North Central Washington

Sports Awards

ELITE COACHES
NCW's most successful coaches

Successful coaches have to be part tactician, part psychologist, part displinarian, know the mechanics of the sport they are directing and love to do what they are doing. They are dedicated and hard working with a true passion to help their players attain goals and perfect skills. North Central Washington has had an assortment of outstanding coaches throughout the years. A few received more than their share of finalist selections and sports awards to be considered among the NCW area's Elite Coaches.

Coaches earn 1 point for each finalist appearance and 1 point for each sports award received.

1971-2017
Elite Coaches -
Program
Coach PTS
Finalist Times
Sports Awards
First/Last Finalist
Dave Johnson
 Ephrata baseball
19
15
4
1976/2006
Gary Smith
 Omak/Tonasket girls basketball/football/track
17
14
3
1973/2003
Shelly Pflugrath
 WVC softball
16
12
4
2003/2015
Dennis Tronson
 Cashmere girls soccer/Wenatchee boys soccer
15
14
1
1998/2016
Bryan Boesel
 Brewster/Okanogan girls basketball
12
10
2
2000/2017
Donene Hendricks
 Chelan volleyball
11
9
2
2002/2015
Marco Azurdia
 WVC womens basketball
10
8
2
1992/2002
Dan White
 Eastmont baseball
10
8
2
1982/2002
Bill Barker
 Royal softball
10
9
1
1993/2004
Craig Martin
 Eastmont boys/girls swimming
9
8
1
1989/1997
Stan Opp
 Wenatchee wrestling
9
9
0
1985/1999
Mark Anderson
 Chelan girls/boys cross-country/track
9
9
0
1990/2010
Jeff Carlson
 Cashmere baseball
9
6
3
2009/2017
Tim Taylor
 Brewster basketball
9
8
1
2002/2017
Don King
 Ephrata girls basketball
8
5
3
1984/2000
Joe Worsham
 Pateros football
8
7
1
1989/1996
Bill Betcher
 Ephrata football
8
7
1
1987/1993
Wiley Allred
 Royal football
8
7
1
2001/2013
Shane Bird
 Brewster baseball
7
6
1
2000/2006
Lee Bofto
 Wenatchee football/softball
7
6
1
1971/1981
Bill Elliott
 Cashmere wrestling
7
6
1
1979/1986
Bill Kelly
 Cashmere basketball
7
6
1
1975/1986
Marilyn Taylor
 Omak volleyball
7
6
1
1988/2001
Ron Zielinski
 Wenatchee boys/girls tennis
7
6
1
1995/2001
Mike Bourn
 Liberty Bell/Oroville girls basketball
7
7
0
1993/2015
Jeff Kenoyer
 Cashmere boys & girls track
7
6
1
1999/2016
James Elwyn
 Wenatchee boys/girls swimming
7
7
0
2006/2017
Miles Caples
 Cashmere/Entiat basketball
7
6
1
1995/2017