Saturday, March 19, 2016

Minnesota High School Coach of the Year

Previously I've picked a Coach of the Year, many of whom have been high school coaches. But with the MSHSL's recent selections of Minnesota's all-time state tournament coaches, it occurred to me to choose high school coaches of the year through the decades. Coaches listed in boldface are the overall Minnesota coach of the year. Coaches listed in italic are multiple winners of high school coach of the year honors.

1914 Harry Gammons, Stillwater
1915 Raymond Hanson, Red Wing (player-coach)
1916 Alfred Jackson, Virginia
1917 Endre Anderson, Rochester
1918 Leigh McQueen, Waseca
1919 Hartness Taylor, Albert Lea

1920 Art Rolfe, Red Wing
1921 Weston Mitchell, Mpls. Central just ahead of Roland Church, New Ulm
1922 Reginald Kraemer, Madison
1923 Harold Taylor, Aurora
1924 Louis Benson, Two Harbors
1925 Edwin McKee, St. Paul Mechanic Arts
1926 B.F. Borchert, Gaylor
1927 Otto Engenbrecht, Mpls. South ahead of Neal Heis, Faribault
1928 Glen Hanna, Moorhead
1929 Ed Buckley, Ely just ahead of Ray Parkins, Mpls. Edison

1930 Peter Deanovic, Columbia Heights
1931 Jack Sterrett, Glencoe
1932 Roger Dooley, Thief River Falls
1933 William Dammann, Brainerd
1934 Harvey Roels, Chisholm
1935 Thomas Antil, Glencoe
1936 Anthony Chermak, Wadena
1937 Ray Parkins, Mpls. Edison
1938 George Lee, Thief River Falls
1939 Sam Ettinger, South St. Paul

1940 Walt Mikulich, Breckenridge
1941 Muxie Anderson, Buhl
1942 Bernard Cole, Marshall
1943 Harry Falk, Alexandria
1944 Frank Cleve, Mpls. Patrick Henry
1945 Dick Buckley, Ely
1946 Chet Bisel, Lynd
1947 Len Espeland, Granite Falls
1948 Butsie Maetzold, Hopkins
1949 Sam Ruzich, Dawson

1950 Roger Isaacson, Canby
1951 Wayne Keto, Gilbert
1952 Butsie Maetzold, Hopkins over Bert Munson, Mountain Lake
1953 Mario Retica, Hibbing
1954 Fred Kellett, Brainerd
1955 Clarence Johnson, Esko
1956 Wayne Courtney, Mpls. Roosevelt
1957 Dick Reinhart, DeLaSalle
1958 Ove Berven, Austin
1959 Jack Thurnblad, Wayzata over Dick Nielsen, Carlton

1960 Richie Olson, Edgerton
1961 Bun Fortier, Bemidji
1962 Lloyd Holm, St. Louis Park
1963 Glenn Mattke, Marshall
1964 Ray Merry, Luverne
1965 Ron Eickhoff, Franklin
1966 Dick Beetsch, Windom
1967 Duane Baglien, Edina over Shocky Strand, Moorhead
1968 Orris Jirele, Rochester Lourdes over Duane Baglien, Edina
1969 Al Wold, Rochester John Marshall

1970 Dennis Christopherson, Sherburn
1971 Jim Hastings, Duluth Central  over Del Schiffler, Melrose
1972 Judge Veglahn, St. James
1973 Bob McDonald, Chisholm
1974 Del Schiffler, Melrose over Janet Willand, Glencoe girls
1975 Bob McDonald, Chisholm over Al Baumann, Little Falls
1976 Ed Prohofsky, Mpls. Marshall-U over Gene Biewen, Mankato Wilson
1977 John Nett, Winona Cotter
1978 Mike Jerabek, Prior Lake
1979 Jim Hastings, Duluth Central

1980 Tony Queen, Mpls. North over Jerry Cool, Little Falls girls
1981 Jerry Wohler, Bird Island-Lake Lillian
1982 Jack Evens, Bloomington Jefferson over Donna Mark, St. Cloud Apollo girls
1983 Del Schiffler, Woodbury
1984 Jerry Cool, Little Falls girls over Jim Galvin, White Bear Lake
1985 Ron Beachy, Staples-Motley girls
1986 Phil Frerk, St. Louis Park girls
1987 Jack Evens, Bloomington Jefferson
1988 Bob Brink, Rocori
1989 Len Olson, Owatonna over Dave Thorpe, Osseo girls

1990 Myron Glass, Rochester Lourdes girls
1991 Len Horyza, Cretin-Derham Hall
1992 Len Horyza, Cretin-Derham Hall over Dave Tank, Anoka
1993 Terry Hunst, Bloomington Jefferson girls
1994 Louis Boone, Mpls. Washburn
1995 Lynn Peterson, Staples-Motley
1996 Nikki Scholl, Hastings girls
1997 Mike Dreier, New London-Spicer girls
1998 Faith Johnson Patterson, Mpls. North girls
1999 Ziggy Kauls, Mounds View

2000 Lawrence McKenzie, Mpls. Patrick Henry over John Carlson, Litchfield
2001 Terry Culhane, Marshall
2002 Lawrence McKenzie, Mpls. Patrick Henry over Andy Berkvam, Lakeville girls
2003 Brett McNeal, Mpls. North
2004 Bob Vaughan, Braham over Brian Cosgriff, Hopkins girls
2005 Myron Glass, Rochester Lourdes girls over Percy Wade, Bloomington Kennedy girls
2006 Tom Vix, Rushford-Peterson
2007 Nicholas Guida, Buffalo
2008 Shannon Hartinger, Totino-Grace girls
2009 David Smart, Ada-Borup girls

2010 Vernon Simmons, St. Paul Johnson
2011 Dave Cresap, Perham

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