Coaching Staff

Mark has lived in the Boston area since 1981. After playing at Bowie High, Maryland’s largest public school, Fiedor was recruited to play for Boston University by then Terrier head coach Rick Pitino. He spent the next 2 years playing for Pitino and started at center for the BU championship team of 1983. Pitino moved on following Mark’s sophomore year and was replaced by University of North Carolina standout, and NBA veteran, John Kuester.. Following his college career, Mark worked as a minister in the city of Boston for 3 ½ years and after spending 7 years away from the game, volunteered his coaching services to Lance Tucker, and the Brookline program for the 91-92 season. Fiedor coached the freshman boys for 3 years and the junior varsity for 4 years, before taking over for the departing Tucker in May of 2001.

“As the head varsity coach, the goal is to have a program that is committed to excellence. We are working to develop players who are worthy of respect on and off the court, committed to the classroom and prepared to step up and play college basketball if they so choose.”

Mark was honored with the Boston Globe Coach of the Year award for Division 1 in 2002, his first year at the helm of the Varsity. This followed the Warriors 23-2 run to the state finals. He also received the Massachusetts Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year award for 2004 in the south section of the state, after the teams 21-5 run to the state finals. Fiedor has a degree in mechanical engineering and a Masters in education. He currently teaches 5 math classes and works extensively with students with complex learning issues. Mark has been married for 21 years to Valerie (Williams) and has 3 kids, Gabrielle (15), Skyler (13) and Austin (9).

Bob (Rudy) Rutherford has been a member of BHS coaching staff as a JV and Assistant Coach for the past 10 years. Rudy played his college basketball at American International College in Springfield, Ma. where he started on three teams that went to the Division II National Championship.

Rudy is currently Vice President of Human Resources for Bay Cove Human Services, Inc located in downtown Boston. Rudy and his wife Alleen have resided in Brookline for the past 30 years where they raised a son Ryan who played in the basketball program at BHS.

Patrick has been with the Warriors basketball team since the 2003/04 season. In his time at Brookline he has assisted with the program at all levels. His focus now lies with assisting head coach Mark Fiedor and the varsity team where he helps coordinate scouting, organizes fundraising efforts and acts as an academic support for the varsity student-athletes. Pat has been a strong liaison for Brookline youth basketball where he started his coaching career.

Coach Joyce also spent one season at Wellesley High School as a Varsity Assistant under coach Luke Day and helped lead the Raiders to the division 2 south sectional quarterfinals. Pat is well known around the New England camp and clinic scene where he has worked for the Boston Celtics camp, Boston College Camp, A Step Ahead Clinics and as a private Hoop tutor. More recently he has been invited to work as a coach at the Boston College prospective clinic where he helped to instruct and evaluate division 1 talent for The Boston College Mens Basketball team.

Patrick attended Nauset High School where he was a three year varsity player under famed Massachusetts high school coach Leo Miller. Joyce still maintains strong ties to the Nauset basketball program and has helped coordinate games between Brookline and Nauset over the years. Patrick attended Loyola University in Baltimore Maryland and graduated with a BA in Public Relations in 2002. He is currently continuing his education at Cambridge College and will be finishing a masters program in guidance counseling this spring. Joyce resides in Brighton with his wife Leslie.

Jerry Etienne enters his 4th year as JV coach at Brookline and 6th year coaching overall (1 year @ Boston Latin High School and 1 year @ Fenway High School). Jerry had an outstanding career as a high school player at Brookline, helping lead the team to a co-conference Bay State Title his senior year and an appearance in the south sectional finals. He was co-captain and the James Cradle Award recipient.

He then went on to a stellar career at Emmanuel College, helping them establish the men’s basketball program. Winner of the Unsung Hero Award, as the player willing to do whatever it takes to win, as well as being named to the all tournament 1st team his senior year. Upon graduation, Coach Etienne established the school records for assists, assists in a season, and steals in a game. Coach Etienne also was the recipient of the Academic Award for the player with the highest GPA. He currently works as a guidance counselor at Newton North High School.

Freshmen Coach

Dave was born and raised in Waterbury, Connecticut and graduated from Sacred Heart High School.  Although he didn’t play at Sacred Heart, his passion for the game has made him a lifelong student of the game.

After graduating high school, Dave attended Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI where he received his 2 year Associate Degree in Culinary Arts.  After that, Dave attended The University of New Haven and received his BA in Business Management with a minor in Finance.

Dave’s career in cooking would eventually lead him to education whereby he would become a long term culinary arts instructor at Warren F. Kaynor Vocational School in Waterbury, CT.  There, he would begin his career in coaching by accepting the head Freshmen Basketball and assistant Varsity Baseball coaching positions.  During his first season as basketball  coach, he led the Panthers to a 500 season.

As a baseball assistant, he helped win the schools first league title and a spot in the Connecticut State Baseball Tournament as a representative of the vocational schools around the state.

After his move to Massachusetts in 1998, Dave attended UMass Boston and received his teacher certificate in Vocational Education concentrating in Culinary Arts as well as Bridgewater State University where he received his M.Ed in Leadership Studies.

In 1998, Dave joined the faculty staff at Brookline High School as a Culinary Arts instructor and joined the Warrior staff as an assistant JV coach under Fiedor in the 00-01 season.  After the 01 season, he was named head Freshman/Varsity assistant coach and has currently finished up his 10th season in remarkable fashion finishing at a perfect 21-0 (139-54 overall) which was tops in the Bay State Conference for the 3rd straight year in a row and 6th in his 10 year career.

Dave is a  key member for player development as well as an important role model around the school for the student/athletes at Brookline High.  He sets high standards for young players while instilling players with a “commitment to excellence” philosophy which is the backbone of the Brookline Men’s Basketball program.

Dave resides in Brookline with his wife Erica and their two sons Mike 9 and Tyler 5.

Coach Klein has been in Brookline since 2001. He has served as head coach of the devotion boys basketball team since 2002 leading his team to town championships in 2004-05 and 2007-08.  Klein has also been part of the Brookline high school warriors program since 2004 in many different capacities. He has spent 3 seasons as an assistant freshman coach under coach ford and 3 more seasons as the assistant jv coach under coach Etienne. He is currently coaching his 4th season as the 8th grade boys travel team head coach.

 Klein is a 6th grade social studies and English teacher. He began his work in brookline after finishing his undergraduate  work at Northeastern University. Joel is a second generation basketball coach learning his craft from his father Stu Klein who headed up the Nassau Community College Lions in Garden City New York for 29 years.