Terence “Terry” Nash has served as the principal of Schalmont High School since 1999. He previously served as the assistant principal from 1991 to 1993.

Prior to his current position, Nash spent six years as the middle school principal and athletic director in Coxsackie-Athens Central School District in Coxsackie, NY. From 1989 to 1991, he was the director of the Glenmont Job Corps Center in Glenmont, NY. He had previously held several positions there, including group life director and education and training director, between 1977 and 1986. From 1986 to 1989, he was the director of the Office of Employment and Training at Columbia-Greene Community College in Hudson, NY. From 1982 to 1985, he was the director of the Chesapeake Job Corps Center in Port Deposit, MD. Nash also taught and coached from 1971 to 1974 at St. Patrick’s Central Catholic High School in Catskill, NY.

Nash received a bachelor’s degree from Marist College and a master’s degree from the College of St. Rose. While at Marist, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He also received permanent school district administrator (SDA), school administrator and supervisor (SAS) and driver and traffic safety certification from the NYS Education Department.

His current professional memberships include the National Association of Secondary School Principals, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, National Middle School Association, NYS Middle School Association, National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association, and NYS Athletic Administrators Association. He also serves as president of the Colonial Council Principals Association and as a Colonial Council Section II Representative Public High School Athletic Association.

He and his wife have two grown children, a son and a daughter.

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