Coach David Brogioli
Graduating class: 2001 - 2008
Inducted into Hall of Fame: 2018
Hall of Fame Category: Coach
Growing up in a town where your father is a legendary high school basketball coach can be difficult, but Dave Brogioli flourished as a student athlete while at Wareham High School. When it came time for Dave to create his own legacy as a coach, he chose a rival South Coast Conference school, the Fairhaven Blue Devils. Coach B. (as he was known to his players) started his Fairhaven coaching tenure as an Assistant Boys’ Basketball Coach. He quickly earned the respect of his players based on his knowledge of the game and the ease with which he developed positive relationships. Coach B would also add football to his coaching resume, and in 2000 he was a part of the coaching staff of the FHS football Super Bowl winning team.
In 2001, Dave became the Varsity Girls’ Basketball Coach, and for the next 7 seasons the Blue Devils would see unprecedented success. From 2001-2008, he compiled a gaudy record of 105-38. In the 2007 and 2008 seasons, he led the Lady Devils to the school’s first SCC titles, with one of the teams completing an undefeated conference record.
Those two years would also see the Devils make deep runs all the way to the South Sectional finals. Ask any of Coach B.’s players from those seven seasons and they will tell you stories of a coach that would encourage, motivate, and inspire his players. He worked tirelessly to get his players so prepared and mentally tough that they believed they would dominate every opponent.
At the beginning of each season, Dave wouldn’t shy away from the ultimate goal, a State Championship, and although they would fall just short several times, his players knew that they had left all they had on the court. Off the court, Coach B. would also always have the best interests of his players, this included nominating players for various awards, sending highlight videos to colleges for recruiting purposes, hosting team dinners at his house, and always checking on players who had suffered an injury and couldn’t get on the court. Although Coach Brogioli has moved on to coach different high school girls’ basketball teams, the stamp he left on the Fairhaven program will be felt for years to come.