News: Stone Bridge AD Dave Hembach Named AAA Athletic Administrator of the Year

(Feb. 28, 2012) - Dave Hembach, the athletic director at Stone Bridge High School, has been selected as the Group AAA Athletic Administrator of the Year by the Past Presidents Council of the Virginia Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (VIAAA).


Hembach will be formally honored on March 30th at the VIAAA State Conference in Norfolk.
Hembach has been Stone Bridge’s athletic director since 1999. Prior to that, he spent 14 years as a teacher and coach (1984-1993) at Park View High School and five years (1994-1999) as Park View’s athletic director.

Hembach was a cross country coach for eight years and track coach for five years at Park View. He was named the Virginia High School Coaches Association (VHSCA) Regional Cross Country Coach of the Year in 1990. As an earth science teacher at Park View, he was named teacher of the year by the PTA for the 1993-94 school year.

Hembach assisted with the Stone Bridge booster club in fund-raising projects to build a concession stand at the school’s stadium, expand the weight room and build press boxes at the baseball and softball fields. Stone Bridge was named the number one sports program in Virginia in 2007 by Sports Illustrated.

Active in coaches’ education in Loudoun County, Hembach became an American Sport Education Program/National Federation Interscholastic Coaches Education Program (ASEP/NFICEP) Certified Instructor of Coaching Principles in May 2000. He taught ASEP classes for Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS), even after Loudoun County turned to the ASEP on-line course.

A lifetime member of the VIAAA, Hembach has missed only one state conference in his 18 years as an athletic director. He has filled many roles at the district level, including secretary of the Northwest District from 1996-98, first chairman of the Dulles District from 2000-02 and most recently treasurer of the Liberty District since 2008.