New Head Basketball Coaches Announced

Worcester Academy this week announced the appointment of two new head basketball coaches, for its boys and girls varsity basketball programs.

Molly Dullea, a former assistant women's basketball coach for Wesleyan University and for the University of Chicago, will succeed Kate McCabe as head coach of the Worcester Academy Girls Varsity Basketball Team. Jamie Sullivan, assistant coach of the Worcester Academy Boys Varsity Basketball Team, will succeed Ed Reilly as the team's head coach.

Mr. Reilly will continue in his role as director of athletics at Worcester Academy.

"Both Molly Dullea and Jamie Sullivan bring a wealth of experience to our athletics programs," said Dexter Morse, head of school at Worcester Academy. "Their leadership, their passion for the game, and their efforts on behalf of young people will energize our basketball programs and allow us to build on the successes of their predecessors."

In recent years, both the boys and girls varsity basketball programs have celebrated successes. In the 2005-2006 season, the girls varsity basketball team was undefeated, winning the NEPSAC championship in Class A. Two years earlier, the girls had won the NEPSAC Championship in Class B. In the 2002-03, the boys won their first NEPSAC Championship Class A title in 16 years.

Molly Dullea

Molly Dullea coaches for the Visionary Basketball Group in Andover. She is founder and owner of Northeast Elite Basketball in Belmont.

Formerly, Coach Dullea was assistant womens basketball coach for Wesleyan University and for the University of Chicago, where she served as the recruiting coordinator. She also previously served as director of BasketBull, a licensee of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA. As director of BasketBull, she was responsible for organizing basketball events within the city of Springfield itself. Prior to founding Northeast Elite Basketball, she was Northeast Coordinator for Southern Premier Hoops and the U.S. Junior Nationals.

A graduate of St. Anselm College, Coach Dullea was a four-year starting point guard. She earned MVP honors in her final two seasons, Defensive Player of the Year in the 2003-2004 season, and ended her career as the sixth all-time assist leader.  In 2009, she returned to playing in the Greater Springfield Pro-Am Semi-Pro league, and was named MVP of the league that same year.

Jamie Sullivan

Jamie Sullivan has been assistant coach for the Worcester Academy Boys Varsity Basketball Team since 2000. In the last 11 years, he has been an integral part of the school’s success in the New England Preparatory School Athletic Conference (NEPSAC).

Mr. Sullivan first joined Worcester Academy in 1998 as head coach of the Junior Varsity Boys Basketball team. He held that position for two seasons. In that time, the JV Team’s win total increased from two wins in his first year to nine in his second.

Before arriving at Worcester Academy, Mr. Sullivan helped run the youth basketball program at the Friendly House in Worcester from 1994-2004, and served as the head coach of the Holy Name Boys Freshman Basketball team from 1996-1997.

He also founded and ran the Worcester Frontcourt Fire AAU Basketball program, which he operated from 2004-2009 out of Daniels Gymnasium at Worcester Academy. The teams, which competed in Select Basketball tournaments nationally, were composed primarily of neighborhood children ranging in age from 10 to 18.

Mr. Sullivan graduated from Holy Name Senior High School in 1993 and earned his bachelor’s degree from Curry College in 2006. He is currently a special education teacher at Woodward Day School in Worcester. Jamie has a son, Sean, a 2010 graduate of Worcester Academy who is in his freshman year at the University of Rhode Island.