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Shawn Brower
Orangewood Christian School
Impact Statement
Brower has led many victorious teams over his career with his most recent setting a new AHSAA record in 2019.
Biography
In his first nine seasons as head coach, Brower has led Orangewood Christian to three state titles in Florida’s fall soccer state series – in 1993, 1999, and 2000 – and a pair of runner-up finishes, in 1994 and 1998. All nine of Brower’s teams have reached the state series, with this year’s team finishing 17-2-3. His teams have an overall record of 21-6 in state series competition. Brower’s teams also have competed twice in the NHSCA National Open High School Soccer Championships, finishing fourth in 2001 and second this year.
In 2004, Brower left Orangewood Christian for Chattanooga Christian School. In 2011, Brower led the Chargers to a D-I A-AA State Championship.
In 2013, Brower stepped down from Chattanooga and relocated to the Sunshine state, where he took over at Jupiter Christian Academy until 2015.
In June of 2015, Brower moved on again to take a position as the Principal and Varsity Coach at Briarwood Christian School in Birmingham, Alabama. On February 20, 2018, Brower hit a career milestone with his 400th victory.
He led the Lions to a State title in 2019 and was named the Shelby County Coach of the Year for the second year in a row. In addition, his team set a new AHSAA record for consecutive shutouts with 10.
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Amarillo High School
“We’re here to help the kids be the best they can be in whatever they can be.”
-Jan Barker
“We’re here to help the kids be the best they can be in whatever they can be.”
-Jan Barker
Jan Barker
Amarillo High School
Impact Statement
“We’re here to help the kids be the best they can be in whatever they can be.”
-Jan Barker
Biography
Barker led Amarillo High to a 38-2 record and the Class 5A state title this year (2002) over Houston Stratford High. She has led Amarillo High to four state titles, the most ever by any Class 5A school in a state rich in volleyball tradition.
Under Barker’s direction, the school also won titles in 1988, 1994, and 1998, while adding a runner-up finish in 1997. They went on to win four in a row from 2006 through 2009. She also led the Lady Sandies to another Championship in 2016.
Barker retired after 31 years at Amarillo in 2017 capping off an impressive career record of 1,116-175.
StudentSports.com also selected her as National High School Volleyball Coach of the Year. In 2017, Barker was the Amarillo Globe-News Woman of the Year. She is the first recipient from a sports background.
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Northrop High School
Knudson had led teams to success on both the high school level and college level.
Knudson had led teams to success on both the high school level and college level.
Tom Knudson
Northrop High School
Impact Statement
Knudson had led teams to success on both the high school level and college level.
Biography
Knudson just completed his third season as Northrop High’s girls track and field coach, and presided over the three most successful seasons in school history as Northrop High won its third consecutive state team title. His team won this year’s title with depth, winning just two events but picking up 10 top-five finishes overall. Northrop High now has won five state championships overall in girls track and field – the first two coming in 1981 and 1991 – and became just the second school ever to win three consecutive state titles.
With a young team this year, Knudson stands a solid chance to become the first coach to win four in a row next season and he did just that. Knudson led Northrop to another state championship in 2003 and another in 2004. He led the Bruins to seven State titles and two state runner-up titles.
After 27 years coaching in the high school level, and 12 of those seasons at Northrop, Knudson resigned and became Trine Univeristy’s Director of Men’s Track & Field. Knudson took on a different role and is now the Meet Coordinator. Since going to Trine, the university has produced six NCAA Division III All-American performances.
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Beverly Hills High school
She taught her students that what was even more important than winning – and she was competitive – was sportsmanship. -Laura Coleman (Beverly Hills News writer)
She taught her students that what was even more important than winning – and she was competitive – was sportsmanship. -Laura Coleman (Beverly Hills News writer)
Susan Stevens
Beverly Hills High school
Impact Statement
She taught her students that what was even more important than winning – and she was competitive – was sportsmanship. -Laura Coleman (Beverly Hills News writer)
Biography
Stevens has been head tennis coach at Beverly Hills High for 28 years and her last two teams may have been her best. In 2000, Beverly Hills captured the CIF Division II state title for the first time in 28 years and won the prestigious National High School All-America Tournament, which was held in Newport Harbor. SchoolSports.com named the entire Beverly Hills team as its Girls Tennis Player of the Year that season, the only time the service has ever done so. Beverly Hills High repeated as CIF Southern Section champions this year, this time in Division III. Stevens retired after the 2001-2002 season.
In 2015, she was honored with the McCarthy Lifetime Achievement award by the Beverly Hills Athletic Alumni Association. Stevens passed away in March of 2017.
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Ursuline Academy
Beerman has led two schools to state championships and is leading St. Xavier to their continued state dominance.
Beerman has led two schools to state championships and is leading St. Xavier to their continued state dominance.
Tim Beerman
Ursuline Academy
Impact Statement
Beerman has led two schools to state championships and is leading St. Xavier to their continued state dominance.
Biography
Under Beerman’s direction, Ursuline Academy has been the top girls swimming program in the swimming hotbed of southwestern Ohio. He has led the Lions to 10 top finishes in the state in the past 12 years. This year’s team won its third consecutive Division I state title, its fifth overall under Beerman, who also led Ursuline Academy to state titles in 1991 and 1998. His teams also were state runners-up in 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1999.
After 13 years at Ursuline Academy, Beermann went back to St. Xavier as the head coach in 2015. He served as the assistant coach for 10 years prior to taking the Ursuline position.
St. Xavier’s boys’ swimming team has won the last five years in the Division I Championships, including 2020. His boys’ won this year’s Division I State Championships by 100 team points.
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Crescent High School
“Teaching and coaching is about encouraging and training people.” -Gary Adams
“Teaching and coaching is about encouraging and training people.” -Gary Adams
Gary Adams
Crescent High School
Impact Statement
“Teaching and coaching is about encouraging and training people.” -Gary Adams
Biography
In 26 years of coaching Adams has won nearly 1,000 games while coaching softball and boys basketball. Since 1976, Adams’ softball teams have a record of 629-63, and have reached the Class AA state finals every year since 1980. A national record, 17 of those teams have won titles, including a streak of 11 straight from 1987-97.
The National High School Athletic Coaches Association selected him as the National Coach of the Year in 1991 and he has been named conference or region Coach of the Year 15 times. From 1976 to 1992, Adams also was the school’s boys basketball coach, leading that squad to two state titles and one runner-up finish. The South Carolina Athletic Coaches Association (SCACA) named him its basketball Coach of the Year three times and he was conference Coach of the Year seven times. The SCACA also presented Adams with its Outstanding Service Award in 1994 and 1999. He is one of three coaches to be inducted into the National Federation of State High School Associations Hall of Fame this year.
Adams retired in June of 2019 after 43 years with a staggering 33 straight region titles. Adams also boasts 19 championships, 11 consecutive titles from 1987-1997 and eight state runner-ups. He hangs up his cleats with a career record of 1,043-169. This is the most wins by any coach in any sport in South Carolina history.
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St. Joseph's Academy
“I always said that the day I don’t enjoy walking up that hill is the day I quit, but I love walking up there every day. I really enjoy coaching.” -Maureen McVey
“I always said that the day I don’t enjoy walking up that hill is the day I quit, but I love walking up there every day. I really enjoy coaching.” -Maureen McVey
Maureen McVey
St. Joseph's Academy
Impact Statement
“I always said that the day I don’t enjoy walking up that hill is the day I quit, but I love walking up there every day. I really enjoy coaching.” -Maureen McVey
Biography
Under McVey’s direction, St. Joseph’s Academy had its best girls soccer season ever, finishing the season with a 28-0-1 record to become the first Missouri team to go through a season unbeaten. St. Joseph’s Academy earned a unanimous No. 1 ranking nationally in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Girls Spring Top 20 and also by Student Sports.com. In a state level, St. Joseph’s Academy won its second consecutive Class 4A state title under McVey, and its fourth in six years. In 2012, McVey led an unranked team to 3rd place at the 4A State Championships and once again was at the top of the podium in 2014.
McVey was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in and was the first woman to be inducted into the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame in 2012.
In 2013 McVey became St. Joseph’s Athletic Director, a position she still holds. In August of 2017 McVey informed St. Joseph’s she was going to be stepping down as the head coach, but she is still walking that hill as the assistant coach.
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Middleton High school
“He’d insist the kids deserve all the credit. And he’d swear that he was nothing more than a game manager.”
–Rob Reischel, local sports writer
“He’d insist the kids deserve all the credit. And he’d swear that he was nothing more than a game manager.”
–Rob Reischel, local sports writer
Dewey Stendahl
Middleton High school
Impact Statement
“He’d insist the kids deserve all the credit. And he’d swear that he was nothing more than a game manager.”
–Rob Reischel, local sports writer
Biography
Stendahl is retiring from coaching this year after a distinguished career that saw him coach both the boys’ and girls’ teams at Middleton High.
In his final season Stendahl’s girls’ team qualified for the Division I state tournament for the fifth consecutive year and finished second, its best finish ever. His 1999 team finished third. All five of his top girls golfers were selected to the Big Eight Conference First or Second Teams.
Four of Stendahl’s boys teams won Division I state titles, including a three-peat in 1997, 1998, and 1999 after he won his first title in 1993. His 1991 team finished second, and his final squad this spring finished eighth. A 1970 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, Stendahl also was an outstanding kicker on the school’s football team in addition to his golf success.
Stendahl passesd away on November 1, 2012.
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Sanford High School
Walker led Sanford to three state championships over her 36 year career.
Walker led Sanford to three state championships over her 36 year career.
Diana Walker
Sanford High School
Impact Statement
Walker led Sanford to three state championships over her 36 year career.
Biography
Walker has been the head coach at Sanford High for 36 seasons. She led the team to back-to-back state titles in Maine’s big-school Class A in 1999 and 2000, the first school in nearly a decade to win consecutive Class A titles. This past season (2002), Sanford reached the state title game for the third consecutive year and built a 50-match winning streak over the three seasons before seeing it come to an end in this year’s state final, finishing in 2nd place. Sanford also won the State Title in 2007.
Sports Illustrated magazine also recognized Walker’s distinguished career with a mention in its “Faces in the Crowd” section in 2002.
Since being named the 2002 Coach of the Year, Walker is still leading Sanford’s field hockey team.
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Bingham High School
Arbogast has led Bingham’s Boys’ and Girls’ Cross Country teams, as well as Boys’ and Girls’ Track and Field teams, to State Championships over the duration of his career.
Arbogast has led Bingham’s Boys’ and Girls’ Cross Country teams, as well as Boys’ and Girls’ Track and Field teams, to State Championships over the duration of his career.
Jeff Arbogast
Bingham High School
Impact Statement
Arbogast has led Bingham’s Boys’ and Girls’ Cross Country teams, as well as Boys’ and Girls’ Track and Field teams, to State Championships over the duration of his career.
Biography
Arbogast has coached Bingham’s boys’ and girls’ cross country teams since coming to the school as an English teacher in 1980, and has coached the boys’ and girls’ track and field teams as well since 1982. All four teams have won Class 5A state titles under his tenure – a total of nine in all. His girls’ cross country teams won three consecutive titles, in 1998, 1999, and 2000, and finished second this year. His boys’ cross country teams also have three state titles and were recognized as the nation’s top team in 1995.
His girls’ track and field team won its second state title this year. All four teams are unbeaten in conference meets for more than 10 consecutive years. One of the nation’s top distance running coaches, as of 2002 Arbogast has seen more than 50 of his athletes earn college athletic scholarships during his coaching career.
In 2007, he was inducted into the NHSACA Hall of Fame.
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Mountain View High School
Houle coached an unprecedented 68 State Championships in three sports over his career.
Houle coached an unprecedented 68 State Championships in three sports over his career.
Dave Houle
Mountain View High School
Impact Statement
Houle coached an unprecedented 68 State Championships in three sports over his career.
Biography
Houle coaches five sports at Mountain View High – girls basketball, boys and girls cross country, and boys and girls track and field – and has had unparalleled success in all five. His girls’ basketball team won its ninth state title this year, finishing No. 13 in the USA Today Super 25 (last year’s team finished No. 2).
In February of 2002, he won his 1,000th contest in the five sports and starting in 1985 has won at least one state championship in every school year since. His teams have 68 overall state titles and 7 National titles.
Houle retired from coaching 2006 after 29 years at the helm.
In 2010, Houle joined the Kennesaw State University’s men’s basketball team as an assistant coach.
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Apple Valley High School
“Our motto is and always will be that if you work hard, good things will happen.” -Jim Jackson
“Our motto is and always will be that if you work hard, good things will happen.” -Jim Jackson
Jim Jackson
Apple Valley High School
Impact Statement
“Our motto is and always will be that if you work hard, good things will happen.” -Jim Jackson
Biography
Jim Jackson is only the second head coach in the 26-year history of Apple Valley High’s fabulously successful wrestling program. Jackson has been part of the Eagles’ coaching staff for 22 of those 26 years.
After 10 years as an assistant, he became co-head coach of the Eagles in 1991, serving alongside his mentor Bill Demaray, who started the program when the school opened in 1976. Demaray coached his teams to six big-class Minnesota dual state titles. Jackson was part of three of those teams as a co-head coach, in 1991, 1994, and 1995. When Demaray stepped down after the 1995 season, after 20 years at the helm, Jackson became the head coach and had maintained the Eagles’ position at the top of Minnesota high school wrestling until his departure in 2012. Upon his retirement, he had the highest winning percentage (95.8 percent) in the history of Minnesota wrestling, with a record of 619-26-3.
During his 17 years coaching at Apple Valley Jackson won 2 National Championships, 14 Team State Championships, and had 60 Individual State Champs.
In 2015 Jackson took over the reigns at Shakopee High School. Jackson and Sabers are moving in the right direction in the state of Minnesota.
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Bakersfield High School
East coached 9 top 6 state place finishers, 7 finalists and 4 Champions in 2002, setting a state record in California.
East coached 9 top 6 state place finishers, 7 finalists and 4 Champions in 2002, setting a state record in California.
David East
Bakersfield High School
Impact Statement
East coached 9 top 6 state place finishers, 7 finalists and 4 Champions in 2002, setting a state record in California.
Biography
After leading Bakersfield High to 4 top-10 finishes in the single-class California state tournament over the previous seven seasons, David East watched his Drillers rewrite the California record books in year (2002).
A month ago, Bakersfield scored 226.5 points in the state tournament, winning the state title by 125 points. Nine Bakersfield wrestlers finished in the top six, seven advanced to the finals, and four were crowned champions. All are California state records. Bakersfield was ranked No. 5 in the nation this season. In addition, one of East’s four state champions, 125-pounder Darrell Vasquez, became the first four-time state champion in the history of California high school wrestling. There was a very promising freshman who placed 4th named Jake Varner. Varner would go on to win the Gold Medal at the 2012 Olympics.
East is retiring from coaching this year after 27 years, 24 as a head coach. A graduate of Bakersfield High and Cal-State Bakersfield, where he was a member of the school’s first Division II national championship team. He was head coach for five years at Maricopa High and four years at West Bakersfield High before coming to Bakersfield High.
After three years as an assistant to Steve Varner, East became head coach in 1988 and led the Drillers to 14 consecutive league titles. In addition to this year’s state title, his teams finished second in the state in 2001 and third in 1995. He coached at least one state place winner in each of his final nine seasons and overall he coached 31 state place winners and seven state champions. His teams were undefeated in dual meets his final two seasons, and his career record was 204-12.
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Hartford Public High School
“I used to tell my sprinters, ‘If you can beat me, you make the team, I could beat every sprinter until I was 42.”
-Lindy Remigino
“I used to tell my sprinters, ‘If you can beat me, you make the team, I could beat every sprinter until I was 42.”
-Lindy Remigino
Lindy Remigino
Hartford Public High School
Impact Statement
“I used to tell my sprinters, ‘If you can beat me, you make the team, I could beat every sprinter until I was 42.”
-Lindy Remigino
Biography
A graduate of Hartford Public High, Remigino returned to his alma mater as a physical education teacher in 1953 after winning gold medals in the 100-meter dash and the 4×100-meter relay at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland.
Remigino has coached the boys and girls cross country, indoor and outdoor track teams, winning over 85 per cent of his dual meets over his 43 year career. His track teams have won a total of 31 state titles – 21 outdoor and 10 indoor – and 25 city championships, including the last 18 in a row. A two-time Connecticut Track Coach of the Year, Remigino was named by Sports Illustrated as one of the 10 best high school coaches in the nation in 1973, and also by Runners World in 1983.
He is a 2002 inductee of the National Federation of State High School Association’s Hall of Fame this year.
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St. Mark's School of Texas
“Through him the boys see an example of pure dedication and passion.”
-Arnold Holtberg, St. Mark’s Headmaster
“Through him the boys see an example of pure dedication and passion.”
-Arnold Holtberg, St. Mark’s Headmaster
Jerry Lacey
St. Mark's School of Texas
Impact Statement
“Through him the boys see an example of pure dedication and passion.”
-Arnold Holtberg, St. Mark’s Headmaster
Biography
Lacey’s St. Mark’s team put together a dominating season en route to a 15-0 record and the Southwestern Preparatory Conference title. In their 15 matches, the Lions didn’t lose a match, going a combined 109-0 in singles and doubles play.
Of those 109 victories, 105 were in straight sets. Sports Illustrated magazine also recognized Lacey’s distinguished career with a mention in its “Faces in the Crowd” section this year. A graduate of Iona College and Fordham University, Lacey teaches humanities at the school.
Lacey continued to teach at St. Mark’s until he retired after the 2012 school year. He continued to coach until he retired.
Lacey was honored in 2012 by receiving the The Ralph B. Rogers Alumni Award. This annual award is given to a teacher or staff member at St. Mark’s School of Texas who have made an “important and pioneering contribution to the mission of the School and the School community,” according to their website.
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Parkview High School
“Swimming has definitely been a sport that has been a real passion for our family.” -Dr. Creed
“Swimming has definitely been a sport that has been a real passion for our family.” -Dr. Creed
Dr. Rick Creed
Parkview High School
Impact Statement
“Swimming has definitely been a sport that has been a real passion for our family.” -Dr. Creed
Biography
Dr. Creed has coached the boys and girls swimming teams at Parkview High for 13 years in total. His boys’ teams won six state titles: 1995, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003; his girls’ teams have won a pair of state titles as well in 1997 and 1998 respectively. His 2000 and 2001 teams were nationally ranked.
Dr. Creed is a past president of the Georgia High School Swim Coaches Association (GHSSCA) and was selected as Coach of the Year by the GHSSCA six times, including the past three years (2000-2002). Dr. Creed holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from Georgia State University, where he held the school record in the 100-meter breaststroke. Parkview High and the Gwinnett County Board of Education also honored Creed as Teacher of the Year this year.
Dr. Creed left Parkview in 2003 and took over at Mill Creek High School in 2003 and still holds the position. His wife, Heidi, is his assistant coach as of 2014.
In 2006, Dr. Creed and Heidi started the Chateau Elan Wahoos swim team that aids children in lessons and a place to practice and enjoy the pool.
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Calais High School
Ellis’ coaching career was short but fruitful at Calais High School.
Ellis’ coaching career was short but fruitful at Calais High School.
Mike Ellis
Calais High School
Impact Statement
Ellis’ coaching career was short but fruitful at Calais High School.
Biography
Ellis’ career was relatively short – only four years – but they were four excellent years, capped by back-to-back Class C state team titles. Ellis also coached two-time National High School All-American James Frost, the NHSCA’s National High School Boys Golf Senior Athlete of the Year this year, to three consecutive individual state titles and two All-America finishes in the NHSCA National Open High School Boys Golf Championships, and oversaw the improvement of Frost’s sister, Katie, from fifth place as a freshman to third as a sophomore and second last year.
Ellis left coaching after the season in 2002 and is currently the Golf Professional at St. Croix Country Club in Calais, Maine.
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Jenks High School
Oklahoma’s winningest football coach, both on and off the field.
Oklahoma’s winningest football coach, both on and off the field.
Allan Trimble
Jenks High School
Impact Statement
Oklahoma’s winningest football coach, both on and off the field.
Biography
In his six years at the helm, Trimble has continued Jenks High’s run as a football powerhouse. All six of his teams at Jenks have won Class 5A state titles, and his overall record is 79-4. His teams also were nationally ranked all six years, reaching a high of No. 2 nationally in 2001. After this past season, Trimble was honored as the Russell Athletic Coach of the Year.
It didn’t stop there. In all, Trimble would lead Jenks to 13 State Championships, which is a record for any coach in Oklahoma. He led Trojans to 17 District titles in 22 years.
In addition, Sports Illustrated magazine also recognized Trimble’s distinguished career with a mention in its “Faces in the Crowd” section in 2002.
Trimble retired from the sideline on April 12, 2018. He lost his battle with ALS.
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During the early 2000's, Trimble's team has hosted a dinner honoring students participating in the Special Olympics. The students also get rousing applause at the football team's huge preseason pep rally. His players have raised $1,000 for the Special Olympics and $1,650 for an opposing team's cancer-stricken quarterback; they also read regularly to Jenks elementary school students.
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Bayonne High School
Treonze coached Bayonne’s cross country teams for more then three decades.
Treonze coached Bayonne’s cross country teams for more then three decades.
Rich Treonze
Bayonne High School
Impact Statement
Treonze coached Bayonne’s cross country teams for more then three decades.
Biography
Rich Treonze has coached boys and girls cross country, indoor and outdoor track at Bayonne High for nearly three decades. All six teams have won more than their share of Hudson County individual and team titles, and several of his runners and track athletes went on to win titles in the prestigious Penn Relays.
In 2002, this year, his peers in the Hudson County Track Coaches Association inducted Treonze into the Hudson County Track and Field Hall of Fame.
Treonze continued to coach until his retirement.
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Loogootee High School
“You become appreciative of your fellow coaches because you know how much work you put into it and you know how much work they put into it.” -Jack Butcher
“You become appreciative of your fellow coaches because you know how much work you put into it and you know how much work they put into it.” -Jack Butcher
Jack Butcher
Loogootee High School
Impact Statement
“You become appreciative of your fellow coaches because you know how much work you put into it and you know how much work they put into it.” -Jack Butcher
Biography
Butcher retired from coaching this year as the all-time leading winner in basketball-crazy Indiana. In 45 seasons as the head coach at Loogootee High, the school from which he himself graduated in 1951 as its all-time leading scorer, Butcher won 806 games, an average of 18 victories per season. Coaching at one of the state’s smallest schools, with a four-year enrollment this year (2002) of 324, Butcher’s 1975 team reached the title game of Indiana’s single-class state tournament and also qualified for the tournament in 1970.
Loogootee High had only two losing seasons during his 45-year career. Butcher was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991, and Sports Illustrated magazine also recognized Butcher’s distinguished career with a mention in its “Faces in the Crowd” section this year.
On December 23, 2015, the Indiana Pacer honored Butcher during their Hickory Night, which honors individuals that have contributed to Indiana basketball.
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Jefferson High School
Lowery is the most winningest coach in history in any sport.
Lowery is the most winningest coach in history in any sport.
John Lowery
Jefferson High School
Impact Statement
Lowery is the most winningest coach in history in any sport.
Biography
Lowery has been a head baseball coach for 29 years, the last 28 at Jefferson High after one year at Harpers Ferry (West Virginia) High. One of high school baseball’s all-time leading winners, he has averaged 26 wins per season and has a streak of 25 consecutive seasons with 20 or more victories. Lowery’s teams have won twelve Class AAA state titles and been the runner up four times.
Lowery’s 800th career victory came at historic Abner Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, New York. He won his 1000th in March of 2008 with a win against Freedom High School. He is the 10th high school coach to hit the 1000 win mark. He is the first West Virginia coach to hit 1000 wins in any sport.
He didn’t stop there. In May of 2018, Lowery set the bar with his 1300th win with a victory. According to the NFHS record book, Lowery has the most wins of any active coach in any sport.
Lowery has received many awards in his distinguished career. He is one of three coaches to be inducted into the National Federation of State High School Associations Hall of Fame in 2002. The National High School Athletic Coaches Association named Lowery its Coach of the Year in 1998, and he has twice been voted Baseball Coach of the Year by the West Virginia High School Coaches Association.
Lowery is anticipating coaching his 50th season in the 2021 season after a hiatus due to COVID-19.
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