RICHARD HOMERE GAGNE

Best soccer coach EVER! And a great guy!

Mr. Gagne, just thinking of you. I remember my LA years fondly with you as my soccer coach.

Mr. Gagne almost always had something intelligent to say. When he didn't, he at least said something funny. One relatively simple idea he passed on (and that stuck) was that he was not especially, big or strong or fast, but that he ended up being a good lacrosse player by working at it. I passed the idea on to players I coached years later in Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. At some point the concept is not just limited to sports--its for all of life. Work at it. Thanks Gags. You...

A great man and a great teacher, he will be missed. Our sympathies to the family members
Harris LeRoy Lawrence Academy 1959

You will always be missed, Dick. My thoughts are with your family. You were a great lacrosse coach and an inspiring French teacher. Learned how to do speculative study in anticipation of your dictees.

Curt LeRoy, LA '72

My thoughts and prayers are with your family--
Dick was a great mentor, coach, teacher and friend. He was instrumental in my attending Dartmouth and was fortunate enough to see him last June in good humor and with his trademark tan windbreaker. We will miss him, but in the Dartmouth tradition, it is not goodbye, but simply "farewell till we meet again".
Peter T. Dunn '64

Mr. Gagne was a great example of what made LA special. It would be impossible to count how many people he impacted over his career. My thoughts are with the Gagne family.

My condolences to Katharine and the Gagn family. I will always have fond memories of Mr. Gagn as an advisor, teacher, and symbol of everything that Lawrence Academy stood for.

My heart goes out to the Gagne family and friends. Leigh said it, he was a great man. He also never turned me in when he caught me with my hand stuck up the soda machine while I was trying to steal a coke. The Gagne Golf Tournament will be extra special this year.