{"id":182122,"date":"2026-05-02T11:52:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/182122\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T11:52:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:52:28","slug":"kies-honored-as-nysphsaa-section-2-athletic-director-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/182122\/","title":{"rendered":"Kies honored as NYSPHSAA Section 2 Athletic Director of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0L2A0819-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-68559\"  \/>Bethlehem Central Athletic Director Len Kies has been named the NYSPHSAA Section 2 Athletic Director of the Year. The award recognizes exceptional leadership and meaningful contributions to interscholastic athletics.<\/p>\n<p>The honor was presented at the Capital Area School Development Association\u2019s (CASDA) Capital Region Education Awards ceremony on April 30, celebrating Kies\u2019s long-standing commitment to student-athletes and the district\u2019s athletic programs.<\/p>\n<p>As BCSD\u2019s director of athletics and wellness, Kies has overseen a broad athletic program that supports student success on and off the field. Throughout his career, he has served as a coach and administrator and played an active role in regional and state athletic organizations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLen has dedicated his career to creating opportunities to grow through athletics,\u201d said Superintendent Jody Monroe. \u201cHis leadership and commitment to our student-athletes have had a lasting impact on our schools and community. This recognition is a well-deserved tribute to his years of service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kies will retire from Bethlehem in June, concluding a distinguished career as a coach, educator, and athletic administrator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bethlehem Central Athletic Director Len Kies has been named the NYSPHSAA Section 2 Athletic Director of the Year.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-182122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}