Four coaches have earned NSCAA/adidas Regional Coach of the Year for two consecutive seasons to head the list of high school and youth coaches being honored by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
Three of the repeaters come from high school girls play: Iseed Khoury, the girls coach at Denton (Texas) High School, who claimed the Division II Southwest region award; and two from the Private/Parochial division: Dave Prutting of St. Anthony's High School in South Huntington, N.Y., from the East region; and Maureen McVey of St. Joseph's Academy in St. Louis, Mo., for the Midwest. McVeigh took regional honors in Division II last year. This marks her fourth NSCAA regional award in the last five years. The fourth repeat selection came from the Youith ranks, where Howie Thompson of Durham, N.C., was named South Region Coach of the Year for the second time.
Three coaches recognized in 2000 made return visits to the list: Frank Dixon, who led his Carmel (Ind.) High School girls squad to an undefeated season and the No. 1 spot in the final NSCAA/adidas national fall poll; William Weir of Albuquerque (N.M.) Academy in the Girls Private/Parochial division; and Michael Davis, boys coach at the Catlin-Gable School in Portland, Ore.
One school swept both the boys and girls honors for its region. Totino-Grace High School of Fridley, Minn., saw its boys coach, Jeff Dennehy, and its girls coach, Bill Vance, among the honorees.
The regional coaches are finalists for NSCAA/adidas National Coach of the Year for their respective divisions. The high school coaches chosen for the national honor also will be named to the coaching staffs for the McDonald's All American High School Soccer Games, to be held in Charleston, S.C., next summer. The national winners will be announced on Friday, Jan. 17, as part of the 2003 NSCAA Convention in Kansas City, Mo.
The list of regional award winners for high school and youth play follows.
2002 NSCAA/adidas High School Regional Coaches of the Year
Region, Name, School, Hometown
High School Girls Division I
Central: Frank B. Dixon, Carmel High School, Carmel, Ind.
East: Jim Dunn, Council Rock High School, Holland, Pa.
Far West: Lucas S. Curtolo, La Costa Canyon High School, Carlsbad, Calif.
Midwest: Bryan Yenor, Brookfield Central High School, Brookfield, Wis.
New England: Jim Murray, Avon High School, Avon, Conn.
Rocky Mountain: Lee Keller Mitchell, Alta High School, Sandy, Utah
South: James C. Rike Jr., J.W. Robinson Secondary School, Fairfax, Va.
Southwest: Laura Kennedy, Clear Lake High School, Houston, Texas
High School Girls Division II
Central: Scott Dempsey, Bexley High School, Columbus, Ohio
East: Meredith Guerin, Glen Rock High School, Glen Rock, N.J.
Far West: Stuart Kaplan, Fred C. Beyer High School, Modesto, Calif.
Midwest: Jeff Dennehy, Totino-Grace High School, Fridley, Minn.
New England: Drew Dubuque, Waynflete School, Portland, Maine
Rocky Mountain: Jeremy Pinard, Niwot High School, Niwot, Colo.
South: Jack L. Pickard, Westminster School, Atlanta, Ga.
Southwest: Iseed Khoury, Denton High School, Denton, Texas
High School Girls Private/Parochial
Central: Terry Quigley, Lexington Catholic High School, Lexington, Ky.
East: Dave Prutting, St. Anthony's High School, South Huntington, N.Y.
Far West: Jenny Phillips, Bellarmine Prep, Tacoma, Wash.
Midwest: Maureen McVey, St. Joseph's Academy, St. Louis, Mo.
Rocky Mountain: William Weir, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, N.M.
South: Lee Horton, Charlotte Latin School, Charlotte, N.C.
Southwest: Troy M. Tokarchik, Bishop Kelley High School, Tulsa, Okla.
High School Boys Division I
Central: Christian Marsh, North Olmsted High School, North Olmstead, Ohio
East: Brian Gibney, Shawnee High School, Medford, N.J.
Far West: Jack M. Altersitz, Cactus High School, Glendale, Ariz.
Midwest: Ken Burghy, Middleton High School, Middleton, Wis.
New England: George Pinkham, Bow High School, Bow, N.H.
Rocky Mountain: Peter S. Horvath, Columbine High School, Littleton, Colo.
South: Luke Wilkens, Millbrook High School, Raleigh, N.C.
Southwest: Walter R. Rule, Ronald Reagan High School, San Antonio, Texas
High School Boys Division II
Central: Jon Unger, Madeira High School, Madeira, Ohio
East: Herb Baker, Jasper-Troupsburg Central High School, Jasper, N.Y.
Far West: Abe AliJahadhmy, San Marcos High School, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Midwest: Bill Vance, Totino-Grace High School, Minneapolis, Minn.
New England: John Werner, Arlington Memorial High School, Arlington, Vt.
Rocky Mountain: Jim Davidson, Broomfield High School, Broomfield, Colo.
South: Rob Wilcher, T.C. Roberson High School, Asheville, N.C.
Southwest: Timothy G. O'Leary, Midway High School, Waco, Texas
High School Boys Private/Parochial
Central: Gregory A. Mauch, Canterbury School, Fort Wayne, Ind.
East: Charles Schmid, Dwight-Englewood, Englewood, N.J.
Far West: Michael Stewart Davis, Catlin-Gable School, Portland, Ore.
Midwest: Sam Tate, Sacred Heart-Griffin, Illinois
New England: Dennis W. Crowe, Williams School, New London, Conn.
Rocky Mountain: Tommy Smith, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, N.M.
South: Bill Finneyfrock, Providence Day School, Charlotte, N.C.
Southwest: Bill J. McDonald, Strake Jesuit Prep, Houston, Texas
Youth Boys
Central: Walter Eugene Pascoe, Silver Spring, Md.
East: William Boyer, Ashland, Pa.
North: Chris Apple, Rochester, N.Y.
South: Roberto Lopez, Indian Rocks Beach, Fla.
Youth Girls
Central: John Von Klopp, Madison, Wis.
East: Nevin Shenck, Etters, Pa.
West: David Marshall, Garland, Texas
South: Howie Thompson, Durham, N.C.
