WOODSTOCK — Woodstock Union High School has reconnected with one of its former three-sport athletes and hired him as its new athletic director.

Jack Boymer will officially assume his new duties on an undetermined date once he wraps up work at the Hartland Recreation Department’s AD, Boymer said in a Wednesday night phone interview. He signed his contract with the Windsor Central Supervisory Union on Thursday.

“It’s a very exciting opportunity,” the 31-year-old said. “I took a lot of pride being an athlete at Woodstock. I feel like I’m a really good guy for the job. I know what it’s like to be a student there. I know what it’s like to be an athlete there. I also have enough experience to understand the dynamics of coaching and have also coached sports as well.

“Over the years, I’ve had to work a lot with parents. I get all three sides of it: students, parents, coaches. I feel like it can be a seamless transition because I know the area, know the culture and want to build on what’s already there.”

Boymer succeeds Quaron Pinckney, who left Woodstock to become Burlington High School’s AD in August.

Pinckney has been helping WUHS prepare for the coronavirus-delayed fall season while setting up shop at BHS; Boymer said he faces a similar scenario until he wraps up in Hartland.

Boymer played football, basketball and baseball at Woodstock, graduating in 2007. He competed on three state gridiron championship teams under coach Jim McLaughlin and saw his last action with the Wasps on a baseball squad that reached the VPA Division II semifinals with its current coach, Jason Tarleton.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in sports administration and management from Castleton University in 2012, later adding a masters in business administration from the College of St. Joseph’s in Rutland in 2017. The Hartland job, which Boymer landed in May 2019, gave him a taste of working with the Vermont Principals Association, which oversees both middle and high school sports in the state.

WUHS has two coaching vacancies it needs to fill, one immediately. The WCSU parted with Tom Avellino earlier this summer, leaving the boys soccer program without a coach entering preseason. Avellino also coached boys basketball last winter. Boymer — who was Woodstock’s junior varsity softball coach in 2019 — said he wouldn’t write off taking on a coaching role in the future, but it would be unlikely right now as he adjusts to the new job.

Aside from that, Boymer expects pandemic restrictions to keep him busy.

“With this unique year, we’re certainly making sure that we’re following all of the guidelines, the CDC and VPA guidelines as well as trying to offer athletes the best experience possible,” he said. “That’s the immediate thing. It’s a super-different situation because of COVID.”

Greg Fennell can be reached at gfennell@vnews.com or 603-727-3226.