The Centerville Girls XC Team won their 2nd D1 Cross Country team title, won the NXN Midwest Region and were 11th at NXN Nationals. Coach David Dobson was named the Ohio Girl's Coach of the Year by the USTFCCCA.
Congratulations to David Dobson of Centerville and Denise Benson of Lexington. They were named the Ohio Girl's and Boy's Coaches of the year by the USTFCCCA.
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' performancesdarb 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) |
| State | Coach Name | School |
| Alabama | Dan Norton | Auburn High School |
| Alaska | Ruth Barndt | West High School |
| Arizona | Chris Hanson | Desert Vista High School |
| Arkansas | Michelle Fyfe | Fayetteville High School |
| California | Doug Soles | Great Oak High School |
| Colorado | Johathon Dalby | Mountain Vista High School |
| Connecticut | Laddie Lawrence | Staples High School |
| Delaware | Rick Schuder | Charter School of Wilmington |
| District of Columbia | John Ausema | Gonzaga High School |
| Florida | Ken Vinal | Trinity Preparatory School |
| Georgia | Jack Coleman | Marietta High School |
| Hawaii | Lupe Diaz | Hawaii Preparatory Academy |
| Idaho | Tracy Harris | Mountain View High School |
| Illinois | John O'Malley | Carl Sandburg High School |
| Indiana | Colin Altevogt | Carmel High School |
| Iowa | Tim Ives | Dowling Catholic High School |
| Kansas | Curtis Vermillion | Halstead High School |
| Kentucky | Chuck Medley | Saint Xavier High School |
| Louisiana | Claney Duplechin | Episcopal High School |
| Maine | Erich Reed | George Stevens Academy |
| Maryland | Chad Boyle | Dulaney High School |
| Massachusetts | Brian Heenan | Marblehead High School |
| Michigan | Cliff Somers | Fremont High School |
| Minnesota | Mike Harris | Hopkins High School |
| Mississippi | Chris Barnett | Pearl High School |
| Missouri | Sean O'Connor | Lafayette High School |
| Montana | Clint May | Bozeman High School |
| Nebraska | Michele Kontor | Milford High School |
| Nevada | Ed Parise | McQueen High School |
| New Hampshire | Mike Clark | Pinkerton Academy |
| New Jersey | Rich Gebauer | Old Bridge High School |
| New Mexico | Bob Jackson | Hobbs High School |
| New York | Tracey Vannatta | Liverpool High School |
| North Carolina | Rick Spencer | Weddington High School |
| North Dakota | Brian Anderson | New Town High School |
| Ohio | Denise Benson | Lexington High School |
| Oklahoma | Steve Patterson | Jenks High School |
| Oregon | Carol McLatchie | Summit High School |
| Pennsylvania | Scott Burns | Downingtown West High School |
| Rhode Island | Ken Skelly | LaSalle Academy |
| South Carolina | Bret Davis | Wando High School |
| South Dakota | Jason Wagoner | Roosevelt High School |
| Tennessee | Marshall Smith | Brentwood Academy |
| Texas | Juris Green | The Woodlands High School |
| Utah | Corbin Talley | Davis High High School |
| Vermont | Scott Bliss | Champlain Valley Union High School |
| Virginia | Marc Hunter
Joan Hunter | Loudoun Valley High School |
| Washington | Jeff Brady | Tahoma High School |
| West Virginia | Chris Parsons | Cabell Midland |
| Wisconsin | Mike Heling | Kimberly High School |
| Wyoming | Greg Schabron | Laramie High School |
2015 USTFCCCA Girls High School Cross Country Coaches of the Year
(State-by-State Winners) |
| State | Coach Name | School |
| Alabama | Michael McGovern | Mountain Brook High School |
| Alaska | Bill Steyer | Homer High School |
| Arizona | Matt Lincoln | Chandler High School |
| Arkansas | Jeff Haynes | Trinity Christian School |
| California | Doug Soles | Great Oak High School |
| Colorado | Steve Rischling | Air Academy High School |
| Connecticut | Judi Lafontaine | Tolland High School |
| Delaware | Jennifer Carroll | St. Andrew's School |
| District of Columbia | Anthony Belber | Georgetown Day School |
| Florida | Tony Ryan | The Bolles School |
| Georgia | Amy Eubanks | Westminster Schools |
| Hawaii | Duncan MacDonald | Punahou School |
| Idaho | Greg Harm | Eagle High School |
| Illinois | Kevin Gummerson | Minooka High School |
| Indiana | Mark Ellington | Carmel High School |
| Iowa | Dan Davis | Urbandale High School |
| Kansas | Susan Nelgares | Manhattan-Ogden High School |
| Kentucky | Mark Fortney | Daviess County High School |
| Louisiana | Gerald Singer | Mandeville High School |
| Maine | Bob Morse | Yarmouth High School |
| Maryland | Becky Walter | Boonsboro High School |
| Massachusetts | Thomas Shaw | Milton High School |
| Michigan | Jeffrey Devantier | Seaholm High School |
| Minnesota | Matt Gabrielson | Edina High School |
| Mississippi | Charles Covington | Saltillo High School |
| Missouri | Scott Brandon | Lafayette High School |
| Montana | Clint May | Bozeman High School |
| Nebraska | Jayne Arens | Crofton High School |
| Nevada | Roy Session | Centennial High School |
| New Hampshire | Tim Cox
Brent Tkaczyk | Coe-Brown Northwood Academy |
| New Jersey | Tim Mooney | Ridge High School |
| New Mexico | Kathy Hipwood
Rob Hipwood | Los Alamos High School |
| New York | Bill Aris | Fayetteville-Manlius High School |
| North Carolina | Nick Mangum | Cardinal Gibbons High School |
| North Dakota | Kurt Zink | Hillsboro High School |
| Ohio | Dave Dobson | Centerville High School |
| Oklahoma | David Ayres | Bartlesville High School |
| Oregon | Daniel Neeway | Sunset High School |
| Pennsylvania | Greg Sargent | Pennsbury High School |
| Rhode Island | Kelly Martin | LaSalle Academy |
| South Carolina | Eric Cummings | Riverside High School |
| South Dakota | Todd Thorson | Ipswich High School |
| Tennessee | Cathy Cheeseman | Brentwood Academy |
| Texas | Steve Teleneus | Marcus High School |
| Utah | Jody Benson | Timpanogos High School |
| Vermont | John Kerrigan | Harwood Union High School |
| Virginia | James Demarco | Blacksburg High School |
| Washington | Mike Smith | Liberty High School |
| West Virginia | David Aberegg | Berkeley Springs High School |
| Wisconsin | John Kashian | Pewaukee High School |
| Wyoming | Jeff Brazil | Jackson Hole High School |
