Steve Racine
Kinnelon High School
Impact Statement
“Everything we do is to try to make you a more effective player and to have fun.” -Steve Racine
Biography
Racine has been a girls soccer coach for 27 years. His career started with a successful 22-year run at Denville’s Morris Catholic High. From 1981 through 2002, Racine’s teams compiled a 410-58-20 record. He coached 17 conference championships, 14 state sectional titles, 11 state titles and six Morris County Tournament crowns. Racine left with a career record of 410-58-21.
Also the school’s winter and spring track and field coach, Racine’s spring teams posted a 120-29 record, earning 11 conference titles and four Outdoor Track Parochial B state titles and three Indoor titles.
In 2003 Racine took on the task of building a program at Kinnelon. After his team won just one of its first eight games and posted a 22-25-5 record through three seasons, the Colts finished a school-record 19-4-1 in 2006 and won their first state title, giving Racine the most state titles (15) of any active coach in the nation. Last year, despite moving up to Group 2, Kinnelon finished 16-4-2 and advanced to the North 1 region quarterfinals, improving his career mark to 467-91-28. He also is an assistant track coach for the Colts.
Since being honored, Racine continued to lead Kinnelon until 2012. He complied a 129-47-17 record, bringing his career record up to 539-138-45.
After a three year hiatus, Racine took over as the head coach again in 2015 and still holds the position.
In addition, Racine has his D. Litt with a concentration in History and Literature from Drew University.
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