year by his peers.  Coach Puorro was also voted 2012-2013 Monmouth County Coach of the Year by the Star Ledger Newspaper.  

In addition to his coaching duties, Coach Puorro is the President of the Shore Conference Basketball Coaches Association, a Health & Physical Education teacher & Head Girls Golf Coach at Wall Township High School.

r
davis@barnegatschools.com

Coach Davis has been at the helm of our program since its inception.  Prior to taking on the task of building a football program for Barnegat Township Schools he was an Assistant Coach at both Lacey Twp. HS and Southern Regional HS.  He spent his college days playing Wide Receiver for William Paterson University.

Since becoming a Varsity Football program Coach Davis has led our program to the playoffs 6 times (2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, & 2014) and won 3 B-South Championships (2011, 2013, & 2014).  He has been B-South Coach of the Year and Ocean County Coach of the Year on numerous occasions.  He has successfully placed 40 of our student athletes into college programs.  Coach is a respected member of the Shore Football Coaches Association as well as the New Jersey High School Football Coaches Association.