Dwight Scott is a graduate of Washington-Lee High School, Western Maryland College and University of Maryland, receiving a Master of Arts in physical education.

He became athletic director and coach at Boonsboro High in 1959. Over the next 30-plus years, Coach Scott became a role model and source of strength for many young men and women, peers, the community, county and state. The strengths of his outstanding coaching and professional accomplishments is due to his exemplary ethics, integrity and leadership. His excellence can be equated with effectiveness. He is considered by many as a “coach’s coach.”

Since 1959, Dwight began the following sports programs at Boonsboro High and led the way as head coach for each — football; track and field, cross country and indoor track and field. During his 17 football varsity seasons, the team posted a 96-69-5 record, including six district and three league championships.

From 1978-89, the boys cross country team achieved a 34-26 record with one league title, two district titles, one regional title, four invitational titles and one county championship. The girls posted a 31-24 record with one state title, two league titles, two county titles and six invitational titles.

As indoor track and field coach from 1968-89, the boys won two district and two invitational titles, and the girls won two league and seven invitational titles.

The 1961 season included the first varsity meet for the boys outdoor track and field team. From then until 1989, their record for dual and triangular meets was 120-57-1. The team also won two league, five district/regional, four county and 13 invitational titles. The girls varsity team began in 1976, and from then until 1989 they have won four state, five county, six regional and 11 invitational championships.

An educator, coach and athletic director, Dwight Scott maintained an unrelenting commitment to provide a quality athletic program at Boonsboro High for all students. With a caring attitude for each student, he expects rules, values, expectations and accountability to be met. He has spread this same commitment to excellence for young men and women throughout the county and state by serving on and chairing many committees or organizations.

Scott was elected Washington County Football Coach of the Year in 1969 and selected by Maryland for the National High School Coach of the Year in 1985.