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High School Coach of Significance Award

The High School Coach of Significance Award is intended to recognize members who are coaching for character, using the soccer field to teach life lessons at the high school level. It is an opportunity for each state, in conjunction with United Soccer Coaches, to recognize excellence and the chance to share stories of how coaches are making an impact within their schools and communities well beyond their records of wins and losses.

SELECTION PROCESS

Nominations will be accepted from February 1 – April 1 (11:59 p.m. CST) Delayed to Summer 2022.
The online nomination form and at least one letter of reference is submitted for each nominee.
Nominations will be submitted to the selection committee that has national, regional, and state representation.
One recipient will be selected per state.
Recipients will be announced in the fall.

NOMINATION STEPS

Review the Criteria

The nominee meets the following:

Is a high school head coach.
Demonstrated character through education and leadership within his/her team, school or community.
Expresses concern and support for others.
Serves as an inspiration through accomplishments and leadership.
Will need to be a United Soccer Coaches member if selected and chooses to accept the award. However the nominee does not need to be a current United Soccer Coaches member to be nominated.

Letter of Support

Prepare a one page letter of support for the nomination that includes details about the nominee relative to the award criteria. You will be required to upload the letter of support to the form or enter it manually as text before the form can be submitted. Up to three letters will be accepted.

Photos

If possible, please submit one or more photos of the coach that you are nominating. Photos will be used to highlight Coach of Significance winners.

Nominate a Coach

Recipients of the 2021 High School Coach of Significance Award are listed alphabetically by state:

State	Honoree	High School	City
Alabama	Jeremy Hampton	Tuscaloosa Academy	Tuscaloosa
Arizona	Andrew Barber	Highland	Gilbert
Arkansas	Michael Klucher	North Little Rock	North Little Rock
Colorado	Kevin Ray	Fountain Valley School	Colorado Springs
Connecticut	Paul Winstanley	Joel Barlow	Redding
Florida	Kevin Schoensee	Canterbury	Ft. Myers
Georgia	Daniel Klinect	Parkview	Lilburn
Idaho	Richard Whitelaw	Sun Valley Community	Sun Valley
Illinois	Michael Robey	Arthur Christian	Arthur
Indiana	Jerry Little	North Central	Indianapolis
Kansas	Kyle Conley	Louisburg	louisburg
Kentucky	Lisa Correa	Bowling Green	Bowling Green
Louisiana	John Carriere	Lafayette	Lafayette
Maine	Kurt Swanbeck	Hebron Academy	Hebron
Maryland	Jeff Colsh	Middletown	Middletown
Massachusetts	Evren Gunduz	Dover-Sherborn Regional	Dover
Michigan	Evan Baker	Waterford Mott	Westland
Minnesota	Reuben Ndely	Minneapolis Washburn	Minneapolis
Mississippi	Luke Smith	Clarkdale	Meridan
Missouri	Wade Vandelicht	Southern Boone	Ashland
Nebraska	Mike Ziola	Waverly	Waverly
New Hampshire	Peter Lally	Manchester Central	Manchester
New Jersey	Bill Mulvihill	Moorestown	Moorestown
New Mexico	Greg Rusk	Sue Cleveland	Rio Rancho
New York	Jesseca Kulesa	Hauppauge	Hauppauge
North Carolina	Jeffrey Dresser	Carmel Christian	Matthews
Ohio	Mahamoud Samantar	Northland	columbus
Pennsylvania	Michael Missmer	Northampton Area	Northampton
Tennessee	Gordon Heins	Knoxville Catholic	Knoxville
Texas	Kent Ackmann	Princeton	Princeton
Virginia	Robert O’Brien	Jamestown	Williamsburg
Wisconsin	JohnBurke	Foran	New Berlin
Wyoming	Rebecca Valdez	Cheyenne East	Cheyenne