Funeral services set for Adrian Gilmore, Shoreham-Wading River coach 

Services will be held this week in Center Moriches for Adrian Gilmore, the highly regarded Shoreham-Wading River coach and teacher who collapsed and died last week.

A visitation is scheduled from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Moloney-Sinnicksons Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 203 Main St. A funeral Mass will be offered 9:30 a.m. Thursday at St. John The Evangelist Church, 25 Ocean Ave.

Gilmore, 42, died last Wednesday, according to her online obituary. She had collapsed the day before at the district's middle school, Newsday previously reported.

Those who knew the coach have described her as "passionate" and a "fierce" competitor who mentored many on and off the field.

Gilmore coached the district's varsity soccer teams to county and state championships and also earned multiple Coach of the Year awards.

Superintendent Gerard W. Poole said in a statement last week that Gilmore was "not only a dedicated and passionate educator, but an outstanding coach, mentor and source of inspiration to many generations of SWR colleagues, families and students. For 20 years, Adrian served as a dedicated educator, most recently teaching sixth grade with unwavering commitment and care."

In 2019, Gilmore earned recognition as the United Soccer Coaches Regional High School Coach of the Year for the East Region. She also previously coached lacrosse and other community programs, Poole said.

Gilmore grew up in Moriches, attended schools in the William Floyd school district and graduated from Concordia College in 2004, where she played collegiate soccer, according to her obituary.

"Her kindness, generosity, and unwavering belief in others lifted everyone around her," the obituary says. "Adrian was the light in every room — a selfless soul who always put others before herself, whose smile could ease the heaviest burdens and whose heart was big enough to hold a whole community."