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- 0:05Speaker 1: Which varsity coach has the most all time sports wins
- 0:08at Hull High School. Here's a look written by Kevin Hieronymus.
- 0:13This article is being read by an automated voice brought
- 0:16to you by Everlett. Hall High School has a rich
- 0:20tradition in athletics over the decades, winning two state championships
- 0:24in football nineteen ninety five two thousand and one and
- 0:27one in baseball twenty eighteen, having back to back state
- 0:31runner up finishes in boys basketball, three state appearances in volleyball,
- 0:37and two straight state appearances in softball, with multiple state
- 0:41champions and medalists in track and cross country. Gary Vessini,
- 0:46most notably remembered for football, with two state championships and
- 0:49a runner up finish among twenty playoff appearances, heads the
- 0:52list with four seventy four wins. He won one ninety
- 0:55five games in football, but also recorded one eighty three
- 0:59wins in baseball ninety six in softball. He also coached
- 1:03girls track, which is not available. Tom Keegan, who led
- 1:07Hall baseball to the twenty eighteen to two A state
- 1:10championship and also coaches cross country, continues to rise on
- 1:13the ball diamond. He now has four forty four wins,
- 1:17including six regionals and two sectionals. Hall alum Mike Philippini
- 1:21is ranked third all time with three hundred and ninety
- 1:24wins between girls basketball, boys basketball, and softball. Rounding out
- 1:29that the top five are Richard nesty three hundred and
- 1:33nine wins, a Hall legend with his name adorning the
- 1:36Hall football field, and Eric Bryant two hundred and seventy seven,
- 1:39who left his mark by taking to of his hustling
- 1:42Hall Red Devils to back to back state runner up
- 1:44finishes in basketball. Here's a rundown of the Hall roll
- 1:48call of the top fifteen winningest varsity sports coaches. There
- 1:52are limited records available for track, golf, and cross country