2016 High School Cross Country Coaches of the Year
By Tyler Mayforth, USTFCCCA
January 11, 2017
NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced Wednesday the state-by-state winners of its third annual High School Coach of the Year award for cross country.
One boys coach and
one girls coach from each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia — as seen in the lists below — were honored for their successes during the fall of 2016, as selected by a committee of experts from around the nation.
State-by-state winners were selected based on their teams’ performances throughout the 2016 cross country season. Among the factors taken into consideration were team score and placement at the state championships, margin of victory, performance against rankings if available, individual championships, and how their teams’ performances stacked up to previous years (e.g. first title in school history, consecutive titles, etc.).
Each honoree will receive a trophy from the USTFCCCA recognizing his or her achievements.
The winners from each state are in consideration for the association’s National High School Cross Country Coach of the Year award. One boys coach and one girls coach from among all the states will be selected by a panel of experts and be announced later this month as the national winners.
The full lists can be seen below.
2016 USTFCCCA Boys High School Cross Country Coaches of the Year (State-by-State Winners)
|
State | Coach Name | School |
Alabama | Luke Robinson | Scottsboro High School |
Alaska | Ruth Barndt | West High School |
Arizona | Chris Hanson | Desert Vista High School |
Arkansas | Carlton Efurd | Rogers High School |
California | Doug Soles | Great Oak High School |
Colorado | Kent Rieder | Monarch High School |
Connecticut | Laddie Lawrence | Staples High School |
Delaware | Dan O’Connell | St. Andrew’s School of Delaware |
District of Columbia | John Ausema | Gonzaga College High School |
Florida | Kenneth Vinal | Trinity Preparatory School |
Florida | Mike Hill | Trinity Preparatory School |
Georgia | Brian Robinson | Alexander High School |
Hawaii | Jack Kuo | ‘Iolani School |
Idaho | Sean Schmidt | Skyline High School |
Illinois | Paul Vandersteen | Neuqua Valley High School |
Indiana | Phil Yoder | Carroll Jr./Sr. High School |
Iowa | Darrell Burmeister | Nodaway Valley High School |
Kansas | Steve Heffernan | Lawrence Free State High School |
Kentucky | Chuck Medley | Saint Xavier High School |
Louisiana | Terryl Chatham | St. Paul’s School |
Maine | Jorma Kurry | Falmouth High School |
Maine | Dan Paul | Falmouth High School |
Maryland | Paul Hugus | River Hill High School |
Massachusetts | Tim Broe | Wellesley High School |
Michigan | Bryan Heid | Corunna High School |
Minnesota | Mark Popp | Wayzata High School |
Mississippi | Price Chadwick | St. Andrews Episcopal School |
Missouri | Bryant Wright | Festus High School |
Montana | Casey Jermyn | Bozeman High School |
Nebraska | Colin Johnston | Millard West High School |
Nevada | Ron Cross | Spanish Springs High School |
New Hampshire | Mike Clark | Pinkerton Academy |
New Jersey | Jim Smirk | Princeton High School |
New Mexico | Bob Jackson | Hobbs High School |
New York | Ray Lawson | Corning-Painted Post High School |
North Carolina | David Christian | Needham B. Broughton High School |
North Dakota | Bill Jansen | Rugby High School |
Ohio | Jeff Howard | Woodridge High School |
Oklahoma | David Ayres | Bartlesville High School |
Oregon | Justin Loftus | Crater High School |
Pennsylvania | David Marrington | Council Rock High School North |
Rhode Island | Kenneth Skelly | La Salle Academy |
South Carolina | Eric Cummings | Riverside High School |
South Dakota | Luke VanderLeest | Sioux Falls Christian High School |
Tennessee | Billy Anderson | Brentwood High School |
Texas | Mike Barnett | Luling High School |
Utah | Todd Mitchell | Olympus High School |
Vermont | Mark McKenna | Rice Memorial High School |
Virginia | Marc Hunter | Loudoun Valley High School |
Washington | Jon Knight | North Central High School |
West Virginia | Steven Nutter | St. Marys High School |
Wisconsin | Kevin FitzPatrick | Lakeland Union High School |
Wyoming | Ty Draney | Star Valley High School |
2016 USTFCCCA Girls High School Cross Country Coaches of the Year (State-by-State Winners)
|
State | Coach Name | School |
Alabama | Brad Hood | Pleasant Valley High School |
Alaska | Bill Steyer | Homer High School |
Arizona | Jeff Messer | Desert Vista High School |
Arkansas | Johnette Goldman | Heber Springs High School |
California | Doug Soles | Great Oak High School |
Colorado | Gregory Weich | Broomfield High School |
Connecticut | John Goetz | Ridgefield High School |
Delaware | Steve Sinko | Newark Charter High School |
District of Columbia | Kevin Hughes | Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School |
Florida | Ladd Baldwin | Steinbrenner High School |
Georgia | Amy Eubanks | The Westminster Schools |
Hawaii | Bobby Grossman | Seabury Hall |
Idaho | Jeff Horsley | Soda Springs High School |
Illinois | Dan Iverson | Naperville North High School |
Indiana | Mark Ellington | Carmel High School |
Iowa | Pat Hennes | Johnston High School |
Kansas | Nick Rodriguez | Hugoton High School |
Kentucky | Tim Holman | duPont Manual High School |
Louisiana | Mark LaHaye | St. Joseph’s Academy |
Maine | David Dowling | Greely High School |
Maryland | Tom Martin | Walter Johnson High School |
Massachusetts | Tom Shaw | Milton High School |
Michigan | Steve Long | Otsego High School |
Minnesota | Matt Gabrielson | Edina High School |
Mississippi | Wayne Williams | Presbyterian Christian School |
Missouri | Marcus Bridges | Fatima High School |
Montana | Casey Jermyn | Bozeman High School |
Nebraska | Ron Haden | Aurora High School |
Nebraska | Tony Sigler | Aurora High School |
Nevada | Jim Parker | Reno High School |
New Hampshire | Geoffrey Wilson | Souhegan High School |
New Jersey | Tim Mooney | Ridge High School |
New Mexico | Sal Gonzales | Rio Rancho High School |
New York | Brian Diglio | North Rockland High School |
North Carolina | Nick Mangum | Cardinal Gibbons High School |
North Dakota | Julie Stavn | Century High School |
Ohio | Jessie Magoto | Minster High School |
Oklahoma | David Ayres | Bartlesville High School |
Oregon | Jim McLatchie | Summit High School |
Pennsylvania | Tom Kennedy | Cardinal O’Hara High School |
Rhode Island | Kelly Martin | La Salle Academy |
South Carolina | Eric Cummings | Riverside High School |
South Dakota | Karen Karim | Custer High School |
Tennessee | Cathy Cheeseman | Brentwood Academy |
Texas | Paul Darden | Sundown High School |
Utah | David Holt | Pine View High School |
Vermont | Scott Bliss | Champlain Valley Union High School |
Virginia | Brandon Bear | Blacksburg High School |
Washington | Gwen Robertson | Issaquah High School |
West Virginia | Ed Frohnapfel | University High School |
Wisconsin | Matt Roe | Sun Prairie High School |
Wyoming | Jeff Brazil | Jackson Hole High School |
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