Telegraph photo by TOM KING Dan Wyborney is stepping away as both Souhegan High School athletic director and varsity girls soccer coach.

AMHERST – Souhegan High School is looking for both a new athletic director and a varsity girls soccer coach.

Dan Wyborney, who has held both jobs the last couple of years, will be leaving his post July 1.

Where he’s headed is still up in the air, but it appears he is seeking out other athletic administrative positions.

“There have been a couple of things presented to me,” Wyborney said. “We’ll see where it goes and where it lands.”

Wyborney, the former Nashua High School North and Manchester Memorial girls soccer coach, seemed a perfect fit for the Sabers AD job. He had already coached the Sabers for a year before taking the athletic director’s job in 2018. He lives in Amherst, which was one of the reasons he felt coaching at Souhegan would be better after seven years guiding Nashua North. At Souhegan, the Sabers made the 2017 Division II title game in his first season on the job, losing to Bow 1-0.

Later that spring (2018) he became the choice as the school’s new AD, replacing the retiring popular longtime athletic director Dick Miller.

But being so local is one of the reasons Wyborney said he’s walking away.

“I’m looking out for the best interest for my family, my kids” he said. “My kids are in the (Amherst) school system too, and sometimes it could be difficult when their Dad is the AD.”

Wyborney said the school, using a search committee, is looking to put someone in place by July 1. And that person would end up hiring the new girls soccer coach.

In three seasons as the Sabers head coach, Wyborney posted a combined 36-15-3 record, his teams bowing in the quarterfinals the last two seasons, this past year in a tough 1-0 loss to area rival Hollis Brookline.

“It’s a good group there,” Wyborney said. “They work hard and they’ll be successful. The person who steps in will do a good job.”

Wyborney, who turned around a struggling Nashua North program after several years at Manchester Memorial, said he learned a lot as the Sabers athletic director.

“Obviously it’s a big-time commitment,” he said. “You want to do a good job, so you have to spend a lot of time in different locations making sure you’re looking out for the best interest of the coaches and the student athletes.”

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