SHENENDEHOWA
COACHING STAFF
Tony Dzikas
Varsity Coach
Coach Dzikas is in his first year as Shen varsity basketball coach, following two phenomenal seasons as freshman basketball coach. In those two years, the freshman teams posted a combined 38-2 record -- including a perfect 20-0 at home -- and won the Suburban Council Blue Division titles.
Coach Dzikas was named the youngest varsity basketball head coach in Section 2 in 1995 when he was hired at his alma mater, Waterford High School. As a player, he was a three-year varsity starter, scoring 1,150 points. After high school, he graduated from the College of St. Rose with a degree in education and earned his master’s degree in Educational Psychology from the University at Albany. He currently is a fifth-grade teacher at Tesago Elementary School in Clifton Park.
In his spare time, Coach Dzikas directs the Fast Break Basketball Camp and is president of East Coast Hoops. He and his wife, Kristen, reside in Clifton Park with their sons, Jacob and Devin.
He is assisted by Coach Don Joss.
Sean Hunter
Junior Varsity Coach
Sean Hunter is in his seventh season as the junior varsity coach at Shen. His teams have compiled an overall record of 91-27 and have won the Suburban Council Blue Division four times.
Coach Hunter played basketball at Mechanicville High School and taught there for five years before beginning his teacher career at Shen, where he instructs 11th-grade math. He has coached for 15 years, including at Mechanicville, where his varsity softball teams won three consecutive state championships.
Coach Hunter graduated from Oneonta State in 1990 with a mathematics degree in secondary education and earned a master’s degree in reading from the University at Albany.
He is assisted by his father, Gary Hunter, a longtime coach in Section 2.
Freshman Coach
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