Coaching Staff
Coach Gelegonya (click here to learn more about Coach G)
Contact info:
Cell phone: 908-319-0037
Athletic Office: 973-292-2000 x2156
E-mail:
coachg09@gmail.com
or
donna.gelegonya@msdk12.net
Coach Bobby Sparano
Coach Maggie Singler
Coach G Bio
Coach Donna Gelegonya graduated from Upper Merion High School in King of Prussia, PA in 1976. While at Upper Merion, Coach G was a member of the Field Hockey Team (Captain), Swim Team, and Soccer Team. On the swim team, would you believe, Coach G was a diver.
She completed her under-graduated work at Western Carolina University (WCU) in 1980 with a BS degree in Health and Physical Education and graduated magna cum laud. At WCU Coach G participated in many intramural activities and played club Water Polo on an all male team.
After a number of years working for the Somerset Valley YMCA Coach G joined the Morris School District staff in 1992 as a Physical Education teacher (Swim Coach, Assistant Field Hockey Coach)
This is Coach G’s eighteenth season as the head boys’ and girls’ swim coach. During those years she has obtained an overall girls record of 171-61-1. Her girls teams have won:
- 4 Conference Championships,
- 7 Dual Meet Championships,
- 1 Morris County Championship,
- 7 State Sectional Finalists, and
- 1 State Sectional Championship.
She was named girls Morris Area swim coach of the year by the Daily Record in 1996 and by the Star Ledger in 2003. Her girls’ teams were named Team of the Year in 1999 and 2000. The National High School Coaches Association named Coach G the Girls North East Sectional Coach of the Year in 2009.
The boys’ teams have an overall record of 89-115-1. Fifty-Seven of those wins have occurred during the last four years. During her tenure the boys’ teams have won:
- 1 Conference Championship,
- 1 Dual Meet Championship,
- 1 Morris County Championship,
- 1 State Sectional Championship, and
- 1 State Finalist.
The Star Ledger named her the New Jersey State Boys Coach of the year in 2009.
Coach G lives with her husband Ron in Hunterdon County. She has two children (Bruce and Shon) and four step-children (Ronnie, Brian, Dustin, Tanor).