Athletic Directory

As Athletic Director since 1996, Jim oversees and directs all aspects of the athletic program. He previously served as president of the Independent Schools League and the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council Executive Board. He has a bachelor of science from Springfield College.

A USPTA certified tennis professional, Burakovsky has been the assistant coach of the Boston College Mens’ Tennis team since 2004. He is Director of Tennis for the Great Island Yacht Club in West Yarmouth, MA and served as Junior Director for several years at the Tri-Valley Fitness and Tennis Club. Burakovsky has coached an extensive range of players, from novice and nationally ranked juniors to mens’ and womens’ league teams. As a player, he was a two-time captain and team MVP at the University of Chicago, playing both #1 singles and doubles. He finished in the top eight for six straight years in the USTA New England Mens’ Open Division and in 2005, he was awarded the USPTA New England Mens’ Open Player of the Year.

Currently coaching Middle School Boys' Lacrosse, Mr. Churchill is a graduate of Williams College and Milton Academy. He played four years of varsity lacrosse and three years of varsity football at Williams and in his senior year received All-American honors and was the Captain and MVP of the lacrosse team. While at Milton Academy he was an All-American lacrosse player, captain of the football, skiing, and lacrosse teams and recipient of the Saltonstall Medal for athletic achievement. Mr. Churchill lives in Wellesley with his wife and four children, where he coaches several of the town’s lacrosse, hockey, soccer, and baseball teams. He is currently responsible for overseeing the Town of Wellesley’s select lacrosse program for all grade levels.

Coach Keohane comes to Rivers from Bentley College where he was a linebackers coach and receivers coach. Prior to his position at Bentley, Keohane had amassed a long list of accomplishments as the head football coach for fourteen years at Waltham High School. While at Waltham he took two of his teams to M.I.A.A. Bowl Games. Along with compiling a record of 101-31-1 at Waltham, he placed numerous players in Ivy League and N.E.S.C.A.C. schools. He was also recognized as a Boston Globe Football Coach of the Year and a Massachusetts Football Referee Association Football Coach of the Year.

An All-New England and All-American player in prep school, Mr. Walker went on to Denison where he was a four-year starter, earning multiple honors, including All-American and Academic All-American. Over the last four seasons, Coach Walker’s Rivers team has a combined 50-14 record, and in 2009, the team won its first ISL Championship. In 2006 Mr. Walker was honored by his peers who voted him the ISL Coach of the year. Many of his Rivers players are currently playing lacrosse at the collegiate level, including players at Johns Hopkins, Hobart, Rutgers, University of Vermont and Springfield College. Prior to Rivers he coached the Division 1 State Champion Duxbury High team. In the off-season, Mr. Walker is the director and head coach of Top Gun Lacrosse’s Premier Select Teams, as well as the director of all of Top Gun’s camps and leagues.