CHRISTOPHER DILBERT
CHRIS DILBERT GRADUATED FROM NEW HAVEN IN 1973. HE AND HIS WIFE MARGARET HAVE THREE SONS, CHRISTOPHER JR., LEONDRE AND MARCUS. ALL THREE SONS FOLLOWED IN THEIR FATHERS’ FOOTSTEPS AND PLAYED ATHLETICS AT NEW HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL.
CHRIS WAS THE CONSUMMATE TEAM PLAYER AS AN ATHLETE AT NEW HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MHSAA STATE RUNNER-UP TRACK TEAM, COACHED BY FELLOW HALL OF FAME MEMBER, DUKE BRYNER, AND ON THE MHSAA STATE THIRD PLACE FINISHER IN 1972. NEW HAVEN WON FOUR CONSECUTIVE STA TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS AND TWO MHSAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS DURING HIS TRACK CAREER. IN BASKETBALL, HIS TEAMS WON TWO STA CHAMPIONSHIPS AND ONE MHSAA DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP. CHRIS EARNED ALL MACOMB COUNTY FOOTBALL HONOR HIS SENIOR YEAR.
AFTER GRADUATION FROM NEW HAVEN, CHRIS HAS BEEN A LEADER IN THE VILLAGE OF NEW HAVEN AND FOR NEW HAVEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. HE HAS SERVED AS A VILLAGE OF NEW HAVEN TRUSTEE, AND WAS THE VILLAGE PRESIDENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE NEW HAVEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS’ BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR OVER TWO TERMS AND WAS A PIVOTAL MEMBER OF MANY SCHOOL DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE BOND ISSUE OF 1997. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF MANY SUB-COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
CHRIS HAS VOLUNTEERED MANY HOURS IN THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM. HE ALONG WITH OTHERS HELPED INITIATE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOTBALL PROGRAM AND WAS AN INSTRUMENTAL FIGURE IN THE NEW HAVEN CAGER PROGRAM FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE COACHING STAFF, WHICH SAW THE NEW HAVEN ROCKETS WIN CONSECUTIVE STA AND MHSAA DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BASKETBALL DURING THE 1995-1996 AND 1996-1997 SCHOOL YEARS.
HE CURRENTLY IS COACHING NINTH GRADE GIRLS BASKETBALL AND IS A VOLUNTEER COACH ON THE JUNIOR VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM.