Head coach Mike Holloway and the Florida men's track and field team are coming off their seventh NCAA title since 2010.
Holloway Receives Prestigious Amos Alonzo Stagg Coaching Award
Friday, November 10, 2017 | Track and Field
The renowned list of previous winners includes former Florida men's basketball head coach Billy Donovan
DAPHNE, Ala. – University of Florida head coach Mike Holloway was named this year's recipient of the prestigious Amos Alonzo Stagg Coaching Award, the United States Sports Academy announced Thursday night.
This past June, Holloway led Florida's men to their seventh national title since 2010, a figure that leads all Division I programs during that span. It also marked Gators' 19th top-2 finish in 30 men's NCAA Championship meets since Holloway became head coach in 2003. On the women's side, the team finished fifth at NCAA Outdoor Championships, missing the podium by a single point. The highlight of the meet, however, was fifth-year senior Kyra Jefferson breaking a 28-year-old collegiate record in the 200 meters.
Past winners of the Amos Alonzo Stagg Coaching Award include:
The award is presented to an individual who has experienced outstanding achievement as a coach, and exhibits a high standard of propriety, imagination, and innovation as a character-builder in the tradition of great teacher-coaches.
The United States Sports Academy's Award of Sport program each year serves as a tribute to the artist and athlete. The Academy presents the awards to pay tribute to those who have made significant contributions to sport, in categories as diverse as the artist and the athlete in several different arenas of sport. It is an independent, non-profit, accredited, special mission sports university created to serve the nation and world with programs in instruction, research and service.
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This past June, Holloway led Florida's men to their seventh national title since 2010, a figure that leads all Division I programs during that span. It also marked Gators' 19th top-2 finish in 30 men's NCAA Championship meets since Holloway became head coach in 2003. On the women's side, the team finished fifth at NCAA Outdoor Championships, missing the podium by a single point. The highlight of the meet, however, was fifth-year senior Kyra Jefferson breaking a 28-year-old collegiate record in the 200 meters.
Past winners of the Amos Alonzo Stagg Coaching Award include:
- Bill Bowerman, Oregon Track and Field (1986)
- John Wooden, UCLA Men's Basketball (1987)
- Kay Yow, N.C. State Women's Basketball (1988)
- Don Shula, Miami Dolphins (1991)
- Mike Krzyzewski, Duke Men's Basketball (1992, 2009, 2012)
- Bobby Bowden, Florida State Football (1993)
- Tom Osborne, Nebraska Football (1994, 1997)
- Dean Smith, North Carolina Men's Basketball (1997)
- Larry Bird, Indiana Pacers (1998)
- Phil Jackson, Los Angeles Lakers (2003)
- Bill Belichick, New England Patriots (2005)
- Pete Carroll, USC Football (2006)
- Billy Donovan, Florida Men's Basketball (2007)
- Tony Dungy, Indianapolis Colts (2008)
- Nick Saban, Alabama Football (2010)
- Geno Auriemma, Connecticut Women's Basketball (2015)
The award is presented to an individual who has experienced outstanding achievement as a coach, and exhibits a high standard of propriety, imagination, and innovation as a character-builder in the tradition of great teacher-coaches.
The United States Sports Academy's Award of Sport program each year serves as a tribute to the artist and athlete. The Academy presents the awards to pay tribute to those who have made significant contributions to sport, in categories as diverse as the artist and the athlete in several different arenas of sport. It is an independent, non-profit, accredited, special mission sports university created to serve the nation and world with programs in instruction, research and service.
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