The USOPC Coach of the Year awards are given annually by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee to the top coaches in Olympic and Paralympic sports. One award is given in each of five categories: National Coach Developmental Coach Paralympic Coach Volunteer Coach Doc Councilman Science Award Nominees for the awards are selected by the national governing bodies for Olympic, Paralympic, and Pan American Games sports and their affiliated sports organizations. Members of the media vote for the top five nominees in each category. Category winners are then selected by a special USOPC panel.
USOPC Olympic Coach of the Year winners Before 2019, the organization was known as the United States Olympic Committee. However, Paralympic sports have been under the umbrella of the organization since 1998.
1996 – Tara VanDerveer, U.S. Olympic Women's Basketball Coach 1997 – Frank Carroll, Olympic Figure Skating Coach 1998 – Ben Smith, U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Coach 1999 – Chris Carmichael, Cycling Coach 2000 – Richard Quick, U.S. Olympic Women's Swimming Coach 2001-02 – Pete del’Guidice, U.S. Snowboarding Coach 2003 – Lloyd Woodhouse, USA Shooting National Team Coach 2004 – Mike Candrea, USA Softball Women's National Team Coach 2005 – Eddie Reese, USA Swimming Men's National Team Coach 2006 – Bud Keene, U.S. Snowboarding Coach 2007 – Guy Baker, USA Water Polo National Team Coach 2008 – Hugh McCutcheon, USA Men's Volleyball National Team Coach 2009 – Bob Bradley, U.S. Men's Soccer Team Coach 2010 – Brian Shimer, U.S. Men's Bobsled Head Coach 2011 – Rick Bower, U.S. Snowboarding Halfpipe Coach 2012 – Adam Krikorian, U.S. Women's National Waterpolo Head Coach 2013 – Erik Flora, Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Club Head Coach 2014 – Skogen Sprang, U.S. Slopestyle Skiing Team Head Coach 2015 – Craig Parnham, U.S. Women's National Field Hockey Team coach Co-2016 – Geno Auriemma, U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team coach Co-2016 – Aimee Boorman, U.S. Olympic Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Team 2017 – Bill Zadick, U.S. Freestyle World Wrestling Team Coach 2018 - Jason Cork, U.S. National Cross-Country Ski Team coach 2019 - Kisik Lee, U.S. Olympic Archery coach 2020 - Greg Massialas, USA Fencing 2021 - Karch Kiraly, USA Volleyball 2022 - Bobby Kersee, USA Track & Field 2023 – Jenni Meno-Sand, U.S. Figure Skating 2024 – Ralf Bissdorf, USA Fencing
USOPC Developmental Coach of the Year winners
1996 – Jeff Shaffer, Diving - University of Southern California 1997 – Dianne Holum, Speedskating 1998 – Mike Stafford, Boxing - Millvale Golden Gloves Gym 1999 – Tom Healy, Northbrook (ILL.) Speedskating Club 2000 – Fred Zimny, USA Luge 2001-02 – Mike Eaves, U.S. National Under-18 Hockey Team 2003 – Bob Fraley, Fresno State University Track and Field 2004 – Dwayne Miller, Norfolk Real Deal Track Club 2005 – Tammy Gambill, U.S Figure Skating 2006 – Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson, U.S. Figure Skating 2007 – Paul Yetter, USA Swimming 2008 – Rajul Sheth, Table Tennis 2009 – John Wingfield, Director and Head Coach of USA Diving National Training Center 2010 – Michael Nyitray, Bowling - United States Bowling Congress 2011 – James Hrbek, USA Judo 2012 – Michael Nyitray, Bowling - United States Bowling Congress 2013 – Kathleen Johnson, Triathlon 2014 – George Ryals, Archery Learning Center 2015 – Brett Wolf, Menomonee Judo Club 2016 – Kim Zmeskal-Burdette, USA Gymnastics 2017 - none 2018 - Leandro Spina, US Sailing 2019 - BethAnn Chamberlain, U.S. Paralympic Nordic Skiing Team 2020 - Dana Skelton, USA Swimming 2021 - Ron Aitken, USA Swimming 2022 - Mike Peplinski, USA Curling 2023 – Robert Park, USA Archery 2024 – Tom Anderson, U.S. Speedskating
USOPC Paralympic Coach of the Year winners
2004 – Mike Hulett, USA Women's Sitting Volleyball Team coach 2005 – Randi Smith, U.S. Paralympic Archery Team Head Coach 2006 – Julie O'Neill, U.S. Paralympic Swim Team Head Coach 2007 – Adam Bleakney, U.S. Paralympic Wheelchair Track coach 2008 – Ken Armbruster, U.S. Paralympic Goalball Head Coach 2009 – Scott Moore, Denver Judo coach 2010 – Ray Watkins, U.S. Paralympic Alpine Ski Team 2011 – Dave Denniston, Paralympic Swimming Head Coach 2012 – Tom Franke, Paralympic Swimming Head Coach 2013 – Adam Bleakney, U.S. Paralympic Track & Field coach 2014 – Brian Loeffler, Swimming, U.S. Paralympic Swimming Team coach 2015 – John Devorss, Salem Tennis and Swim Club 2016 – Adam Bleakney, U.S. Paralympic Track & Field coach 2017 – Eileen Carey, Paralympic Nordic skiing coach 2018 – Gary Colliander, Paralympic Nordic Skiing coach 2019 – Wesley Johnson, U.S. Paratriathlon coach 2020 – Michel Assouline, U.S. Para Equestrian Dressage Team coach 2021 – Nathan Manley, U.S. Paralympic Swimming 2022 – David Hoff, USA Hockey 2023 – Ellen Minzner, U.S. Rowing 2024 – Bill Hamiter, USA Volleyball
USOPC Volunteer Coach of the Year winners
2003 – Carol Hardemon, Metro Dade Track Club 2004 – Barry Hunter, D.C. Boxing Coach 2005 – Cindi Hart, IndySpeed Sport Club Head Coach 2006 – Booker Woods, LA Jets Track and Field Head Coach 2007 – Sherman Nelson, USA Taekwondo coach 2008 – Rita Gladstone, Area Tennis League Coordinator 2009 – Brian McCutcheon, Taekwondo coach and Oahu Taekwondo Center Instructor 2010 – Dave Farmer, Aurora (Colo.) Saracens Rugby Club Coach 2011 – Tom Waga, Brigham Young University Rugby coach 2012 – Don Showalter, USA Basketball, Men's Developmental National Team coach 2013 – Bienvenido “Benny” Roman, USA Boxing Training Camp coach 2014 – Kathleen Stevenson, Oklahoma Storm Junior Olympic Archer Development Team coach 2015 – Carl Cepuran, Glen Ellyn Speedskating 2016 – Tom Miller, Adirondack Speedskating Club 2017 – none 2018 – Mary Hodge, USA Para Powerlifting 2019 – Daniel Greene, Madison Speedskating Club 2020 – Cherise Wilkins, US Speedskating 2021 – Mary Murphy, US Speedskating 2022 – Jacob Roberts, US Speedskating 2023 – Patrick Wentland, US Speedskating 2024 – Chad Jones, USA Archery
Doc Counsilman Science Award winners
2003 – James E. "Doc" Counsilman, Swimming 2004 – Dr. Joe Vigil, Track and Field 2005 – Dr. Kyle Pierce, Weightlifting 2006 – Kat Arbour, Figure Skating 2007 – Sean O'Neill, Table Tennis 2008 – Dave Bennett, Wrestling 2009 – Heidi Thibert, Figure Skating 2010 – Grant Schaffner, Skeleton 2011 – Neal Henderson, Cycling 2012 – Doug Eng, Tennis 2013 – Gordon Uehling III, Tennis 2014 – Dave Hamilton, U.S. Women’s National Field Hockey Team 2015 – Warren Pretorius, Tennis Analytics 2016 – Derek Davis, USA Archery 2017 – none 2018 – Ingmar Jungnickel, US Speedskating 2019 – Andrew Stuart, US Speedskating 2020 – Jeff Lackie, U.S. Ski & Snowboard 2021 – Randy Wilbur, USA Track & Field 2022 – Tom West, USRowing 2023 – Garrett Lucash, U.S. Figure Skating 2024 – Steffany Hanlen, U.S. Figure Skating
See also United States Olympic Hall of Fame
References
External links Coach of the Year Award Recipients