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Terry Michler
Christian Brothers College High School
Impact Statement
Terry Michler has a lifetime career record oaching soccer of 896-209-99 and led Christian Brothers College High School to seven state championships.
Biography
Terry Michler is America’s winningest high school soccer coach in America with a lifetime mark of 896-209-99. Michler has led CBC to seven of its state record eight state championships. This past season, he was honored by the Missouri State High School Activities Association with its Distinguish Service Award. He a member of the Missouri State High School Soccer Coaches Hall of Fame and the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame. Michler is the second straight Missourian to win the NHSCA National Boys’ Soccer Coach of the Year Award. Last year, Greg Vitello of De Smet High School was given the prestigious honor. The first Missouri coach to win the award was Charlie Martel of St. Louis University High School in 2004.
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St. Ignatius High School
McLaughlin has coached St. Ignatius to 9 OHSAA Division I State Championships and 5 NSCAA National Championships.
McLaughlin has coached St. Ignatius to 9 OHSAA Division I State Championships and 5 NSCAA National Championships.
Mike McLaughlin
St. Ignatius High School
Impact Statement
McLaughlin has coached St. Ignatius to 9 OHSAA Division I State Championships and 5 NSCAA National Championships.
Biography
McLaughlin led St. Ignatius to its second straight Ohio Division I state title this past season. This championship brings McLaughlin and St. Ignatius to seven state titles and three national championships.
This season the team finished with a 22-0-1 record. McLaughlin has a career record of 353-46-44 in his 21 year tenure. St. Ignatius was named co-national champs by USA TODAY.
Since being honored, McLaughlin has continued to lead St. Ignatius to success.
Most recently, he led the Wildcats to another state title in 2019 with a win over Olentangy Liberty. At the conclusion of the season, he owns 428 career victories.
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Montverde Academy
“Esteban is a physically dominant and competitive player who always wins his 1v1 battles.” – Mike Potempa, Montverde Head Coach
“Esteban is a physically dominant and competitive player who always wins his 1v1 battles.” – Mike Potempa, Montverde Head Coach
Esteban Calvo
Montverde Academy
Impact Statement
“Esteban is a physically dominant and competitive player who always wins his 1v1 battles.” – Mike Potempa, Montverde Head Coach
Biography
Esteban Calvo led Montverde Academy to a 23-0 record and a No. 1 final ranking in the USA TODAY Super 25 this past season. Calvo scored five goals and passed for eight assists. As a team he was the leader on a defense that allowed just four goals and recorded 19 shutouts.
Calvo is a member of the Costa Rican Under-20 Men’s National Team. Calvo has signed with the Florida International University in Miami.
Calvo spent two seasons at FIU, making an appearance in the NCAA tournament as a sophomore. He then transferred to the University of Portland. He earned All-WCC Honorable Mention in 2018.
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Boulder High School
“At Boulder High, one of the things we’ve prided ourselves on is playing a style of soccer that might be above the expectations of a normal high school program.” -Hardy Kalisher
“At Boulder High, one of the things we’ve prided ourselves on is playing a style of soccer that might be above the expectations of a normal high school program.” -Hardy Kalisher
Hardy Kalisher
Boulder High School
Impact Statement
“At Boulder High, one of the things we’ve prided ourselves on is playing a style of soccer that might be above the expectations of a normal high school program.” -Hardy Kalisher
Biography
Kalisher, who has led the school to the playoffs in all of the years that he’s been the team’s head coach, won the program’s second state title in 2016 with a perfect 20-0 record.
Boulder beat Broomfield for the 5A championship on the 14th round of penalty kicks. USA TODAY ranked Boulder No. 2 in the nation in its Super 25 fall rankings.
Under Kalisher, Boulder High won the first state title in the program’s history in 2012. In addition, the Panthers finished runner-up in 2014 and were state semi-finalists in 2010 and 2013.
In 2012, Kalisher was named the Colorado High School Coaches Association’s Coach of the Year. During the same year, Kalisher won the prestigious National Double-Coach of the Year Award.
Coach Kalisher is the first coach from Colorado to win the NHSCA National Boys’ Soccer Coach of the Year.
Kalisher continues to lead the team to success at Boulder. In September of 2021, Kalisher won his 200th career victory. He and the team lost in the second round in a nail biter against the eventual state runner ups, Fossil Ridge.
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St. Ignatius High School
Stephen Milhoan closed-out his brilliant scholastic career by leading St. Ignatius to its third straight Ohio state Division I soccer championship
Stephen Milhoan closed-out his brilliant scholastic career by leading St. Ignatius to its third straight Ohio state Division I soccer championship
Stephen Milhoan
St. Ignatius High School
Impact Statement
Stephen Milhoan closed-out his brilliant scholastic career by leading St. Ignatius to its third straight Ohio state Division I soccer championship
Biography
Stephen Milhoan, who will attend Xavier University in the fall, closed-out his brilliant scholastic career by leading St. Ignatius to its third straight Ohio state Division I soccer championship last fall. Milhoan ended his career with 80 goals and 39 assists.
He was the National Soccer Coaches of America’s 2016 National Player of the Year. Milhoan is also a two-time winner of the Ohio Soccer Coaches Association’s Division I Player of the Year Award.
Milhoan is the first Ohio athlete to win the NHSCA Boys’ Soccer Athlete of the Year Award.
Milhoan played in twelve games his freshman year at Xavier. At the end of the season, he transferred to Cleveland State.
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St. Xavier High School
“It will always be about the kids.”
-Andy Schulten
“It will always be about the kids.”
-Andy Schulten
Andy Schulten
St. Xavier High School
Impact Statement
“It will always be about the kids.”
-Andy Schulten
Biography
Schulten is the fourth St. Xavier coach to be named NHSCA National Coach of the Year, more than any other school. He joins Joseph Kroh (boys tennis, 1999), Marty Donlon (boys golf, 2006) and Marty O’Toole (boys swimming, 2008).
Since taking the reins in 1998, Schulten has led the Tigers to seven state championships (of the 11 owned by the school) and eight trips to the state title game. His seventh state title came last fall, when St. Xavier finished 27-1-1, won its final 26 games of the season and outscored four state tournament opponents by an 11-1 margin. He also led the Tigers to state titles in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008 and 2009, with a second-place state finish in 2001.
In the last five seasons, his teams compiled a 116-7-6 record. Schulten was a National High School Athletic Coaches Association Coach of the Year finalist in 2010, and was named Mideast Region Coach of the Year by the National Federation of State High School Associations the same year.
His teams have been named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Academic team the past two seasons with a team GPA of 3.91 in 2010 and 3.98 in 2011. A 1987 St. Xavier graduate, Schulten was a four-year starter at Centre College, earning NSCAA All-South Region honors as a senior in 1990.
Since being honored in 2012, Schulten has continued to lead St. Xavier to success. His teams have won an additional three titles in the fall of 2012, 2017 and 2018.
In addition, Schulten is involved with the Falls City Soccer Club. Here, they strive to teach student athletes the fundamentals and development of their players.
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North Central High School
Little has led North Central to success both on and off the field over the course of his career.
Little has led North Central to success both on and off the field over the course of his career.
Jerry Little
North Central High School
Impact Statement
Little has led North Central to success both on and off the field over the course of his career.
Biography
Little’s teams have won more state championships – five – since the Indiana High School Athletic Association first sanctioned the boys state tournament in 1994 than any other school. Little guided the Panthers to state-sanctioned titles in 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002 and 2005 (seven overall), along with seven state championship games and eight trips to the state’s Final Four in the state-sanctioned era.
He came to North Central in 1984 after three seasons at cross-town Broad Ripple High School, and his record on the Panthers’ sideline is 453-86-48, including a 12-2-1 mark last fall. His 1993 and 1994 teams, both of which finished 25-0, earned No. 7 final rankings from USA Today, and six of his teams were nationally ranked. His teams have won 17 conference titles, and sectional, regional and semi-state crowns 10 times.
Little has won over two dozen Coach of the Year awards, including six state Coach of the Year awards from the Indiana State Coaches Association (ISCA). The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) named him its Division I Regional Coach of the Year in 1994, 1995 and 2002 and presented him with its National Merit Award in 2001. Little was inducted into the Indiana Soccer Hall of Fame in 2003 and the ISCA Hall of Fame in 2006. In 2007, the National Federation of State High School Associations named him its National Coach of the Year.
Little continues to lead North Central. In 2017, the team made another Final Four appearance.
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Apple Valley High School
“My goal all along has been to make a difference in kids’ lives and help them reach their potential.”
-Chuck Scanlon
“My goal all along has been to make a difference in kids’ lives and help them reach their potential.”
-Chuck Scanlon
Chuck Scanlon
Apple Valley High School
Impact Statement
“My goal all along has been to make a difference in kids’ lives and help them reach their potential.”
-Chuck Scanlon
Biography
Through this school year, Scanlon, a 34-year coaching veteran, was the only coach in the history of two Apple Valley sports teams: boys’ tennis and girls’ ice hockey. He also coaches the school’s freshman baseball team.
He has coached the Eagles boys’ soccer teams to a record of 518-87-49, and last September he became the state’s all-time winningest coach. Last fall Apple Valley finished 24-0 and won its eighth state championship, also tops among Minnesota boys’ and girls’ soccer teams. Scanlon previously coached Apple Valley to titles in 1984, 1988, 1989, 1992 in the single-class era and AA titles in 1997, 1998 and 2006, and his teams have made 16 state tournament appearances.
His team was ranked No. 5 nationally by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) and No. 8 by ESPN/Rise. He was named National Coach of the Year by both organizations.
After 14 seasons as an assistant coach with the Apple Valley boys’ hockey team, Scanlon assumed the reins of the girls’ team when the Minnesota State High School League first sanctioned the sport in 1994. They won state titles in 1995 and 1998 and finished third in 2003 before retiring as the team’s coach at the conclusion of this season.
Since being honored, Scanlon continued to coach Apple Valley’s boys’ soccer team until his retirement in 2014 after 40 years. He is the winningest coach in soccer in the state with nearly 600 career victories. Scanlon is 11-0 in state championship finals appearances.
Scanlon was a firm believe in his student-athletes. He’s said “we’ve always had the triple-A philosophy; academics always comes first.”
A true jack of all trades, Scanlon has coached soccer, hockey, football, golf and baseball at some time during his career. In addition, through his tenure he taught social studies and safety education.
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St. Thomas Aquinas High School
“You’ve got to be a little bit lucky because soccer itself, you talk about one sport where you can lose when you might be the better team.” -Craig Ewing
“You’ve got to be a little bit lucky because soccer itself, you talk about one sport where you can lose when you might be the better team.” -Craig Ewing
Craig Ewing
St. Thomas Aquinas High School
Impact Statement
“You’ve got to be a little bit lucky because soccer itself, you talk about one sport where you can lose when you might be the better team.” -Craig Ewing
Biography
Ewing wasn’t introduced to the sport until serving in Guatemala with the Peace Corps at the age of 23, but he has become an institution as coach of St. Thomas Aquinas’ boys and girls soccer teams since the school opened its doors in 1988.
A third-place finish by his boys’ team in 1991 started a run that would see his teams win 12 state titles, including the last six in succession. His teams have won titles in Class 5A the past two years after four straight titles in big-school Class 6A. He was named NFHS Boys Soccer Coach of the Year in 2000.
Ewing also has been honored for his girls’ soccer teams, having been recognized as National High School Private/Parochial Coach of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America in 2005. His girls’ teams have won nine state titles, including four in a row from 1993-96 and three straight from 2005-07. This year’s team finished third in state. His girls’ teams have an all-time record of 574-166-33, and his boys’ teams also have over 500 wins.
Since being honored in 2009, Ewing continues to lead both the boys’ and girls’ teams with much success.
His boys’ team won another two titles in 2010 and 2013. The girls’ team won seven consecutive championships from 2010 until 2016. He boasts over 900 career wins between the two teams.
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Walsh Jesuit High School
Coached Walsh Jesuit to three state titles and five runner-up finishes over his 35 year career.
Coached Walsh Jesuit to three state titles and five runner-up finishes over his 35 year career.
John Kissner
Walsh Jesuit High School
Impact Statement
Coached Walsh Jesuit to three state titles and five runner-up finishes over his 35 year career.
Biography
Kissner is the only boys’ soccer coach in Walsh Jesuit history. He started the program in 1978 and just completed his 30th season. Kissner coached the Warriors to Division 1 state titles in 1982 and 1990 and the Division 2 state crown in 2006 when his team finished 21-2. Kissner was voted Division 2 Coach of the Year by the Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association, also earning Coach of the Year honors from the Cleveland Plains Dealer.
This year’s team finished 10-5-4 and advanced to the district final. With a career record of 415-107-76, Kissner is the state’s all-time leading winner. His eight state final appearances are the most of any Ohio coach and he is one of only three coaches to have won three state championships. A native of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Kissner emigrated to Akron with his family at the age of 10.
Since being honored, Kissner continued to lead Walsh until his retirement in 2012, after 35 years at the helm. He led the Warriors to three state championships and five state runner-up finishes. In addition, he led them to the state semifinals in 1983 and again in 2010. He finished with 462 career wins, 4th in the state of Ohio.
In 2013 Walsh Jesuit named the soccer field in honor of Kissner.
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Arlington High School
“Right at the beginning, set down your philosophies, goals and expectations as high as you want, and most of these kids will attempt to climb to the top of the ladder to meet them.”
“Right at the beginning, set down your philosophies, goals and expectations as high as you want, and most of these kids will attempt to climb to the top of the ladder to meet them.”
Gary Montalto
Arlington High School
Impact Statement
“Right at the beginning, set down your philosophies, goals and expectations as high as you want, and most of these kids will attempt to climb to the top of the ladder to meet them.”
Biography
Montalto was named the National High School Division 1 Coach of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) after coaching Arlington to its third state title in his 28th season as head coach. His team finished 25-0 this season and No. 3 in the NSCAA/adidas national rankings.
Montalto also coached Arlington to state titles in 1984 and 1999, and five of his teams have advanced to the state finals. His career record of 490-78-40 places him sixth on the state’s all-time victory list and in the top 30 nationally. Only two coaches in New York boys soccer history have won more state titles. Montalto is the NSCAA regional chairman for high school boys rankings and Coach of the Year committees and serves as boys soccer chairman for New York’s Section 1.
After being honored in 2007, Montalto continued to coach for two more years before retiring in 2009 after 31 season. In his career he boasts 542 wins and three state titles.
In 2011 Montalto made a change and moved to Delaware, where he took over the Cape Henlopen girls’ soccer program and coached for another three years.
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Gilford High School
Pinkham has led an illustrious career as he coached Gilford to 24 state finals appearances and 15 State Titles.
Pinkham has led an illustrious career as he coached Gilford to 24 state finals appearances and 15 State Titles.
Dave Pinkham
Gilford High School
Impact Statement
Pinkham has led an illustrious career as he coached Gilford to 24 state finals appearances and 15 State Titles.
Biography
In 29 years at the helm, Pinkham’s teams can be found both in the state and in the national record books. From 1990-97 Gilford won 133 consecutive games, a national high school record, and Pinkham directed Gilford to 10 consecutive state titles from 1987-96, also a national record.
This year’s team finished 20-0 and won the Class M state title, Pinkham’s 13th at the school. His career record is 452-38-20. A member of the New Hampshire Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Pinkham was named the National High School Boys Soccer Coach of the Year by the National Federation of State High School Associations in 2004.
Since being honored Pinkham has continued his success at Gilford. Gilford won two more state championships in 2010 and 2015, and finished second in 2009.
In 2016 Pinkham retired from his role as the Athletic Director but is continuing to lead his soccer team.
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River Hill High School
Stara led Centennial and River Hill to a combined 14 State Titles over the course of his high school coaching career.
Stara led Centennial and River Hill to a combined 14 State Titles over the course of his high school coaching career.
William Stara
River Hill High School
Impact Statement
Stara led Centennial and River Hill to a combined 14 State Titles over the course of his high school coaching career.
Biography
Stara has been the only soccer coach in River Hill High’s nine-year history. River Hill has become a state power during his tenure, reaching the Class 3A state final seven times and winning its sixth state title this season.
River Hill finished the season ranked No. 8 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/Adidas Region IV rankings, and Stara was voted National Division I Coach of the Year, becoming the first coach to be so honored by that association in both its High School and Youth Boys divisions.
Since being honored by the NHSCA Stara has continued to be active in soccer. He completed his high school coaching career with 14 state championships – seven at Centennial High School and seven at River Hill.
Stara is currently the Director of Education at the Broomfield Soccer Club in Colorado.
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St. Louis University High School
“One of my major priorities has been to treat each and every player with respect & to give each player the opportunity to contribute something of lasting value to the team.”
“One of my major priorities has been to treat each and every player with respect & to give each player the opportunity to contribute something of lasting value to the team.”
Charlie Martel
St. Louis University High School
Impact Statement
“One of my major priorities has been to treat each and every player with respect & to give each player the opportunity to contribute something of lasting value to the team.”
Biography
Charlie Martel of St. Louis University High School is the NHSCA National Coach of the Year honoree in boy’s soccer. Martel led his team to it’s celebrated state title after coming painfully close in several recent seasons.
Since his honoring in 2004, Coach Martel continued to lead the Bills until his retirement in 2017, after 25 years at the helm. The Bills finished 5th in the State of Missouri and won 21 games his final season. He boasts over 500 wins in his career.
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Severna Park High School
“You coach for so many years and then kids come back and you see they’re successful and their lives are together – that’s what it is.” -Don Gregg
“You coach for so many years and then kids come back and you see they’re successful and their lives are together – that’s what it is.” -Don Gregg
Donald Gregg
Severna Park High School
Impact Statement
“You coach for so many years and then kids come back and you see they’re successful and their lives are together – that’s what it is.” -Don Gregg
Biography
“Donald Gregg’s success at Severna Park High School continues to serve as an example of what a coaching commitment means to athletes and an athletic program,” said NHSCA executive director Bob Ferraro. “The NHSCA is proud to recognize Donald Gregg as the National High School Boys Soccer Coach of the Year.”
Recognized as his state’s soccer coach of the year after leading Severna Park to its second state championship a year ago, Gregg now holds a career win percentage of 73-percent and over 300 coaching victories. Gregg’s teams have also won 14 conference championships and have finished as state runners-up on seven occasions.
Gregg became Maryland’s first public school coach to surpass 300 career boys soccer wins in 2002. He left his stamp on SP soccer when he hung up his cleats after the 2003 season. Once he relocated to Florida, he was the assistant at Wakulla High School.
In 2013 Gregg was inducted into the Anne Arundel County Sports Hall of Fame.
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North Allegheny High School
Retired as Pennsylvania’s most winningest soccer coach.
Retired as Pennsylvania’s most winningest soccer coach.
Bruno Schwarz
North Allegheny High School
Impact Statement
Retired as Pennsylvania’s most winningest soccer coach.
Biography
After completing his playing career at the University of Pittsburgh in 1968, Schwarz became coach at newly opened North Allegheny High School. As the school’s only boys soccer coach ever, Schwarz has built a powerhouse.
Under his direction North Allegheny finished second in 1976, 1996, and 1999. This year, 2000, Schwarz returned just three starters from a team that entered the 1999 title game with a perfect 26-0 record, and also had to rebound from a loss in this year’s region final, but won the school’s first title, 1-0 over Emmaus High.
Schwarz retired from North Allegheny High School in 2005 as the winningest soccer coach in PIAA history with a career record of 516-168-46. Over the course of his career he led the Tigers to seven WPIAL titles and one PIAA Championship.
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Mountain View High school
“John Stockton is an outstanding example for successful high school soccer coaches,” NHSCA executive director Bob Ferraro said. “They place a high value on the teamwork skills players learn for success in the classroom and on the field, and we are proud to be honoring him.”
“John Stockton is an outstanding example for successful high school soccer coaches,” NHSCA executive director Bob Ferraro said. “They place a high value on the teamwork skills players learn for success in the classroom and on the field, and we are proud to be honoring him.”
John Stockton
Mountain View High school
Impact Statement
“John Stockton is an outstanding example for successful high school soccer coaches,” NHSCA executive director Bob Ferraro said. “They place a high value on the teamwork skills players learn for success in the classroom and on the field, and we are proud to be honoring him.”
Biography
“John Stockton is an outstanding example for successful high school soccer coaches,” NHSCA executive director Bob Ferraro said. “They place a high value on the teamwork skills players learn for success in the classroom and on the field, and we are proud to be honoring him.”
Stockton coached Mountain View High to its first Class 4A Oregon state soccer championship last fall. His team posted a final record of 18-0-1 and shared the title with Marist High of Eugene after the two teams battled to a scoreless tie in the championship game. Stockton’s team reached the title game by outscoring its first three state tournament opponents by a combined 14-2 margin, and Mountain View High ended the season ranked No. 8 in Region 7 by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).
In nine years at the helm, Stockton has coached Mountain View High to seven Intermountain Conference titles, including the past five in a row. Mountain View has not lost a conference game in those five years, posting a conference mark of 46-0-6 over that span. Stockton guided teams to the state semifinals in 1992 and 1997.
Stockton’s first coaching stint included three seasons at Yreka (Calif.) High, where his teams posted a 28-5-5 record from 1979-81 and won the state’s Northern Section championship in 1981 (California conducts state playoffs only to the section level in soccer). That team posted a perfect 16-0 record. His career coaching record is 142-25-20.
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