JAMES LOUGHEAD
MR. JAMES LOUGHEAD, OUTSTANDING COACH AND TEACHER OF 33 YEARS, IS BEING INDUCTED INTO NEW HAVEN’S ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME. DURING HIS TEACHING CAREER HE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED NUMEROUS TIMES AS A TEACHER OF EXCELLENCE. JIM HAS BEEN SELECTED AS CHANNEL DIV TEACHER OF THE MONTH, OUTSTANDING TEACHER OF THE YEAR 1993; AND WARREN MATH AND SCIENCE CENTER TEACHER OF THE YEAR. HE IS LISTED AMONG THE WHO’S WHO AMONG TEACHERS. AND HE HAS BEEN THE EDISON PROJECT WINNER AND EISENHOWER HIGH EDUCATION WINNER.
DURING HIS EQUALLY IMPRESSIVE COACHING CAREER MR. LOUGHEAD HAS COACHED BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL, SOFTBALL AND TRACK AND THE JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. HE HAS ALSO COACHED VARSITY FOOTBALL, J.V. FOOTBALL AND NEW HAVEN LITTLE LEAGUE. AND, HE CONTINUES TO BE AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE NEW HAVEN ATHLETIC BOOSTERS. CURRENTLY, JIM IS SERVING AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR HIS SECOND YEAR AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND IS THE HEAD COACH OF THE NEW HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL’S GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD TEAM.
AMONG HIS COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS THE 1989 CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM. MR. LOUGHEAD STARTED THE FIRST GIRLS JUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL TEAM. IN ADDITION, HE SUCCESSFULLY RESTARTED THE VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM, GIRLS TRACK TEAM AND JUNIOR HIGH FOOTBALL PROGRAM AFTER YEARS OF BEING CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF PLAYERS. HIS ENTHUSIASM AND LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN MAINTAINING A SUCCESSFUL SPORTS PROGRAM FOR NEW HAVEN SCHOOLS. IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS AWARD OF BEING INDUCTED INTO THE “NEW HAVEN ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME”.
MR. LOUGHEAD LIVES WITH HIS WIFE CAROLYN, WHO HAS ALSO BEEN A TEACHER IN NEW HAVEN FOR 33 YEARS. HE AND CAROLYN ARE THE PARENTS OF TWIN BOYS, MATTHEW AND MARK. BOTH BOYS WERE ALL STATE IN SPORTS AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY AND ARE PRESENTLY GRADUATES AND MEMBERS OF THE SPORTS ALUMNI. MAX, THEIR 7 YEAR OLD BLACK LAB COMPLETES THEIR FAMILY.