Meet the Staff

Ned Gallagher
Director of Athletics

Ned was appointed the school's ninth Director of Athletics in June of 1996. Also a member of the English and history departments, Ned oversees an athletic program that includes over 80 interscholastic teams, in addition to an extensive range of intramural and instructional offerings.

A former president of both the Western New England Athletic Association and the New England Preparatory Athletic Council, he is an active member of NEPSAC’s Executive Board. Ned has been a career three-season head coach, working with varsity cross country, squash, and tennis. The squads and individual student-athletes he has coached have won dozens of championships over the years; in fact, he has the rare distinction of having coached New England prep school champions in three different sports.

A native of Bayport, New York, and a graduate of Williams College, Ned lives with third and fifth form boys in Memorial House.

Patrick Dennehy
Assistant Director of Athletics
Associate Director of Admissions

Patrick Dennehy joined Choate in 2004. Pat has been around boarding schools all of his life, growing up on the Phillips Exeter Academy campus. As a student at Exeter, he excelled as a scholar athlete, participating on the varsity soccer, hockey and baseball teams over his four-year career. Mr. Dennehy is still a committed athlete and serves as the head coach of the Choate boys’ varsity hockey program at Choate.

Before Choate, Pat spent 7 years at The Holderness School in New Hampshire as Associate Director of Admission, head varsity hockey coach and assistant coach for the soccer and baseball teams. In the Choate Admission Office, Pat serves as the athletic liaison. He serves as the Assistant Director of Athletics, supporting all the interscholastic and intramural programs while overseeing the daily operations of all Choate athletic facilities.

Pat is a graduate of St. Lawrence University with a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's degree in education. He served as President of the New England Prep School Ice Hockey Association from 2003-2007, and coaches a number of summer hockey programs and tournaments for talented players. He is also the Director of the Athletics Advantage Summer Sports Program at Choate. He and his wife have two children and reside on campus in Pierce House, where Pat is the adviser to sixth form girls.

Jim Paradise
Head Equipment Manager

Jim joined the Athletic Department in 1997. For years Jim ran a successful painting business but was always a big fan and supporter of youth athletics. He coached football for 18 years (including Choate’s varsity team in 2001) and was president of East Haven Youth Football from 1989 to 1999.

Jim’s duties as Head Equipment Manager include distributing, reclaiming, inventory, repair, and replacement of all equipment for all interscholastic and intramural sports. He is the building supervisor for the Worthington Johnson Athletic Center and works with event coordinators who rent Choate athletic facilities. He is AEMA-certified and has attended countless training seminars on equipment fitting and re-conditioning. Jim was the 2009 recipient of the Booker Kilgore Award which is given by the American Equipment Managers Association recognizing the equipment manager of the year. When not at Choate, Jim loves to spend time with his two boys Mike and Nicky.

Brian Holloway
Head Athletic Trainer

Brian arrived at Choate in 1997 as the Assistant Athletic Trainer and took over the head job in 2005. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Sports Medicine/Athletic Training from UCONN and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist.

Before coming to Choate he worked as an athletic trainer at Wesleyan University and Daniel Hand High School. As the Head Athletic Trainer he is responsible for preventing, treating, and rehabilitating all sports-related injuries. He enjoys the camaraderie in the athletic department and working with motivated student-athletes. He currently runs the Peak Performance Program at Choate which is geared towards the overall strength and conditioning of devoted Choate athletes who potentially have the ability to play beyond high school.

In addition to his duties at Choate, Brian is the owner and director of Total Athlete Conditioning, a service that trains and rehabilitates athletes at the high school, collegiate, Olympic, and professional levels. He enjoys spending time with his children, Ryder and Ty, and his wife, Jess.

Rose Camire
Office Manager

Rose is the office assistant for the Athletic Department. After 19 years of administrative experience in the health club industry she came to Choate in 2001and began the challenge of revamping and recreating office procedures to deal with the move into the new athletic complex.

Working with the Athletic Directors, her responsibilities vary from securing transportation, working with various team assigners for scheduling officials, taking care of all league payments, to providing other schools, Athletic Directors, business vendors, parents, students and alumni with pertinent information. Outside of Choate, Rose has raised two sons with her husband Jim and enjoys spending time with her family and especially her two twin grandsons.

Nicole Stock
Director of Sports Information

Nicole Stock graduated from Choate in 2005 and rejoined the community in 2010 serving as the Director of Sports Information. In addition to her duties in the Athletics Office, Nicole is also a faculty interviewer in the Admission Office. As a student at Choate, Nicole was a tri-varsity captain in volleyball, ice hockey and lacrosse. She continues to educate students in each of those sports as the assistant coach of both volleyball and ice hockey as well as the head coach of the girls' varsity lacrosse team.

Nicole is a 2009 graduate of Brown University with a bachelor's degree in political science. While at Brown, Nicole played on the varsity women's ice hockey team breaking several goaltending school records. Upon graduation, Nicole worked at Northeastern University as an assistant women's Division I ice hockey coach, focusing much of her time with the goaltenders.

A native of Buffalo Grove, IL, Nicole resides in Archbold dorm, advising fourth and fifth form girls.

Paula Marcati
Assistant Equipment Room Manager School

Paula, a mother of three-avid East Haven, CT athletes has been involved with high school sports and boosters for over 30 years. She came to Choate in 1999, splitting time between the athletics office and the equipment room. She manages the students' athletic requirements and the enrollment of all instructional offerings. Paula's personality is the back-bone of the Choate athletic office. Her mother-like personality is a refreshing comfort in the world of Choate athletics.

Emily Osterhout
Athletic Trainer

Emily Osterhout joined the staff of the athletic department in 2005. Growing up in New Britain, CT, she always had a passion for sports. Emily attended Springfield College where she received her bachelor's degree in athletic training. Emily recently completed her master's in sports psychology.

As an assistant athletic trainer, she provides the best possible care to Choate athletes. Emily truly enjoys the nature of her job and is one of Choate's biggest athletic supporters and fans. Outside the office, she lives with her husband Brian, a Choate varsity football coach, and daughter in Spencer dorm, advising fourth form boys.

Matt Pendleton
Athletic Trainer

Matt first came to Choate as an Athletic Trainer in 2000. He received his bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Sports Medicine from Sacred Heart University in 1998 and his master’s degree in Educational Technology from the University of Hartford.

At Choate, Matt provides sports medicine care to students, faculty and staff. He has also created a state-of-the-art paperless record keeping system that is currently being used at the University of Hartford, Bowdoin College, and Choate. Matt’s free time is spent with his wife Mary Liz Williamson, a Latin teacher at Choate, at their residence in Hall.