Tolland High School Athletic Director Heading To Suffield

TOLLAND, CT — Tolland High School Athletic Director Todd Zenczak is heading to Suffield and an administrative position with the town's public school system.

The Suffield Board of Education Monday announced the selection of Zenczak for the position of director of athletics and student activities.

A resident of Suffield, Zenczak was the Tolland Public School system's supervisor of athletics for the past four years.

The job in Suffield is designed to oversee both interscholastic athletics and student activities and Zenczak was picked from "a strong pool" of candidates, officials in Suffield said. Of the 21 applicants, six were chosen for interviews. The search process that consisted of multiple rounds including Suffield Board of Education members, administrators, faculty and staff members and parents.

After three rounds of interviews, Zenczak was appointed at the July 22 school board meeting.

Over the course of his career, Zenczak has served as a health and physical education teacher, dean of students, an interim assistant principal, and a supervisor of athletics. As the supervisor of athletics in Tolland, he has been an active member in local, regional, and statewide athletics conferences and associations. He has served on the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Girls Lacrosse Committee, the Central Connecticut Conference Sportsmanship and Coaching Certificate committees and has been the Central Connecticut Conference liaison for both softball and girls basketball. Zenczak received the 2020 CIAC Patsy Lemley Kamercia Outstanding New Athletic Administrator Award.

Mr. Zenczak received a Bachelor of Science in Movement Science degree from Westfield State University, a Master of Educational Administration degree from American International College and completed a Sixth Year in Intermediate Administration and Supervision at Central Connecticut State University.

He holds Connecticut State Department of Education endorsements in Administration, Physical Education, Health Education, and Coaching.

Board of Education members in Suffield released a statement on the hiring:

"We are very fortunate to have Mr. Zenczak joining our leadership team in the Suffield Public Schools. Mr. Zenczak's strong background in leadership and administration coupled with his familiarity with the Suffield community brings a unique vision, excitement and energy which will be essential to expanding opportunities within Wildcat athletics and extracurricular programming for our Suffield Public Schools students, families, faculty and staff."

Zenczak will officially begin on Aug. 16.