Trahan, Crist named USTFCCCA coaches of the year

Josh Trahan and Conrad Crist join an elite group of coaches across the nation as USTFCCCA Coaches of the Year.

 
     
 

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Inaugural State-by-State USTFCCCA High School Track & Field Coach of the Year Winners Announced

August 11, 2014

NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced Tuesday the state-by-state winners of its inaugural High School Coach of the Year award.

One boys coach and one girls coach from each of the 50 states – as seen in the lists below – were honored for their successes during the 2014 track & field season, as selected by a committee of experts from around the nation.

The winners from each state are in consideration for the association’s first-ever National High School Coach of the Year award. Selected by a panel of track & field experts, one boys coach and one girls coach from among all the states will be announced later this month as the national winners.

"We’ve established a tradition of recognizing our nation’s top collegiate coaches on a yearly basis, and we felt it was time to shine the spotlight on our best coaches at the high school level," USTFCCCA CEO Sam Seemes said.

"As a professional coaches association, we deeply value the excellent work being done by high school coaches around the country, embodied by all of today’s award winners. They are not only preparing student-athletes for their next competitions but, more importantly, the next steps along their paths to adulthood."

State-by-state winners were selected based on their teams’ performances throughout the 2014 track & field season. Among the factors taken into consideration were team score and placement at the state championships, the number of different events in which student-athletes were qualified, individual championships, and how their teams’ performances stacked up to previous years (ex. First title in school history, consecutive titles, etc.).

"This is the most prestigious award that a high school coach could ever attain," National Senate of High School Track Coaches Associations Executive Chair Don Helberg said. "I am so happy and proud that USTFCCCA has added this award to the collegiate awards they already present."

An inaugural High School Coach of the Year award for cross country will be bestowed during the upcoming 2014 season.ABOUT THE USTFCCCA

The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) is a non-profit professional organization representing cross country and track & field coaches of all levels. The organization represents over 8,000 coaching members encompassing 94% of all NCAA track & field programs (DI, DII, and DIII) and includes members representing the NAIA as well as a number of state high school coaches associations. The USTFCCCA serves as an advocate for cross country and track & field coaches, providing a leadership structure to assist the needs of a diverse membership, serving as a lobbyist for coaches’ interests, and working as a liaison between the various stakeholders in the sports of cross country and track & field.

BOYS COACHES OF THE YEAR BY STATE

State

Coach Name

Coach School

Alabama

Tom Esslinger

Homewood High School

Alaska

Scott Campbell

Diamond High School

Arizona

Tim Kelly

Corona del Sol High School

Arkansas

Denny Burdine

Arkansas High School

California

Rick Martinez

Mater Dei High School

Colorado

Josh Trahan

Palmer Ridge High School

Connecticut

Ronald Wilson

Windsor High School

Delaware

Mike Tucci

Caesar Rodney High School

Florida

Alex Armenteros

St. Thomas Aquinas High School

Georgia

Rob Blaszkiewics

Shiloh High School

Hawaii

Harvey McInerny

Kamehameha Schools Kaplama

Idaho

Brad Abbott

Rocky Mountain High School

Illinois

Leroy Millsap

Cahokia High School

Indiana

Gene Robinson

Gary Westside High School

Iowa

Brent Heitland

Waukee High School

Kansas

Cory Swords

Wichita-Bishop Carroll Catholic High School

Kentucky

James Webb

North Hardin High School

Louisiana

Preston Curtis

John Curtis High School

Maine

Steve Virgilio

Cheverus High School

Maryland

Marlon Turner

Frederick Douglas High School

Massachusetts

Michael Fowle

Woburn High School

Michigan

Dave Emmott

East Kentwood High School

Minnesota

Nick Lovas

Hopkins Senior High School

Mississippi

Michael Fields

Hinds AHigh School

Missouri

Rodney Baldridge

Lamar High School

Montana

Tony Arnston

Helena High School

Nebraska

Bob Talbitzer

Kearney High School

Nevada

Mike Paul

Dayton High School

New Hampshire

Carol Quarles

Pinkerton Academy

New Jersey

Mike McCabe

Union Catholic High School

New Mexico

Kenneth Henry

Sue Cleveland High School

New York

Mike Potter

Warwick Valley High School

North Carolina

Patrick Cromwell

Mt. Tabor High School

North Dakota

Dave Zittleman
Darrell Anderson

Bismarck High School

Ohio

Theodore Ginn Sr.

Cleveland Glenville High School.

Oklahoma

Steve Patterson

Jenks High School

Oregon

Tom Rothenberger

Jesuit High School

Pennsylvania

Robert Beale

Cheltenham High School

Rhode Island

Charlie Breagy

North Kingstown High School

South Carolina

Calvin Hudgins

Northwestern High School

South Dakota

Jim Jarovski

Sioux Falls Lincoln High School

Tennessee

Aaron Martens

Houston High School

Texas

Tate Symons

Kingwood High School

Utah

Chase Englestead

Riverton High School

Vermont

Geoff Bennett

South Burlington High School

Virginia

Neil Mathews

Lee Davis High School

Washington

Chris Williams

Federal Way High School

West Virginia

Rod O’Donnell

Parkersburg High School

Wisconsin

Steve Pratt

Kimberly High School

Wyoming

Ernie Mecca

Thermopolis High School

GIRLS COACHES OF THE YEAR BY STATE

State

Coach Name

Coach School

Alabama

Devon Hind

Hoover High School

Alaska

Tara Edwards

Grace Christian High School

Arizona

Cassandra McKenzie

Desert Vista High School

Arkansas

Brett Unger

Har-Ber High School

California

Don Norford

Long Beach Poly High School

Colorado

Conrad Crist

Fort Collins High School

Connecticut

Jesse McCray

Staples High School

Delaware

Patrick Castagno

Tatnall School

Florida

Carmen Jackson

Northwestern High School

Georgia

Json Cage

Westlake High School

Hawaii

Bobby Grossman

Seabury Hall High School

Idaho

Jake Wimer
Cori Mooney

Boise High School

Illinois

Wendy Hegarty

Lincoln-Way East High School

Indiana

Tim Richey

Lawrence Central High School

Iowa

Tim O’Neill

Assumption High School

Kansas

Jordan Rose

Lawrence-Free State High School

Kentucky

Kathy Broadnax

Bryan Station High School

Louisiana

Chris Carrier

Zachary High School

Maine

Ian Wilson

Waterville High School

Maryland

Valarie Harrington

Huntington High School

Massachusetts

Joe Tranchita

Newton North High School

Michigan

Brandon Jiles

Oak Park High School

Minnesota

Jane Reimer-Morgan

Minnetonka High School

Mississippi

Jonathan Perkins

Clinton High School

Missouri

Sheldon Webster

McCluer North High School

Montana

Spencer Huls

Corvallis High School

Nebraska

Brett Schuster

Lincoln Southwest High School

Nevada

Roy Session

Centennial High School

New Hampshire

Tim Cox
David Zink-Mailloux

Coe-Brown Northwood Academy

New Jersey

Jason Russo

Haddonfield Memorial High School

New Mexico

Kathy Brion

Eldorado High School

New York

Shaun Dietz

Medgar Evers College Prep

North Carolina

Antwan Hughes

Parkland Magnet High School

North Dakota

Nick Walker

Century High School

Ohio

Brian Sabol

Solon High School

Oklahoma

Jerry Whaley Naylor

Plainview Public Schools

Oregon

Dave Turnbull

Summit High School

Pennsylvania

Ron Colland

Hempfield Area High School

Rhode Island

Bob Palazzo

Classical High School

South Carolina

Calvin Hudgins

Northwestern High School

South Dakota

Bob Garry

Sioux Falls Christian High School

Tennessee

Christina Webb

Northeast High School

Texas

Beverly Humphrey

Lancaster High School

Utah

Jeff Rawlins

Box Elder High School

Vermont

Joe Gonillo
Katie White

Essex High School

Virginia

Claude Toukene

Western Branch High School

Washington

Cheryl Schauble

Kamiakin High School

West Virginia

Zach Hall

Williamstown High School

Wisconsin

David Dixon

Hayward High School

Wyoming

Shelly Stremcha

Campbell County High School

 

 

 
 

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