Shortly afterwards, he made his first appearance behind the bench as the goaltending coach at Coyle & Cassidy High School in his hometown of Taunton.
Borges was named head coach of the program in 2005 and led the team to nine consecutive conference championships.
In his time with the Warriors, Borges earned a record of 121–50–8 and was twice chosen to coach at the Massachusetts High School Hockey All-Star Game.
In 2013, Borges got his first opportunity to coach at the college level with Stonehill, a year after his son Dana graduated from the school.
Broges was initially brought in on an interim basis 4 days before the Skyhawks' first game and immediately paid dividends for the program.