This award honors the most outstanding ACTIVE COACH in each of the four categories, Boy's Track, Boy's C.C., Girl's Track, Girl's C.C.. The coach's total career is of major importance. They must be a member of OATCCC. They may only receive the honor for for each category one time.
You can search the recipients of this award below.
| Year | Name | School | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Ann Vogel | West Liberty Salem High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 2019 | Doug Joy | John Glenn High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 2019 | Matt Paxton | Unioto High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 2019 | Seth Steiner | Austintown Fitch High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 2018 | Adam Huffman | Sheridan School | Boys Track & Field |
| 2018 | Dennis Prenger | Fort Loramie High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 2018 | Howard Russ | Beavercreek High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 2018 | Sandy DeBos | Tuscarawas Valley High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 2018 | Sandy DeBos | Tuscarawas Valley High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 2017 | Byron Kimmel | Tippecanoe High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 2017 | John Williams | Minerva High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 2017 | Obie Mouser | Defiance High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 2017 | Stewart Behm | Tiffin Calvert High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 2016 | Josh Fogle | Eastern-Reedsville High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 2016 | Michael Gray | Warsaw River View High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 2016 | Mike Aukerman | Carrollton High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 2016 | Tom Loy | East Canton High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 2015 | Chuck Zobel | Garaway High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 2015 | Greg Fraunfelter | Logan High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 2015 | Rennie Bare | Newark Catholic High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 2015 | Susan Ritter Burnell | New Bremen High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 2014 | Chris Arno | Bellaire High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 2014 | Denise Benson | Lexington High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 2014 | Jesse Magot | Minster High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 2014 | Sidney Booker | Dayton Dunbar High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 2013 | Chuck Zobel | Garaway High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 2013 | Greg Shepard | Piketon High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 2013 | Jeff Howard | Woodridge High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 2013 | Steve Semancik | Chillicothe High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 2012 | Bob Hollen | Granville High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 2012 | Brian McMichael | Spencerville High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 2012 | Larry Topp | Minister High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 2012 | Nancy Miller | United Local High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 2011 | Diane Bell | Indian Valley | Girls Track & Field |
| 2011 | Ed Rarey | Gahanna Lincoln High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 2011 | Eldon Jones | St. Thomas Aquinas | Girls Cross Country |
| 2011 | Tony Ciroli | St. Clarksville High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 2010 | Al Riffey | Warren High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 2010 | Anjanette Arabian Whitman | Magnificat High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 2010 | Denny Hammond | Reynoldsburg High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 2010 | Ross Deye | Sylvania Northview High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 2009 | Carl Keller | Heath High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 2009 | Heidi Mooney | St. Clairsville High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 2009 | Jody Grove | Colonel Crawford High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 2009 | Mark Albaugh | Claymont High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 2008 | Andy Wolf | Anderson High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 2008 | Frank Rossi | Waterloo High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 2008 | Kevin Gorby | Trinity High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 2008 | Rod Schar | Seneca East High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 2007 | Dave Pavalansky | Youngstown Boardman High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 2007 | Debbie Pomeroy | Loveland High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 2007 | Dennis West | Mt. Gilead High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 2007 | Joe Rider Horn | Waynesfiled Goshen High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 2006 | Bill Dennison | Mentor High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 2006 | John Keller | Pepper Pike Orange High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 2006 | Lawrence Nosse | Euclid High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 2006 | Mark Albaugh | Uhrichsville Claymont High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 2005 | David Kirk | Chargin Falls High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 2005 | Doug Henwood | Lancaster High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 2005 | Jeff Arthurs | Uhrichsville Claymont High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 2005 | Rick Wilson | Salem High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 2004 | Brian Tucker | Bowling Green High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 2004 | Ed Lidderdale | Magnolia Sandy Valley High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 2004 | Frank Rahde | Lordstown High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 2004 | Louis Slapnik | Cleveland Collinwood High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 2003 | Doug Johnston | Ayersville High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 2003 | Julie Cole-Everett | Burton Berkshire High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 2003 | Linda Bacho | Garfield Heights Trinity High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 2003 | Rod O’Donnell | Hudson High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 2002 | Bob Hollen | Granville High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 2002 | Dennis Delbert | Bellaire St. John Central Catholic H.S. | Girls Cross Country |
| 2002 | John S. Long | Pickerington High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 2002 | Rodney Clady | Marion Pleasant High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 2001 | Christopher Rupe | McDonald High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 2001 | Denise Gorski | Youngstown Boardman High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 2001 | Jack Nemergut | North Lima South Range High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 2001 | Martin Dahlman | Pataskala Watkins Memorial High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 2000 | Dave Clegg | North Canton Hoover High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 2000 | Pat Veltri | New Philadelphia | Girls Track & Field |
| 2000 | Paul Medbery | McConnelsville Morgan High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 2000 | Robert Hayton | Toledo Rogers High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 1999 | Craig Wallace | Dayton Patterson Career Center | Boys Track & Field |
| 1999 | Jim Ferguson | Dublin Coffman High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 1999 | Joanne Marcinko | Lancaster Fisher Catholic | Girls Track & Field |
| 1999 | Larry Merkel | St. Xavier High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 1998 | Denny Sheppard | Bay Village High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 1998 | Diane Krumpak | McDonald High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 1998 | James Wright | Reading H.S. & Cincinnati Country Day | Boys Track & Field |
| 1998 | Ron Russo | Cincinnati Colerain High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 1997 | Mark Brown | Barnesville High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 1997 | Michael R. Andrews | Trotwood Madison High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 1997 | Steve Bruskotter | Bluffton High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 1997 | Ted Rupe | Maplewood High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 1996 | Henry L. Schwieterman | Coldwater High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 1996 | Jack Holliday | Beavercreek High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 1996 | Jerry Bunn | Columbus Grove High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 1996 | Richard Mann | Cleveland Heights High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 1995 | Andy Wolf | Cincinnati Anderson High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 1995 | Criss Somerlot | Centerville High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 1995 | Jack Lintz | Clayton Northmont High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 1995 | Larry Eleo | Hudson High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 1994 | Bob Knoll | New London High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 1994 | Christ M. Green | Sandusky Perkins High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 1994 | Herb Fitzer | Byesville Meadowbrook High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 1994 | John W. Gudgel | Yellow Springs High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 1993 | Gary Smith | Thomas Worthington High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 1993 | Ross Dye | Sylvania Southview High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 1993 | Tony Buttar | Warren J.F.K. High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 1993 | Vicki Doty | Ottawa Glandorf High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 1992 | Earl Miller | Bellevue High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 1992 | Frank Jancura | Cleveland St. Ignatius High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 1992 | Thomas Elkins | Cleveland John Marshall High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 1992 | Walter Shreffler | Celina High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 1991 | Dale Hartney | Upper Arlington High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 1991 | Dugan Hill | Caldwell High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 1991 | Gordon Downie | Martins Ferry High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 1991 | Pat Wagner | Findlay Liberty Benton High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 1990 | Dave Smalley | Ashland High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 1990 | Frank Gibas | Chagrin Falls Kenston High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 1990 | Jim Hauser | Sandusky Perkins High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 1990 | Larry Fox | Sandusky St. Marys High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 1989 | Art Edwards | Kent Roosevelt High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 1989 | Jason Lindsey | West Chester Lakota High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 1989 | Lee Sternberg | East Canton High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 1989 | Penny Zuber | Baltimore Liberty Union High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 1988 | Jim Demo | Medina High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 1988 | John Hinton | Sandusky Perkins High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 1988 | Pat Wagner | Findlay Liberty Benton High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 1988 | Rita Somerlot | Centerville High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 1987 | Jim Reynolds | Avon High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 1987 | Kevin O’Donnell | Cleveland Heights Beaumont High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 1987 | Mike Garcia | Austintown Fitch High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 1987 | William K. Lane | Frankfort Adena High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 1986 | Michael Ludlow | St. Paris Graham High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 1986 | Roger A. Sweet | Chardon High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 1986 | Ron Martin | Caldwell High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 1986 | Vinson B. Taylor | Dayton Jefferson High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 1985 | Ed Rarey | Gahanna Lincoln High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 1985 | Marvin Crosten | Upper Arlington High Scho | Girls Track & Field |
| 1985 | Scott Smith | Lima Shawnee High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 1985 | Steve Spencer | Cincinnati Elder High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 1984 | Dave Bell | Zanesville Rosecrans High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 1984 | Mark Klopfenstein | Springfield Northeastern High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 1984 | Robert Fowle | Columbus Wehrle High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 1984 | Robert Reall | Lancaster High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 1983 | Bruce Lerch | Brecksville High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 1983 | Monica Gary | Cleveland John Adams High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 1983 | Myron Cline | Kansas Lakota High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 1983 | Robert Rice | Shaker Heights High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 1982 | Gordon Downie | Martins Ferry High School | Boys Cross Country |
| 1982 | Rea Alexander | Olmsted Falls High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 1982 | Robert Hamm | Lancaster High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 1982 | Vinson B. Taylor | Dayton Jefferson High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 1981 | Katie Horstman | Minster High School | Girls Track & Field |
| 1981 | Les Eisenhart | Worthington High School | Boys Track & Field |
| 1981 | Marvin Crosten | Upper Arlington High School | Girls Cross Country |
| 1981 | Richard Cooley | Amherst Steele High School | Boys Cross Country |
