Kevin was raised as a member of a large extended family. In addition to his late parents and two older brothers, he has many cousins. His mother was one of 15 children. Kevin's father, Don, owned and operated a canteen truck business. His mother, Beverly, remained a homemaker, often driving the 3 boys to practice of some sort. As a child, Kevin was a member of 4 championship baseball teams, and he played hockey from the age of 4 until being introduced to the sport of wrestling.

Kevin attended Waltham High School and was a member of the only undefeated wrestling team in the school's history. He won the Coaches Award for having the most MVP Awards for individual matches, as well as being the recipient of the first Coach Pass Enrichment Award. His team outscored their opponents 620-93 and gave up only 7 pins all season. Kevin was also a first-team Suburban League All-Star and his only loss in Sectionals came at the hands of the champion.

After high school, Kevin attended UMass Boston, where he received a Bachelor's degree in Physical Education and Master's degree in Critical and Creative Thinking. Planning to continue wrestling, Kevin experienced 2 shoulder separations that removed him from competition at age 20. Having unfinished business in the sport, he jumped at the opportunity to coach under Paul Murphy at Belmont High School. Something that seemed like it would last a few years, ended up being a 29-year run (and counting). Kevin has coached 3 different schools to their best years ever.

In particular, Lexington's only championship teams came under Kevin's tutelage. Kevin's head coaching career began at Belmont High School, where he remained for 4 years. While at Belmont, Kevin coached wrestlers who placed second in the state (twice), third in the state and fourth in the state. He also coached the first ever Massachusetts Cadet National Champion. One year, Belmont had 5 finalists in a very tough Middlesex League tournament, tied for most that year. After bringing the Marauders to their highest finish in the league tournament as well as their very own Belmont Tournament (third in both), Kevin embarked on a very risky transition - coaching at Lexington. Taking over the last place team in the Middlesex League, Kevin coached Lexington for 7 years, bringing the team from worst to first. During the interview process, he was told by an administrator, that if they won 5 matches, he would "get my vote for coach of the year." Lexington went 5-14-1 in Kevin's first year, followed by 3 consecutive 20-win seasons. Lexington went on to win a League title, sectional championship, and place top 10 in the Division 1 State Tournament for 5 of his 7 years. They also won 20 or more matches in 4 of his 7 years. Never before had Lexington experienced a winning season, nor have they experienced nearly the success since that time. Kevin coached 3 state finalists in Lexington, 2 who competed on the national level. He consistently brought wrestlers to the New Englands and over a 2-year period, had wrestlers place 4th and 5th at the New England Championships. Furthermore, Lexington earned the Sportsmanship award during a season in which they also won 20 matches and a league championship. Overall, Lexington had many sectional finalists (4 in 1 year) over his 7 seasons and many sectional champs.

During his time at Lexington, Kevin was editor of his newsletter "The Wrestler" with over 400 subscribers for the newsletter ($15 per year subscription). He was often told that the newsletter promoted Massachusetts high school wrestling more than any other tool used at the time. He conducted interviews with Fred Smerlas and other former Massachusetts greats, as well as some premier coaches throughout the state. Rankings were facilitated and maintained throughout the season and college coaches used the newsletter as a way to scout. This newsletter will remain one of the best promotion tools for Massachusetts wrestling (for copies, email Matt Quimby as he saved the issues and has filed them electronically).

Leaving Lexington was not easy, as it was nothing but a positive experience for Kevin. However, he was married and starting a family in Watertown, a place where wrestling had never existed. Beginning the program was far from easy. Currently, the Raiders have 30 wrestlers on the team, with approximately 330 boys in the entire school. Watertown has won a league title, earned a sportsmanship award, won 20 or more matches in 6 different seasons and placed many wrestlers in post-season tournaments, (4 sectional champs). According to an MIWOA source, Kevin is the only head coach of two different teams recognized by the Massachusetts Officials Association for sportsmanship.

In addition to his coaching, Kevin also served as a well-respected wrestling official for 5 years and was often selected to referee league title meets. He also served as sectional chairman for 10 years in two different sections, and he continues to serve on the Massachusetts Wrestling Coaches Executive Board as a Member-at-Large. Kevin is the current owner/president of ARISE Consulting Service, Inc. In addition to his bachelor's and master's degrees, he also obtained an Advanced Certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis from Florida Institute of Technology. Kevin is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), Licensed Applied Behavior Analyst (LABA) and a Life Coach through the American Counseling Association (ACA).

Although Kevin loves his work and his coaching, his family remains most important. It is his daughters Jessica and Jillian for which Kevin is most proud and grateful. In addition, Kevin credits all of his former teammates, coaches, administrators and assistant coaches with whom he has worked for helping him throughout his career. However, it is the wrestlers for whom he has had the pleasure of coaching, and their families, that he feels deserve the most credit.