Staff Supervisor: Basketball

Mr. Utterback- Athletic Director

In the winter of 2015-2016, Mr. Utterback decided to pursue bringing a Unified athletic program to Brewer High School after reading about the success of the opportunities from other schools, particularly, at Hampden Academy. The 2024-2025 season will be the 9th year that Brewer High offers organized Unified activities in the winter months. 

Mr. Utterback and Mrs. Snowdeal developed a Unified component with their fall cheerleading a decade ago, and it has been a great success, providing extra curricular opportunities for children of all walks of life, so expanding the offerings through the winter months with the support of the MPA and Maine Special Olympics made perfect sense. 

Mr. Utterback was pleased to expand the Unified program at Brewer High School when the Student-Athlete Advisory Council voted unanimously to support the development and expansion of the Unified program to include basketball and winter sideline cheerleading. 

Following support from the SAAC, Mr. Utterback sought approval to purse grant funding with the blessing of the Brewer School Committee. The School Committee supported this fully. 

Mr. Utterback will oversee the basketball component of the Winter Unified program, including the developmentc of student coaches, practice planning, game planning, set up and organization of game day needs. 

Special thank you to the support from Nancy Snowdeal, Angela Moore (Director of Pupil Services), Brandi Butterfield (Special Education Instructor), Erin Hutchinson (Special Education Instructor) and Jamie Emerson (Special Education coordinator) for continuing to support this program.

In the summer of 2021, Mr Utterback was recongized by the Maine Administrators of Services for Children with Disabilities as the "Special Education Support Staff of the Year" award. This was a testament to the work done in, and supported by Brewer around the Unified Athletics program and since 2022, Mr. Utterback has served on the Maine Principal's Association Unified Sports Committee, working closely with Maine Special Olympics liasions and member schools int he state of Maine to provide meaningful opportunities. 

Since 2020, the Brewer School Department has also offered Middle School Level unified basketball, under the leadership of teacher, Jayson Adams with help from Dr. Allison Glanville, the schools lead clinical psychologist. 

Unified Support Staff- 

Director Angela Moore

Mrs Butterfield

Mrs Hutchinson

Mrs Saunders

Mrs Emerson 

Mr Jayson Adams (BCS Head Coach)

Dr Glanville 

BHS Student Coaches:

Eli Wall

Gabby Chasse

Jillian Ford

Olivia Gilmore

BHS Game Day Support Staff:

Admissions/Donations- 

Scoreboard Operator- 

Official Scorer- 

Public Address- Emma Jameson

Officials- Mrs. McLaughlin, 

Game Day Operations and Support- 

Concessions- Brewer High School Best Buddies program