NFHS Coaches of the Year
Thirteen Oregon High School coaches have been selected 2017 Section 8 Coaches of the Year by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).
The NFHS, which has been recognizing coaches through an awards program since 1982, honors coaches in the top 10 girls sports and top 10 boys sports (by participation numbers), and in one “other” category that is not included in these 20 categories.
Winners of NFHS awards must be active coaches during the year in which they receive their award. This year’s awards recognize coaches for the 2016-17 school year.
The Oregon Athletic Coaches Association (OACA) selects and contacts potential state award recipients to complete a coach profile form that requests information regarding the coach’s record, membership in and affiliation with coaching and other professional organizations, involvement with other school and community activities and programs, and coaching philosophy. To be approved as an award recipient and considered for sectional and national coach of the year, this profile form must be completed by the coach or designee and then approved by the executive director (or designee) of the state athletic/activities association.
The NFHS has an advisory board, composed of a chair and eight sectional representatives, which considers the state award recipients from the states in their respective sections and selects the best candidates for the sectional award in each sport category. The advisory board forwards those recommendations to the NFHS national office in Indianapolis, Indiana. The NFHS advisory committee considers the sectional candidates in each sport, ranks them according to a point system, and determines a national winner for each of the categories.
State Coach of the Year Award winners from Oregon were;
Mac McIntosh, Boys Track & Field, Marshfield High School;
Matt Nosack, Baseball, Santiam Christian High School
Garrett Parks, Girls Track & Field, Astoria High School.
The next award level after state coach of the year is Sectional Coach of the Year. The NFHS is divided into eight geographical sections. They are as follows:
Section 1 – Northeast (CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT);
Section 2 – Mideast (DE, DC, KY, MD, OH, PA, VA, WV);
Section 3 – South (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN);
Section 4 – Central (IL, IN, IA, MI, WI); Section 5 – Midwest (KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD);
Section 6 – Southwest (AR, CO, NM, OK, TX);Section 7 – West (AZ, CA, HI, NV, UT); and Section 8 – Northwest (AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY).
2016-17 Section 8 Coaches of the Year from Oregon are
Jon Wolf, Football, Milwaukie High School;
Patrick Coons, Boys Basketball, Westview High School;
Eric Johansen, Boys Soccer, South Salem High School;
Guy Takahashi, Wrestling, Century High School;
Justin Loftus, Boys Cross Country, Crater High School;
Kurt Linder, Boys Tennis, Aloha High School;
Joy Lease, Girls Basketball, Mazama High School;
John Kertchem, Volleyball, Delphian School;
Chris Dorough, Girls Soccer, Catlin Gabel School;
Steven Baker, Softball, Centennial High School;
Chris Van Cauteren, Girls Cross Country, South Albany High School;
Susan Branam, Girls Tennis, Lake Oswego High School,
Katy Williams, Girls Golf, Jesuit High School.
All of Oregon’s NFHS Coach of the Year Award Winners will be honored on May 19th at the annual OACA Awards Banquet.
