COACHING PROFILES
Coach John Doldoorian (16/17's National Elite Team): Director South Central Sharks' AAU 1995 to present. Coach Doldoorian was inducted into the Massachusetts Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame in November 2010. Head Coach South Central Sharks 1995 to present. Currently Head Coach Sutton High School Girls' Basketball. Head Coach Oxford High School Varsity Girls 1987 to 2006, career record 325 wins and 107 losses. Central Mass Division 2 Coach of the Year 6 times. State Champions 1992 and 1993. State Finalists 2001. Central Mass District Champions 1991, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2002 and 2005. Over the last four years, his Elite teams have garnered a record of 110 wins and 16 losses while playing at many of the most prestigious tournaments in the northeast. As always, his team will be going to Penn State for the National tournament.
Coach Jim Gomes (16/17's): Consultant. Due to a job promotion, Coach Gomes is unable to coach with us this year. Taking over for Coach Gomes is his long-time assistant, Ashley Jorge. (see profile below).
Jim has been with the Sharks' program since 2002 when he started coaching with them after his daugthers finished their Sharks' and high school careers. Currently he is the Oxford Middle School Girls' Basketball coach, a position he has held for the past 7 years. Prior to that, Jim was the highly successful girls' coach at St. Anne's School of Webster for a number of years. Jim has been involved in coaching for the past 35 years and in 1983 received citations from the Massachusett House of Representatives, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Senate for "Dedicated Service to the Development of Youth".
Keith Duquette (13s/grade 8): Coach Duquette brings a wealth of basketball knowledge to the Sharks' organization. Having played his high school basketball at Northbridge High, he returned to be a Northbridge High School Varsity Assistant Coach for four years. Additionally, he was a member of the Milford Referees Board #208 for a number of years. He has been a basketball camp clinician at Bryant University, Brandeis University and Framingham State College, as well as Uxbridge High School, North Brookfield High School, Leicester High School and the Whitinsville Christian School. We are excited to have Coach Duquette returning for his fourth season with the Sharks.
Alison Polansky: Coach Polansky currently is the Assistant Women's Basketball Coach at Quinsigamond Community College. Alison played her high school basketball at Oxford High where she was a Captain as a Senior. After high school, Coach Polansky played two years at Quinsigamond Community College and finished her final two years of intercollegiate basketball playing for Worcester State College.
