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Medford athletic director Bobby Maloney to retire; district begins search with community input
Summary
Medford Public Schools announced the retirement of long-serving athletic director Bobby Maloney and outlined a public search timeline that includes community input, multiple interview rounds and an anticipated onboarding in August so the new director overlaps with Maloney.
Medford Public Schools announced that athletic director Bobby Maloney will retire in early September, and district leaders opened a public search for his replacement, providing a recruitment timeline and opportunities for community participation.
The announcement came during the June 3 Medford School Committee meeting, when Dr. Cushing, a district staff member, told the committee, “We've already received dozens of applications,” and described plans to keep the posting open for about another week while recruiting community and staff members to participate on a search committee.
The district said it will hold an informational meeting for the search committee this Thursday to review expectations, confidentiality rules and the criteria members should use when evaluating candidates. The schedule given to the committee calls for in-person application review on June 12 at 6 p.m.; round 1 interviews the week of June 24; notification of round 2 candidates by June 30; and a target announcement in mid-July, “on or about July 14.” The district expects to onboard the new athletic director in early August so the hire can overlap with Maloney during a transition period before Maloney’s retirement in September.
Why it matters: the athletic director oversees district sports programs across Medford schools and coordinates with regional leagues. The search process includes community survey input the district will review with the search committee.
District officials repeatedly described the search as active and community-facing; no hiring vote occurred at the meeting. Questions from the public and school committee members were invited but none were recorded on the agenda item.
