Last summer I wrote a column about Oxbow coach Brian Musty, lauding his tireless efforts at the Bradford high school. He's the only coach I know of who coaches in all three seasons - and all summer - and who isn't a grumpy guy because of it.
So when Oxbow athletic director Rich Thornton told us that Tuesday night's win over U-32 was Musty's 200th varsity girls basketball win as a coach, I had to ask: Yeah but, how many is that overall?
Thanks to Thornton for doing the legwork for me, which reveals Musty's coaching record at 346-294-11 since he began coaching at the varsity level at Oxbow in 1993. It does not count his performance as track coach from 2001-2003. According to Thornton, Musty "started out by coaching middle school baseball and basketball between 1989-1991 and has been teaching at Oxbow since 1994."
He has a 200-118 record in girls basketball, dating back to 1997. He has a 111-145-11 record in girls soccer, dating back to 1993. His record in girls lacrosse is 35-31, dating back to 2008. He still coaches all three sports, at the varsity level, and all of his teams reached the postseason last academic year. his girls soccer team made it to the D-III finals this fall, and his basketball team is sitting on an unbeaten 10-0 record going into tonight's game at Lamoille. This spring, the lacrosse season promises to be just as sweet.
The best part is, Musty doesn't like to talk about his own record.
"It's the kids'," he would say.
He brought his Olympians to Lamoille tonight, and I'm hoping for an 11-0 record for this season and for overall win No. 347.
Congratulations, Coach!
-Anna Grearson
those are some really impressive stats considering he coaches three different sports.
Posted by: Basketball Uniforms | 02/17/2012 at 10:55 AM