Bishop Gorman High School

Bishop Gorman High School
Address
5959 South Hualapai Way Las Vegas , (Clark County) , Nevada 89148 United States
Coordinates	36°4′54″N 115°19′2″W
Information
Type	Private, Coeducational
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	September 7, 1954
Oversight	Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Vegas
Principal	Kevin P. Kiefer
Teaching staff	77.8 (FTE) (2017–18)
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,450 (2017–18)
Student to teacher ratio	18.6:1 (2017–18)
Campus size	36 acres (15 ha)
Campus type	Fringe rural
Color(s)	Royal blue   Orange
Athletics conference	Southwest Division Sunset 4A Region Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA)
Mascot	Gaels
Accreditation	Northwest Accreditation Commission
Publication	The Gael Gazette
Newspaper	The Lance
Yearbook	Archive
Affiliation	NCEA
Website	www.bishopgorman.org

Bishop Gorman High School (also commonly referred to as Gorman or BGHS) is a private Roman Catholic preparatory school located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The school is administered by the Archdiocese of Las Vegas. The school opened in 1954. Its mascot is a Gael, a mounted Irish Knight.

History

Bishop Gorman High School opened its doors on September 7, 1954. Bishop Dwyer named it after his predecessor, Thomas Kiely Gorman, the first Catholic Bishop of the Reno-Las Vegas Diocese.

The campus was originally located near Downtown Las Vegas, at 1801 S. Maryland Pkwy. Classes began at its current Summerlin location on September 5, 2007. The new 187,000-square-foot (17,400 m²) school, located on a campus of 36 acres (15 ha), cost $96 million to build.

Later on, an athletic center (referred to as the ATC) was donated for $18 million.

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

The athletics program and teams of Bishop Gorman are known as the Gaels, and compete in the Southwest Division of the Sunset 5A Region. The Gaels have been described by USA Today and Sports Illustrated as being among the top thousand high school athletic programs in the United States.

In the summer of 2008, the Gaels baseball team, sponsored by American Legion Post 76 in Las Vegas, won the American Legion World Series, a first for any Nevada high school. They ended up fielding 798 points total in football, more than any other high school in the nation for the 2009 season and ended up being ranked 46th in the nation by Rivals.

Coach Tony Sanchez took over as Bishop Gorman High School's head football coach in March 2009. In 2010 and 2011, he led Gorman to a varsity record of 28-2 and an overall program record of 61-4. At the start of the 2012 season, Gorman beat nationally ranked teams Our Lady of Good Counsel in Maryland and St. Louis High School in Hawaii to raise its high school ranking into the top ten schools. Both matches were televised, by ESPN and Fox networks, respectively. In 2014 and 2015, Bishop Gorman won back-to-back National Championships. Sanchez then left the program to coach at the collegiate level.

Former D1 wrestler, 3rd degree black belt in Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 3 time Team USA member, 5 time world grappling champ (152-5 overall, 78-0 FILA Int), and head strategist coach for MMA, Ricky Lundell is the current head wrestling coach for the Gaels, along with his assistant coach Todd Prace.

Notable alumni

Notable staff

• Mike Carter (born 1955), American-Israeli former basketball player
• Tim Chambers (1965–2019), college baseball coach
• Tony Sanchez (born 1974), college football coach and former player