State-By-State High School Track & Field Coaches Of The Year Announced By USTFCCCA


The Fayetteville-Manlius girls of New York won their ninth NXN title this fall. Head coach Bill Aris was named the New York High School Coach of the Year by the USTFCCCA. Photo: Travis Miller

NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced Wednesday the state-by-state winners of its second 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 2015, as selected by a committee of experts from around the nation.

State-by-state winners were selected based on their teams' performances throughout the 2015 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.

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 9,000 coaching members encompassing 94% of all NCAA track & field programs (DI, DII, and DIII) and includes members representing the NAIA and NJCAA, 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.

2015 USTFCCCA Boys High School Cross Country Coaches of the Year
(State-by-State Winners)

StateCoach NameSchool
AlabamaDan NortonAuburn High School
AlaskaRuth BarndtWest High School
ArizonaChris HansonDesert Vista High School
ArkansasMichelle FyfeFayetteville High School
CaliforniaDoug Soles Great Oak High School 
ColoradoJohathon DarbyMountain Vista High School
ConnecticutLaddie LawrenceStaples High School
DelawareRick SchuderCharter School of Wilmington
District of ColumbiaJohn AusemaGonzaga High School
FloridaKen VinalTrinity Preparatory School
GeorgiaJack ColemanMarietta High School
HawaiiLupe DiazHawaii Preparatory Academy
IdahoTracy HarrisMountain View High School
IllinoisJohn O'MalleyCarl Sandburg High School
IndianaColin AltevogtCarmel High School
IowaTim IvesDowling Catholic High School
KansasCurtis VermillionHalstead High School
KentuckyChuck MedleySaint Xavier High School
LouisianaClaney DuplechinEpiscopal High School
MaineErich ReedGeorge Stevens Academy
MarylandChad BoyleDulaney High School
MassachusettsBrian HeenanMarblehead High School
MichiganCliff SomersFremont High School
MinnesotaMike HarrisHopkins High School
MississippiChris BarnettPearl High School
MissouriSean O'ConnorLafayette High School
MontanaClint MayBozeman High School
NebraskaMichele KontorMilford High School
NevadaEd PariseMcQueen High School
New HampshireMike BrownPinkerton Academy
New JerseyRich GebauerOld Bridge High School
New MexicoBob JacksonHobbs High School
New YorkTracey VannattaLiverpool High School
North CarolinaRick SpencerWeddington High School
North DakotaBrian AndersonNew Town High School
OhioDenise BensonLexington High School
OklahomaSteve PattersonJenks High School
OregonDave TurnbullSummit High School
PennsylvaniaScott BurnsDowningtown West High School
Rhode IslandKen SkellyLaSalle Academy
South CarolinaBret DavisWando High School
South DakotaJason WagonerRoosevelt High School
TennesseeMarshall SmithBrentwood Academy
TexasJuris GreenThe Woodlands High School
UtahCorbin TalleyDavis High High School
VermontScott BlissChamplain Valley Union High School
VirginiaMarc Hunter
Joan Hunter
Loudoun Valley High School
WashingtonJeff BradyTahoma High School
West VirginiaChris ParsonsCabell Midland
WisconsinMike HelingKimberly High School
WyomingGreg SchabronLaramie High School

 

2015 USTFCCCA Girls High School Cross Country Coaches of the Year
(State-by-State Winners)

StateCoach NameSchool
AlabamaMichael McGovernMountain Brook High School
AlaskaBill SteyerHomer High School
ArizonaMatt LincolnChandler High School
ArkansasJeff HaynesTrinity Christian School
CaliforniaDoug SolesGreat Oak High School 
ColoradoSteve RischlingAir Academy High School
ConnecticutJudi LafontaineTolland High School
DelawareJennifer CarrollSt. Andrew's School
District of ColumbiaAnthony BelberGeorgetown Day School
FloridaTony RyanThe Bolles School
GeorgiaAmy EubanksWestminster Schools
HawaiiDuncan MacDonaldPunahou School
IdahoGreg HarmEagle High School
IllinoisKevin GummersonMinooka High School
IndianaMark EllingtonCarmel High School
IowaDan DavisUrbandale High School
KansasSusan NelgaresManhattan-Ogden High School
KentuckyMark FortneyDaviess County High School
LouisianaGerald SingerMandeville High School
MaineBob MorseYarmouth High School
MarylandBecky WalterBoonsboro High School
MassachusettsThomas ShawMilton High School
MichiganJeffrey DevantierSeaholm High School
MinnesotaMatt GabrielsonEdina High School
MississippiCharles CovingtonSaltillo High School
MissouriScott BrandonLafayette High School
MontanaClint MayBozeman High School
NebraskaJayne ArensCrofton High School
NevadaRoy SessionCentennial High School
New HampshireTim Cox
Brent Tkaczyk
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy
New JerseyTim MooneyRidge High School
New MexicoKathy Hipwood
Rob Hipwood
Los Alamos High School
New YorkBill ArisFayetteville-Manlius High School
North CarolinaNick MangumCardinal Gibbons High School 
North DakotaKurt ZinkHillsboro High School
OhioDave DobsonCenterville High School
OklahomaDavid AyresBartlesville High School
OregonDaniel NeewaySunset High School
PennsylvaniaGreg SargentPennsbury High School
Rhode IslandKelly MartinLaSalle Academy
South CarolinaEric CummingsRiverside High School
South DakotaTodd ThorsonIpswich High School
TennesseeCathy CheesemanBrentwood Academy
TexasSteve TeleneusMarcus High School - Watch His Journey HERE
UtahJody BensonTimpanogos High School
VermontJohn KerriganHarwood Union High School
VirginiaJames DemarcoBlacksburg High School
WashingtonMike SmithLiberty High School
West VirginiaDavid AbereggBerkeley Springs High School
WisconsinJohn KashianPewaukee High School
WyomingJeff BrazilJackson Hole High School