Head Coach Mike Gallagher (left) departs Ireton after 6 years at the helm, leading the Cardinals to 2 championship game appearances and earning the 2008 coach of the year honors in the WCAC.
Athletic Director Bill Simmons has announced that varsity baseball coach Mike Gallagher will step down, effective June 1st to pursue some long-standing personal goals.
Simmons lauded the efforts of the Hayfield High School graduate and one of the most successful baseball coaches in the School’s history. “Coach Gallagher is a baseball guy. He is 100% committed to the Cardinals, to baseball and to developing baseball players. I am sorry to see him go, but I understand and respect what he is doing and why he is doing it. He leaves on great terms with us and we are wishing him well.”
Gallagher spent 7 seasons at Bishop Ireton. He came to the school in 2007 as a varsity assistant coach after spending the 2006 season as the head coach at Hayfield HS in Alexandria, where he was the Patriot District Coach of the Year.
In 2008, Mike Gallagher was named the head coach of the Cardinals. During his 6 years leading the redbirds, the Cardinals amassed 65 wins. They had 4 winning seasons. 4 trips to the VISAA State Playoffs, and 2 trips to the WCAC finals in 2008 and 2009. Coach Gallagher was named WCAC Coach of the Year in 2008. The Cardinals have sent several players on to the next level to play college baseball, including 5 in this year’s senior class.
Simmons indicated the search for a replacement will begin immediately, but no time table has been set regarding the hiring of a new varsity head coach.
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