Mary Flande
Sisters High School
Impact Statement
“My whole career I’ve been so fortunate to be around such positive kids and colleagues.”
-Mary Flande
Biography
“Mary Flande is the perfect example of the thousands of coaches around this country that put their athletes before themselves,” said NHSCA executive director Bob Ferraro. “The NHSCA is proud to honor Mary Flande as the National High School Girls Golf Coach of the Year.”
Flande began her coaching career in 1978 in Nunapachuk, Alaska coaching boys and girls basketball. Over the years that career has evolved to include coaching experiences in track, volleyball and golf in the state of Oregon. Now also the athletic director at Sisters High, Flande adds this national coaching award to numerous conference and regional coaching awards in her career.
Flande continued to coach golf until 2011 at Sisters.