Chaminade High School
Chaminade High School is a Marianist college preparatory high school for boys in Mineola on Long Island, New York.
Chaminade's main campus is also home to Saragossa Retreat Center, one of their three retreat houses. The other retreat houses include Meribah in Muttontown, and Founder's Hollow in Accord.
Athletics
The 2016 soccer team finished the season ranked seventh in the nation by USA Today on its final Super 25 Expert Rankings.Chaminade offers the following sports:
- Fall
- * Crew
- * Varsity / JV / freshman cross country
- * Varsity / JV / freshman football
- * Varsity / JV / JVB soccer
- * Freshman swimming
- Winter
- * Indoor Track and field
- * Varsity / JV wrestling
- * Varsity / JV / freshman basketball
- * Varsity bowling
- * Varsity / JV hockey
- * Varsity riflery
- * Varsity swimming
- Spring
- * Outdoor Track and field
- * Varsity / JV / JVB baseball
- * Crew
- * Varsity golf
- * Varsity / JV / JVB lacrosse
- * Varsity tennis
- * Varsity volleyball
- * Rugby
Other
- Chaminade owns a theater pipe organ having 3 manuals and 15 ranks, in the school's 1,200-seat Darby Auditorium. The organ consists of a Robert Morton console with ranks by Wurlitzer, Robert Morton, Austin, and Barton.
- A renovation of Chaminade's athletic facilities was completed in 2014. This included the replacement of artificial turf on Ott Field and the construction of a new stadium adjacent to Ott Field. Gold Star Stadium was dedicated on September 6, 2014, in honor of the Gold Star Alumni.
- A new day retreat center, Saragossa, has been constructed. Located next to the AAC on Marcellus Road, the retreat center serves as Chaminade's third retreat house.
- The Dolan Family Science, Technology and Research Center opened in 2018, including state of the art science labs and the only Foucault pendulum in a high school in New York.
- Its former president, Fr. James Williams, was accused of sexual abuse and misconduct during his tenure as President.
Notable alumni
- Tim Berbenich, coach for the Atlanta Falcons
- Christopher Cardone, current Archbishop of Honiara in the Solomon Islands
- Angelo Carusone, president Media Matters for America
- Sean Coffey, retired U.S. Navy Captain, former U.S. federal prosecutor, and current General Counsel of the U.S. Navy
- Luke Cummo, competed on The Ultimate Fighter 2, professional mixed martial artist
- Alfonse D'Amato, United States Senator from New York, from 1981 to 1999
- Anthony D'Esposito, U.S. Congressman
- Brian Dennehy Emmy and Tony Award-winning stage, film and television actor
- Louis Gerstner, former chairman and CEO of IBM and The Carlyle Group
- Al Groh, football player and former coach of NFL's New York Jets
- Kemp Hannon, former member of the New York State Senate
- Richard Henning, current Archbishop of Boston
- Glenn Hughes, singer, The Village People
- Stephen Karopczyc, recipient of Medal of Honor
- George Kennedy, Academy Award-winning actor
- Jim Kissane, professional basketball player
- John Lannan, former Major League Baseball player for the Washington Nationals, Philadelphia Phillies, and New York Mets
- Gene Larkin, former Major League Baseball player for Minnesota Twins
- Jack Martins, member of the New York State Senate from the 7th district from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2016; January 1, 2023 to present.
- Bob McKillop, former head coach of Davidson College basketball team
- Joe Mullaney, basketball player and coach
- Bill O'Reilly, television host, political commentator, and author
- Phil Quartararo, American music industry executive
- Kevin Reilly, television network president at Fox, NBC, FX, Turner, and Warner Media
- Ted Robinson, sportscaster
- Christopher Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax Media
- Tom Slattery, distance runner
- Thomas Spota, former Suffolk County District Attorney
- Richard J. Sullivan, United States Circuit Court Judge for the Second Circuit
- Tom Suozzi, U.S. Congressman, member of House of Representatives from New York's 3rd congressional district
- Mike Vaccaro, lead sports columnist for The New York Post
- Greg Van Roten NFL offensive lineman for Las Vegas Raiders; All Ivy football player for University of Pennsylvania
- Vinoo Varghese, criminal defense attorney and television legal analyst
- Bill White, nominee for United States Ambassador to Belgium
- Robert C. Wright, former chairman and CEO of NBC Universal and vice-chairman of General Electric