Montana Coaches Association Media Release

MCA is pleased to announce that the following coaches were selected, by a vote of member coaches, as “Coach of the Year” for their respective 2017 fall sport.

They will be honored at the 2017 MCA Awards Ceremony, at 11:30 on August 2nd at Great Falls High.

 

 
Football
AA Chris Murdock Billings Senior
A Bryce Carver Hamilton
B Trevor Utter Lincoln County
8-man Shawn D Hollowell Forsyth
6-man Troy Walters Westby/Grenora
Volleyball
AA Erin Keffeler Missoula Sentinel
A Kylie Reitz Billings Central
B Iona Stookey Huntley Project
C Betty Klein Ennis
Boys’ Cross Country
AA Casey Jermyn Bozeman
A Joanne Cleveland Corvallis
B John Sillitti Manhattan
C Nate TeSlaa Manhattan Christian
Girls’ Cross Country
AA Casey Jermyn Bozeman
A Cindy Farmer Hardin
B John Sillitti Manhattan
C Amy Freed West Yellowstone
Boys’ Golf
AA Marcus Drange Billings West/ Lance Olson   Great Falls High School (Tie)
  A Jim O’Neil Laurel
Girls’ Golf
AA Matt Clark Bozeman
A Benjamin Berg Sidney

 

Soccer does not have enough member coaches to make COY status, so their first-place MCA member coaches will be on the “Special Sports” ballot in the spring.    B and C Golf are contested in the spring.