Coach of The Year
Winning this year's coach of the year honor is Chris Pellegrini, the head coach for West Springfield high school. He wins this award after his spartans won the Class 6 state team title.
They won the team title with eight individual scorers and three scoring relay teams. It was a total team effort.
Though Coach Pellegrini has won numerous state titles and had many state champions, this one may be the most impressive of them all. The details that went into executing this victory can be attributed to his direct coaching, his hiring of excellent assistant coaches, and his experience in these situations both pre-meet and during the meet.
Past Coaches of The Year: Cross Country: Sue Rinker (Spotswood-2024), 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)