Coach of the Year

United States Olympic Committee

Coach of the Year Nomination

 

Coaches make tremendous contributions to sport at all levels. The goal of the USOC Coaching Recognition Program is to acknowledge all coaches for their contributions and to elevate the status of the coaching profession.

Brief descriptions of the categories along with selection criteria are below:

VOLUNTEER COACH - a coach who does not receive payment in any form for his/her involvement in coaching at any level. The nominee should actively be coaching youth athletes.

90% of the criteria weighted as below:

1. "Unpaid"

  • 2. Active Coach
  • 3. Develops athletes
  • 4. Love of sport and introducing kids to the sport
  • 5. Passion for coaching
  • 6. Sport-community service

10% of the criteria weighted as below:

1.  Performance of athletes

DEVELOPMENTAL COACH - a coach of a Youth Club, High School or Junior level athlete or a coach directly responsible for coaching athletes to the National or Junior national level.  They can receive payment for services.

80% of the criteria weighted as below:

1. Performance of athlete- Junior Championships, Junior World, Nationals, Pan-Ams or

WUGS

2. Coached potential future medalists (athletes who have developed into Olympic

level  athletes) has a history of developing athletes and has applied methods

3. Contributions to developing athletes

20% of criteria weighted as below:

1. Educate coaches and athletes

2. Serves as a mentor

3.  Host camps, events, etc.

NATIONAL COACH - a coach of an Elite level club, Collegiate, Pan-Am, World Championship or Olympic Games coach or the coach of an elite athlete who competes at the highest level of your sport.

90% of the criteria weighted as below:

1. World/Olympic Medalists

2. World/Olympic Records

3. Dominance of win

4. Odds of winning

5. Extraordinary measure of the win

10% of the criteria weighted as below or as use as a tie-breaker:

1. Character of coach

2. Ethics of Coach

3. Attitude of athletes

 

"DOC" COUNSILMAN SCIENCE AWARD - a coach that utilizes science, medicine and/or technology as an integral part of his/her coaching methods or has created innovative ways to integrate sport science into coaching.

 

The panel of judges will choose the finalists, and ultimately, the winners in each category based on the information on the forms and the biographies submitted by the the USFA.   Please carefully answer all information requested on the enclosed forms. Nomination forms are available for download on this page.  Biographies are limited to 500 words.  There is not a form for the biography.  Please email completed forms to dana.brown@usfencing.org or fax to Attn: Dana Brown, 719-632-5737.  The deadline for submission is November 1, 2009.

If you have any questions regarding the Coaching Recognition Program, please feel free to contact Dana Brown at dana.brown@usfencing.org.