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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