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Michael Chiapparelli, a former baseball catcher for the Red Dragons, has been one of the most successful coaches in New York State history in both baseball and ice hockey for 42 years at Mamaroneck High School
 
* The Mamaroneck, N.Y., native earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Cortland in 1978 and a master’s degree in physical education, with a concentration in training, from Cortland in 1986
 
* Played baseball for four seasons from 1975-78, primarily as a catcher, with time in the outfield as a senior
 
* Assistant coach for the Red Dragons as a graduate student under both Bob Wallace and Al Stockholm
 
* Elementary physical education teacher at Murray Avenue School in Mamaroneck from 1984-2000 and physical education at Mamaroneck High School from 2000-present
 
* More than 1,300 combined victories at Mamaroneck, his alma mater, as head coach of the varsity ice hockey and baseball teams and the junior varsity football and ice hockey programs
 
* Mamaroneck varsity baseball head coach since 1985 – has won a combined 607 games, 21 league championships, five sectional titles, three regional championships and three New York State Class AA titles (2008, 2009, 2015)
 
* Mamaroneck varsity boys’ ice hockey coach since 1998, as well as from 1985-94 – his 527 wins rank first all-time in New York State, and his teams, along with long-time assistant Art Bruno, have won eight sectional titles, nine league championships and five regional championships, won the 2016 state title and was runner-up in 2009
 
* Three-time New York State Class AA Baseball Coach of the Year and 2009 New York State Coach of the Year, as well as league coach of the year 16 times, Section 1 Coach of the Year eight times, and 2021 NBSBCA Regional District 1 Coach of the Year
 
* 2016 NYS Division 1 Ice Hockey Coach of the Year, 2014 National Eastern District Coach of the Year, league coach of the year 10 times and Section 1 Coach of the Year eight times
 
* Earned 2010 Frank McGuire Award from the New York Athletic Club, given to top coaches in the tri-state area
 
* 125 wins as Mamaroneck’s JV ice hockey head coach from 1979-85 and 79 wins as JV football head coach from 1981-90, 1997-99 and 2006-10
 
* Inducted into the NYS Baseball Hall of Fame (2019), Westchester County Sports Hall of Fame (2015), and Mamaroneck High School Hall of Fame (2001)
 
* Town of Mamaroneck Youth Hockey instructor (1978-85) and director of the program (1985-2011), and also directed Town of Mamaroneck Day Camp (1978-89) and Gymnastics Camp (1978-85)
 
* Has served 35 years on the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Little League Board of Directors