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David Flom
Eden Prairie High School
Impact Statement
Flom led Eden Prairie to an undefeated season and a national ranking.
Biography
In his 14th season at the school, this past season was the best in Eden Prairie boys’ basketball history with the program finishing No. 9 in both the MaxPreps’ and ESPN national rankings.
Flom led the school to a perfect 28-0 record, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, the team’s run to a possible state championship ended before the sectional finals were played.
Amazingly, this year’s team had four players who each scored over 1,000 career points. One of the highlights of the season was 78-64 win over Minnehaha Academy, the No. 1 team in Class 3A. Eden was No. 1 in 4A.
Flom, who twice has been named Minnesota’s Coach of the Year, owns a lifetime coaching record of 358-138. He’s also been named Minnesota Sectional Coach of the Year eight times.
Since being honored, Flom resigned after 17 season in March of 2023. In May of 2023, Flom was hired as the new coach at Southwest Christian High School.
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Greenwich High School
Lowe built and has continued to lead Greenwich to a dynasty.
Lowe built and has continued to lead Greenwich to a dynasty.
Terry Lowe
Greenwich High School
Impact Statement
Lowe built and has continued to lead Greenwich to a dynasty.
Biography
Prior to the cancellation of the state championships in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic, Lowe’s program won the last seven straight Connecticut Open Boys’ Division high school swimming and diving championships. Lowe has built a program that can only be described as best in state with 26 overall State Open titles, 26 Class LL state titles and incredible 49 conference titles in 50 years.
In 1975, Lowe started the school’s water polo program. In 39 seasons with the Cardinals’ water polo team, Lowe posted a career record of 844-169-12. His teams won five New England Championships and captured 18 Eastern/Mid-Atlantic titles in the high school division.
Lowe is member of the Fairfield County Sports Commission Hall of Fame and recipient of the
Greenwich Old Timer’s Athletic Association Coach’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Since being honored, Coach Lowe was inducted into the Greenwich High School Hall of Fame. His teams continue to pick up the hardware as well.
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Professional Achievements
Grand Rapids
“When I removed my ego from the team’s expectations and outcomes, the entire atmosphere was much more enjoyable and productive.” -Butch Briggs
“When I removed my ego from the team’s expectations and outcomes, the entire atmosphere was much more enjoyable and productive.” -Butch Briggs
Butch Briggs
Grand Rapids
Impact Statement
“When I removed my ego from the team’s expectations and outcomes, the entire atmosphere was much more enjoyable and productive.” -Butch Briggs
Biography
This past season, Briggs led the East Grand Rapids girls’ swim team to its 23rd overall Michigan high school state championship. Briggs, who just completed his 45th season with the school’s girls’ and boys’ swimming and diving program, has now led EGR to four straight state titles — three in Division 3 and one in Division 2 in 2017.
Briggs has also led the boys’ program to ten state championships. Prior to the March state meet that were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, his boys’ team was ranked No. 1 in the state in Division 3.
“It’s still the best part of my day, and as long as that goes on and they will have me, I’d like to
continue,” said Briggs about being a coach during a 2015 interview with the School News Network. “I feel so blessed to have been able to do this. I’ve always felt like the Lord wanted me to be a coach and I’m supposed to be here.”
Since being honored, Briggs took over the boys program in 1972-73 season and the girls in 1974. He just celebrated his 50th year coaching in May of 2024. Overall, he has coached 102 seasons total, winning 26 MHSAA Finals championships with the girls and 12 with the boys.
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Oak Knoll High School
“One of the biggest goals of us as coaches is to make everyone feel like they’re part of something, that everyone has a really unique role on this team.” -Ali Good
“One of the biggest goals of us as coaches is to make everyone feel like they’re part of something, that everyone has a really unique role on this team.” -Ali Good
Ali Good
Oak Knoll High School
Impact Statement
“One of the biggest goals of us as coaches is to make everyone feel like they’re part of something, that everyone has a really unique role on this team.” -Ali Good
Biography
Good, who is an Oak Knoll alum (Class of 1995), has built the Royals into one of the top high school field hockey teams in the nation. In 2019, Oak Knoll won its second New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Tournament of Champions (“TOC”) in the last three years.
Oak Knoll finished a perfect 26-0 last season, outscoring opponents 168-9 with 20 shutouts. The Royals finished No. 1 in the Max Field Hockey national rankings.
Good, who owns a career record of 345-24-7 in 15 seasons, has now led Oak Knoll to three overall TOC titles and 11 NJSIAA state championships. Oak Knoll’s three Tournament of Championship titles came against fellow New Jersey-power Eastern High School. Overall, the two field hockey powers have played seven times for the TOC crown.
After the championship, Good said, “It was a historic year for Oak Knoll field hockey, and I couldn’t be prouder of this group of student-athletes.”
Good is the third New Jersey high school field hockey coach to receive the honor. Laurie Kerr of
Warren Hills High School won the award for the 2014-15 school year. Eastern High School’s Danyle Heilig was honored for the 2009-10 sports season.
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Dutch Fork High School
“I like having my own ball of wax to mold how I want to. To do the things I want to and you have to have good people around you to buy into what your vision is.” -Tom Knotts
“I like having my own ball of wax to mold how I want to. To do the things I want to and you have to have good people around you to buy into what your vision is.” -Tom Knotts
Tom Knotts
Dutch Fork High School
Impact Statement
“I like having my own ball of wax to mold how I want to. To do the things I want to and you have to have good people around you to buy into what your vision is.” -Tom Knotts
Biography
This past season, Knotts led Dutch Fork to its fourth straight South Carolina state high school football championship in the state’s largest classification. That championship landed the Silver Foxes at No. 11 in the High School Football America 100 national rankings, No. 15 in the USA TODAY Super 25 and No. 9 in MaxPreps’ Xcellent 25.
Knotts, who’s coaching career began in 1981, has now won twelve overall high school football state championships. He led Independence High School (Charlotte, North Carolina) to six state championships and West Charlotte to a North Carolina state championship in 1995.
During his time at Independence, Knotts and his program set a record for the longest
public high school football win streak in America with 109 straight victories.
“Coach Knotts’ record of 415-64-1 speaks for itself, but just as impressive is how he’s helped his student-athletes in life during his career that’s heading into a fifth decade,” said Jeff Fisher, head of the NHSCA Coach of the Year Nominating Committee and founder of High School Football America.
“I’m very honored,” said Knotts. “There are a lot of other people that go into me winning this award. There’s nothing better than high school football and I’d like to thank everyone that’s had a hand in helping me along the way.”
Knotts is the second South Carolina high school football coach to receive the honor. The late John McKissick of Summerville High School was the first honoree for the 2008-2009 school year. McKissick is America’s all-time winningest high school football coach with 621 victories.
Since being honored, Knotts led Dutch Fork back the state finals before the game was canceled due to Covid.
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