St. John’s Prep strength coach receives national honor
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St. John’s Prep strength and conditioning coordinator Billy McSheffrey has been named the 2021 Massachusetts Coach of the Year by the National High School Strength Coaches Association.
The annual honor recognizes a scholastic strength and conditioning coach for achievements in the field and passion for the profession. State Coach Of The Year winners are chosen by their peers across the commonwealth.
“This is a great honor from the NHSSCA, but our program isn’t about one person,” said McSheffrey, 33, a native of Connecticut who now lives in south Boston. “This is a reflection of the talented, hard-working strength coaches we have on staff, the ceaseless support of our Mahoney Wellness Center staff and the Prep’s dedicated athletic staff and coaches. Most important are the hours of unsung blood, sweat and tears that our student-athletes, past and present, have labored through in our fitness facilities. As we put it around here, ‘If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.’”