Tom Turco
Barnstable High School
Impact Statement
“There are pressure situations, and we’ve trained them for those situations. All you can do it set your goals and work to achieve those goals.” -Tom Turco
Biography
A graduate of Billerica Memorial High and Bridgewater State University, Turco has served as the Adapted Physical Education Teacher for the Barnstable Public Schools for 28 years.
His first team at Barnstable, in 1988, went just 5-11. Not only was that Turco’s only losing season, but his last 11 Red Raiders teams have a grand total of 12 losses. Last fall, he guided Barnstable to a 23-0 record – the Red Raiders’ ninth unbeaten season in his 24 years at the helm – as well as a second consecutive Division 1 state title, their eighth in nine seasons and 14th overall under his direction. His teams have a record of 528-52, and also have won 17 South Sectional championships.
Barnstable won six straight state titles from 2003-08, and from 2003-07, the Red Raiders won 110 consecutive matches, a state record. From 1995-98, Barnstable put together a 90-match winning streak and won four state titles in a row.
Turco was named National Co-Coach of the Year by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) in 2008 and was a finalist for PrepVolleyball.com Coach of the Year honors in 2007. Turco has coached three PrepVolleyball.com All-Americans, one AVCA All-American, seven Massachusetts Gatorade Players of the Year and 42 Boston Globe/Herald All-Scholastics selections. A five-time Boston Globe Division 1 Coach of the Year, Turco was inducted into the Massachusetts Girls Volleyball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2004.
Since being honored in 2012, Turco continues to lead Barnstable. In 2018, Barnstable won it’s 19th State Championship, the most by any girls’ team in the state in any sport. Another milestone came in November of 2019. Turco and his Red Raiders won his 700th career victory.
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