School is back in session and fall sports are underway as most teams are wrapping up pre-season practices and the final rosters have been announced. Below is an introduction to some of the high school head coaches. The remaining coaches will be featured in next week's Jamestown Press.

Jen Chabot is in her first season as the head coach of the girls' cross country team after wrapping up her 13th season coaching the girls' outdoor track team in the spring. She also coached the high school girls' indoor track team for five years. The boys' and girls' cross country teams work closely together and Kate Buckley will be the assistant coach for both teams. In her first season most of the faces on Chabot's team will be familiar as the majority of the girls on the cross country team compete in both indoor and outdoor track. Chabot said the difference with coaching cross country is that it is a much smaller group of girls and everyone runs the same workout during practice and they all compete in the majority of the same races. Chabot is a North Kingstown graduate herself, where she was an outstanding runner on the cross country and outdoor track teams. She graduated from Rhode Island College and Salve Regina University and now lives in North Kingstown with her husband and three children.

Brian Garrepy is in his fifth season as the head coach of the girls' varsity volleyball team. He spent two years as the JV coach and was the assistant coach at Narragansett High School prior to coaching the Skippers. By day, Garrepy is a fifth grade teacher at Susan Henseler Quidnessett Elementary School in North Kingstown. Garrepy is originally from North Kingstown and now lives in Warwick with his wife and three-year-old child. Garrepy went to the University of Rhode Island, where he received degrees in English and elementary education. He has been known to occasionally sing during a time out in a volleyball match.

Kevin Powers is entering his 16th year with the Skippers. It is his eighth season coaching the girls' varsity soccer team after eight years with the JV team. Powers has also coached with the North Kingstown Soccer Club and the Ocean State Soccer Club. He was the assistant director of the Ocean State Summer Camp and an instructor at Europa Soccer Camp. As a North Kingstown High School graduate, Powers was a standout on the boys' soccer team. He works at the Wickford Shipyard and when he is not coaching he can be found fishing or boating and he still enjoys playing soccer on the weekends. Powers resides in North Kingstown along with his 7-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter.

Keith Kenyon has held the posts of head football coach and Director of Athletics/Student Activities at North Kingstown High School for over two decades since taking on the roles in 1985.

Kenyon runs the athletic department for grades 6 to 12, which includes hiring coaches and scheduling buses. In student activities, he hires the advisors and oversees all operations associated with extra curricular activities including homecoming week, proms, and graduation. Prior to arriving at North Kingstown, Kenyon was a graduate assistant coach for two years at Syracuse University where he received his master's degree. Prior to Syracuse, he was an assistant coach at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and he received his undergraduate degree from Springfi eld College. Kenyon has two daughters and lives with his wife in Westerly and he looks forward to his 24th season coaching the Skippers.