Receiving this year's highest honor of Coach of The Year is Spotswood's Sue Rinker. She wins this award after dominating the Class 3 team title battle on the girls' side and coaching the state runner-up on the boys' side.
Coach Rinker's teams have done well all year and turned heads. There were a few other coaches on the short list but none really aced the test quite like Coach Rinker. She took a good team & made them great and really made them a team everyone knows across the state.
Past Coaches of The Year: Cross Country: Ray Achenbom (Charlottesville-2023), Stephen Howard (Blacksburg -2022), Jenn Strojny (Glen Allen -2021), Lindy Bain (Western Albemarle-2019), Jeff Webster (Clarke County - 2018), Adrian Lorenzoni (Albemarle -2017), Doug Gilbert (Heritage-2015), James Demarco (Blacksburg - 2014), Mike Mangan (Lake Braddock-2014) | Indoor Track: Neil Mathews (Atlee - 2024), Combined with Outdoors - 2023, Val Osipenko (Xtreme Heights - 2022), Shawn Webb (Heritage - 2020), Brian Porter (Christiansburg - 2019), Mark Love (Patrick Henry - 2018), Cherie Witt (Western Albemarle - 2017), Van Porter (E.C. Glass - 2016), Jeff Artis (Western Branch - 2015) | Outdoor Track: Deon Moore (Kecoughtan - 2024), Curtis Phillips (Woodberry Forest - 2023), Scott Raczko (South Lakes - 2022), Stan Holloway (Oscar Smith - 2019), James Nixon (Grassfield - 2018), Iman Islam (Maury - 2017), Justin Byron (Nansemond River - 2016), Claude Toukene (Western Branch - 2015), Jim Holdren (Maggie Walker - 2014)