Coaching Staff

Athletic Director: Scott Walker
Trainer: Gina DiCrocco

Varsity Coach Jim Bessey

420 wins and counting

Here's a description of each coaching staff member:

Varsity Coach Jim Bessey

422 wins

Coach Jim Bessey began coaching as the Boys Varsity Head Coach at Mt Blue High School in 1973.

He has been the head coach since then, except a four year span where he coached at Madison High School.

Coach Bessey has won 5 KVAC championships and at the present time (2005) has 380 wins to his credit. He also has won 2 Gold Balls while was Head Coach at Madison High School.

	1974-75
	1975-76
	1976-77
	1977-78
	1996-97.

Coach Bessey graduated from Williams High School, which is now Messalonskee High School. He scored over 2,000 points during his high school career.

He graduated from U.M.F in 1965

Coach Bessey did his graduate work at Appalachian State in North Carolina.

Assistant Coach Chris Brinkman

Coach Dave Simpson

JV Coach Dave Simpson

This will be Coach Simpson 14th year in the Mt. Blue Basketball Program as J.V. Coach he has had 9 winning season, after a very successful career at the Mt. Blue Middle School. He says he learned much of his coaching while growing up watching High School Playoffs Games (Tech Tourney Games), in the balconies of the Old Boston Garden. His philophy to game game is a carbon copy of Coach Bessey. It's very scary how much they think alike.

Coach Simpson is know as the "Preacher"; as he is an Ordain Minister with the Assemblies of God for the past 27 years . He is still speaks at Men's & Teen Retreats along with preaching regularly throughout the New England. (He can sing too!!!)

Freshman Coach :

Sam Boynton

This is Coach Boynton second year at Mt. blue after a very successful first year.We feel we struck gold when we found him to coach our freshman team. He played his high school basketball at Erskine High School and played for Coach Meader at U.M. He is goes to U.M.F. to get a degree in teaching and has worked with Mr. Ronald (History Department) as a student teacher at Mt. Blue High School. He's a a smart guy who has a 4.0 G.P.H. along with a great knowledge of the game of basketball. We believe you'll find just like we have, that Coach Boynton has been great addition to our staff.