Mount Vernon High School (New York)

Mount Vernon High School
Motto "One Vision, One Voice, One Goal"
Established 1894 (current school 1964 as merger of Edison and A.B. Davis)
Type Public High School
Students Over 2,500
Grades 9-12
Location 100 California Road,
Mount Vernon, New York, USA
District Mount Vernon City School District
Colors Maroon & Gold          
Mascot Knight
Phone (914) 665-5300
Website www.mtvernoncsd.org

Mount Vernon High School is a high school in the City of Mount Vernon in Westchester County, New York, and is part of the Mount Vernon City School District.

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Sports

The school colors are maroon and gold, with the nickname Knights.

Basketball

Mount Vernon is a perennial powerhouse in the State of New York as well as the nation.
Sectional titles
1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,2011
PHSAA titles
1978, 1979, 1981, 1991, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007,2011
Federation titles
1991, 2000, 2004, 2006,2011

Coaching staff
The head coach is Robert "Bob" Cimmino, who is considered one of the top basketball coaches in the nation and has recently turned down college basketball coaching jobs because he loves the home town feel of Mount Vernon.He is the head coach of the 2011 East team for the McDonald's All-American game.

Notable players

Other notable alumni

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