{"id":1377,"date":"2024-11-20T18:18:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T23:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2024-11-28T18:20:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T23:20:57","slug":"khsaa-awards-2023-2024-nfhs-state-coaches-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/?p=1377","title":{"rendered":"KHSAA awards 2023-2024 NFHS State Coaches of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"13c398acb195b4bd84e993cb56669758\" data-index=\"6\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Above Post Ad 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:638px;height:70px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4024319323781499\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8631827568\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>KHSAA Release<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As part of its annual awards program, the National Federation of State High School Associations Coaches Association recognizes Coach of the Year honorees from each state. Those named Coach of the Year at the state level then advance for consideration for Sectional Coach of the Year honors. Winners are chosen through a combination of their coaching accomplishments, particularly for the season in question, as well as their contributions outside of competition to help grow their respective sports. These awards are announced following the recognized year.<\/p>\n<p>The complete list of 2023-24 honorees from Kentucky is below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Baseball: Brad Burns, Pleasure Ridge Park<\/li>\n<li>Boys\u2019 Basketball: Ryan Perry, Lyon County<\/li>\n<li>Boys\u2019 Cross Country: Chris Davis, Bishop Brossart<\/li>\n<li>Football: Mark Spader, Bowling Green<\/li>\n<li>Boys\u2019 Golf: Chris Cunningham, South Oldham<\/li>\n<li>Boys\u2019 Soccer: Chris Grimm, Lafayette<\/li>\n<li>Boys\u2019 Swimming &amp; Diving: Jamie Palumbo; Bryan Station, Great Crossing, Lexington Catholic, Madison Central, Sayre, Scott County<\/li>\n<li>Boys\u2019 Tennis: Andy Poore, McCracken County<\/li>\n<li>Boys\u2019 Outdoor Track &amp; Field: Roger Veliquette, Louisville Collegiate<\/li>\n<li>Boys\u2019 Wrestling: Jarvis Elam, Brooks Black; Union County<\/li>\n<li>Girls\u2019 Basketball: Candyce Wheeler, Butler<\/li>\n<li>Girls\u2019 Cross Country: Patricia Sturgeon, Beechwood<\/li>\n<li>Girls\u2019 Golf: Mackenzie Moir, Sacred Heart<\/li>\n<li>Girls\u2019 Soccer: Scott Deopere, Bethlehem<\/li>\n<li>Softball: Chris Edwards, North Laurel<\/li>\n<li>Girls\u2019 Swimming &amp; Diving: Megan Zerhusen, Elizabethtown<\/li>\n<li>Girls\u2019 Tennis: Chris Jones, Corbin<\/li>\n<li>Girls\u2019 Outdoor Track &amp; Field: Glenn Wilson, Bryan Station<\/li>\n<li>Girls\u2019 Volleyball: Ron Kordes, Assumption<\/li>\n<li>Boys\u2019 Archery: Mark Evans, Ryle<\/li>\n<li>Boys\u2019 Bass Fishing: Rob Schneeman, Covington Catholic<\/li>\n<li>Boys\u2019 Bowling: Julie Nichelson, Pleasure Ridge Park<\/li>\n<li>Boys\u2019 Indoor Track &amp; Field: Jeremy Mosher, Covington Catholic<\/li>\n<li>Esports: Scott Ricke, Shelby County<\/li>\n<li>Girls\u2019 Archery: Jay Dixon, Madison Central<\/li>\n<li>Girls\u2019 Bass Fishing: Dennis Hammonds, South Laurel<\/li>\n<li>Girls\u2019 Bowling: Todd Conley, Johnson Central<\/li>\n<li>Field Hockey: Allison Nonos, Ballard<\/li>\n<li>Girls\u2019 Indoor Track &amp; Field: Brian Crumbo, North Oldham<\/li>\n<li>Girls\u2019 Wrestling: Spencer Adams, Angie Vitiritti; Taylor County<\/li>\n<li>Cheer: Joy McKeeham, Knox Central<\/li>\n<li>Dance: Jaclyn Simpson, Daviess County<\/li>\n<li>Adapted\/Allied\/Unified: Carol Bryar, Eastern<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The NFHS, which has been recognizing coaches through an awards program since 1982, honors coaches in the top 10 girls\u2019 sports and top 10 boys\u2019 sports by participation numbers and in two \u201cother\u201d sports \u2013 one for boys and one for girls \u2013 that are not included in the top 10 listings. The NFHS also recognizes a cheer coach and a dance coach as separate spirit award categories, as well as an Adapted\/Allied\/Unified coach. Winners of NFHS awards must be active coaches during the year for which they receive their awards.<\/p>\n<p>The next award level after state Coach of the Year is Sectional Coach of the Year. The NFHS is divided into eight geographical sections: Section 1 \u2013 Northeast (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont); Section 2 \u2013 Mideast (Delaware; Kentucky; Maryland; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Virginia; Washington, D.C.; West Virginia); Section 3 \u2013 South (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee); Section 4 \u2013 Central (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin); Section 5 \u2013 Midwest (Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota); Section 6 \u2013 Southwest (Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas); Section 7 \u2013 West (Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah); and Section 8 \u2013 Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming).<\/p>\n<p>The NFHS Coaches Association has an advisory committee composed of a chair and eight sectional representatives. The sectional committee representatives evaluate the state award recipients from the states in their respective sections and select the best candidates for the sectional award in each sport category. The NFHS Coaches Association Advisory Committee then considers the sectional candidates in each sport, ranks them according to a point system and determines a national winner for each of the 20 sport categories, the two spirit categories, the Adapted\/Allied\/Unified category and two \u201cother\u201d categories.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KHSAA Release As part of its annual awards program, the National Federation of State High School Associations Coaches Association recognizes Coach of the Year honorees from<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,408,39,23],"tags":[369],"class_list":["post-1377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-high-school","category-khsaa","category-news","category-top-news","tag-khsaa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1378,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions\/1378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}