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Neil Skinner Award
The boys and girls annual coach of the year award is voted on at the state meet and given in memory of Neil Skinner, longtime head coach at Lakewood High School.
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Past Recipients:
| Girls |
|
Year
|
Division |
Coach |
School |
| 1977 |
1 |
Jim Starrett |
Pepper Pike Orange |
| 1978 |
1 |
Ken Jarvis |
Galion |
| 1979 |
1 |
Jim Starrett |
Pepper Pike Orange |
| 1980 |
1 |
Joe Groscost |
Sandusky Perkins |
| 1981 |
1 |
Skip Runkle |
Thomas Worthington |
| 1982 |
1 |
Fred Cooper |
Cincinnati Sycamore |
| 1983 |
1 |
Mark Pruiss |
Canton GlenOak |
| 1984 |
1 |
Dennis “Butch” Graves |
Sylvania Northview |
| 1985 |
1 |
Todd Grant |
Upper Arlington |
| 1986 |
1 |
Jerry Holtrey |
Gates Mills Hawken |
| 1987 |
1 |
Jim Callahan |
Thomas Worthington |
| 1988 |
1 |
Andy Aspengren |
Solon |
| 1989 |
1 |
Jim Callahan |
Thomas Worthington |
| 1990 |
1 |
Jerry Holtrey |
Gates Mills Hawken |
| 1991 |
1 |
Larry Vocke |
Napoleon |
| 1992 |
1 |
Mark Sullivan |
Cincinnati Sycamore |
| 1993 |
1 |
Mark Sullivan |
Cincinnati Sycamore |
| 1994 |
1 |
Tim Bridgham |
Upper Arlington |
| 1995 |
1 |
Ernie Welsch |
Shaker Heights |
| 1996 |
1 |
Ed Bachman |
Cincinnati Anderson |
| 1997 |
1 |
Jerry Holtrey |
Gates Mills Hawken |
| 1998 |
1 |
Bob VanHorn |
Oak Harbor |
| 1999 |
1 |
Mark Sullivan |
Cincinnati Sycamore |
| 2000 |
1 |
Tim Bridgham |
Upper Arlington |
| 2000 |
2 |
Jay Magee |
Wauseon |
| 2001 |
1 |
Mark Davis |
Centerville |
| 2001 |
2 |
Steve Cremean |
Sandusky Perkins |
| 2002 |
1 |
Tim Bridgham |
Upper Arlington |
| 2002 |
2 |
Jerry Holtrey |
Gates Mills Hawken |
| 2003 |
1 |
Tim Bridgham |
Upper Arlington |
| 2003 |
2 |
Steve Cremean |
Sandusky Perkins |
| 2004 |
1 |
Mark Davis |
Centerville |
| 2004 |
2 |
Jerry Holtrey |
Gates Mills Hawken |
| 2005 |
1 |
Dan Peterkoski |
Upper Arlington |
| 2005 |
2 |
Tod Boyle |
Pepper Pike Orange |
| 2006 |
1 |
Dan Peterkoski |
Upper Arlington |
| 2006 |
2 |
Jerry Holtrey |
Gates Mills Hawken |
| 2007 |
1 |
Dan Peterkoski |
Upper Arlington |
| 2007 |
2 |
Larry Vocke |
Napoleon |
| 2008 |
1 |
Dan Peterkoski |
Upper Arlington |
| 2008 |
2 |
Jeff Brown |
Lima Shawnee |
| 2009 |
1 |
Dan Peterkoski |
Upper Arlington |
| 2009 |
2 |
Jerry Holtrey |
Gates Mills Hawken |
| 2010 |
1 |
Dan Peterkoski |
Upper Arlington |
| 2010 |
2 |
Larry Vocke |
Napoleon |
| 2011 |
1 |
Dan Peterkoski |
Upper Arlington |
| 2011 |
2 |
Jerry Holtrey |
Gates Mills Hawken |
| 2012 |
1 |
Tom Stacy |
Strongsville |
| 2012 |
2 |
Kevin Yates |
Granville |
| 2013 |
1 |
Brad Isham |
Cincinnati Ursuline |
| 2013 |
2 |
Jennifer Jervis |
Dayton Oakwood |
| 2014 |
1 |
Mark Sullivan |
Mason |
| 2014 |
2 |
Jerry Holtrey |
Gates Mills Hawken |
| 2015 |
1 |
Dan Peterkoski |
Upper Arlington |
| 2015 |
2 |
Stephanie Donley |
Columbus School for Girls |
| 2016 |
1 |
Mark Sullivan |
Mason |
| 2016 |
2 |
Penny Cromwell |
Versailles |
| 2017 |
1 |
Mark Sullivan |
Mason |
| 2017 |
2 |
Kevin Maness |
Mariemont |
| 2018 |
1 |
Rick Morrison |
North Canton |
| 2018 |
2 |
Todd Clark |
Gates Mills Hawken |
| 2019 |
1 |
Mark Rogers |
Hoover |
| 2019 |
2 |
Dave Eisenstein |
Toledo St. Ursula |
| 2020 |
1 |
Dave Wharton |
New Albany |
| 2020 |
2 |
Brian Boteman |
Columbus School for Girls |
| 2021 |
1 |
Dave Wharton |
New Albany |
| 2021 |
2 |
Andrea Sorg |
Oak Harbor |
| 2022 |
1 |
Jeff Riegler |
Gahanna Lincoln |
| 2022 |
2 |
Ron Grant/Lisa Cremer |
Hathaway Brown |
| Boys |
| Year |
Division |
Coach |
School |
| 1967 |
1 |
Dick Wells |
Akron Firestone |
| 1968 |
1 |
Ted Branin |
Canton McKinley |
| 1969 |
1 |
Neil Skinner |
Lakewood |
| 1970 |
1 |
Todd Grant |
Upper Arlington |
| 1971 |
1 |
Sterling Anthrop |
Thomas Worthington |
| 1972 |
1 |
Yoshi Oyakawa |
Cincinnati Oak Hills |
| 1973 |
1 |
Dennis White |
Cincinnati St. Xavier |
| 1974 |
1 |
Dennis “Butch” Graves |
Toledo St. Francis |
| 1975 |
1 |
Dick Segrist |
Fairview |
| 1976 |
1 |
Todd Grant |
Upper Arlington |
| 1977 |
1 |
Todd Grant |
Upper Arlington |
| 1978 |
1 |
Frank Bartholow |
Mansfield Malabar |
| 1979 |
1 |
Rock Snow |
Findlay |
| 1980 |
1 |
Art Bucci |
Fremont Ross |
| 1981 |
1 |
Larry Lyons |
Cincinnati Sycamore |
| 1982 |
1 |
Dave Jennings |
Upper Arlington |
| 1982 |
1 |
Joe Rodriquez |
Euclid |
| 1983 |
1 |
Larry Lyons |
Cincinnati Sycamore |
| 1984 |
1 |
Larry Vocke |
Napoleon |
| 1985 |
1 |
Peter Linn |
Upper Arlington |
| 1986 |
1 |
Peter Linn |
Upper Arlington |
| 1987 |
1 |
Peter Linn |
Upper Arlington |
| 1988 |
1 |
Rick Morrison |
North Canton Hoover |
| 1989 |
1 |
Bob VanHorn |
Oak Harbor |
| 1990 |
1 |
Jim Brower |
Cincinnati St. Xavier |
| 1991 |
1 |
Kenwyn Chock |
Hudson |
| 1992 |
1 |
Mike Lehto |
Cleveland St. Ignatius |
| 1993 |
1 |
Bob Henikman |
Ashland |
| 1994 |
1 |
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| 1995 |
1 |
Ann Urschel |
Toledo St. Francis |
| 1996 |
1 |
Jim Callahan |
Thomas Worthington |
| 1997 |
1 |
Dennis “Butch” Graves |
Sylvania Northview |
| 1998 |
1 |
Ernie Welsch |
Shaker Heights |
| 1999 |
1 |
Tim Lewarchick |
Akron Firestone |
| 2000 |
1 |
Tim Lewarchick |
Akron Firestone |
| 2001 |
1 |
Jim Brower |
Cincinnati St. Xavier |
| 2002 |
1 |
Tim Lewarchick |
Akron Firestone |
| 2003 |
1 |
Kevin Chapman |
Upper Arlington |
| 2004 |
1 |
Kevin Chapman |
Upper Arlington |
| 2005 |
1 |
Jim Brower |
Cincinnati St. Xavier |
| 2006 |
1 |
Kyle Goodrich |
Columbus St. Charles |
| 2007 |
1 |
Jeff Burrows |
Canton GlenOak |
| 2008 |
1 |
Kyle Goodrich |
Columbus St. Charles |
| 2009 |
1 |
Jim Brower
|
Cincinnati St. Xavier |
| 2009 |
2 |
Brian Perry |
University School |
| 2010 |
1 |
Keith Kennedy |
Toledo St. Francis |
| 2010 |
1 |
Jim Brower |
Cincinnati St. Xavier |
| 2010 |
2 |
Steve Cremean |
Sandusky Perkins |
| 2011 |
1 |
Jim Brower |
Cincinnati St. Xavier |
| 2011 |
2 |
Jeff Brown |
Lima Shawnee |
| 2012 |
1 |
Matt Davis |
Hudson |
| 2012 |
1 |
Mike DeBear |
Upper Arlington |
| 2012 |
2 |
Jeff Brown |
Lima Shawnee |
| 2013 |
1 |
Jim Brower |
Cincinnati St. Xavier |
| 2013 |
2 |
Jennifer Jervis |
Dayton Oakwood |
| 2014 |
1 |
Bill Whatley |
Cincinnati Moeller |
| 2014 |
2 |
Jennifer Jervis |
Dayton Oakwood |
| 2015 |
1 |
Matt Davis |
Hudson |
| 2015 |
2 |
Brenda Wherley |
Dover |
| 2016 |
1 |
Mark Krusinski |
Brecksville |
| 2016 |
2 |
Rob Johnson |
Bellbrook |
| 2016 |
2 |
Brandon Williams |
Seven Hills |
| 2016 |
2 |
Mark Harris |
Rocky River |
| 2017 |
1 |
Tim Beerman |
Cincinnati St. Xavier |
| 2017 |
2 |
Brenda Wherley |
Dover |
| 2018 |
1 |
Terry O'Hallaron |
Boardman |
| 2018 |
2 |
Rob Johnson |
Bellbrook |
| 2019 |
1 |
Dan Carl |
Sycamore |
| 2019 |
2 |
Gary Layne |
Bowling Green |
| 2020 |
1 |
Mike de Bear |
Upper Arlington |
| 2020 |
2 |
Brian Cassidy |
Sandusky Perkins |
| 2021 |
1 |
Mike DeBear |
Upper Arlington |
| 2021 |
2 |
Brenda Wherley |
Dover |
| 2022 |
1 |
Chris Meleason |
Beavercreeek |
| 2022 |
2 |
Heather Shaffer |
Kenton Ridge |
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