USTFCCCA NJCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Regional Assistant Coaches of the Year

Regional Coaches of the Year Archive - DI

NJCAA DI Outdoor Track & Field

Regional Assistant Coaches of the Year History

Atlantic Region

Year
Men
Women
2025 Shanique McKenzie-Daniel, Monroe-New Rochelle (N.Y.) Karen La Rosa, Lake-Sumter State (Fla.)
2024 Tyler Steigenga, Vincennes (Ind.) Errol Jeffery, Monroe-New Rochelle (N.Y.)
2023 Charez Weste, Monroe-New Rochelle (N.Y.) Charez Weste, Monroe-New Rochelle (N.Y.)
2022 Shirvon Greene, Monroe-New Rochelle (N.Y.) Shirvon Greene, Monroe-New Rochelle (N.Y.)
2021 Tim Marsee, Vincennes (Ind.) Shirvon Greene, Monroe-New Rochelle (N.Y.)
2020 No Award Given (COVID-19) No Award Given (COVID-19)
2019 Sebastien O’Neill, Louisburg (N.C.) Shirvon Greene, Monroe-New Rochelle (N.Y.)
2018 Shirvon Greene, Monroe-New Rochelle (N.Y.) Shirvon Greene, Monroe-New Rochelle (N.Y.)
2017 Tim Marsee, Vincennes (Ind.) Pete Charles, Monroe-New Rochelle (N.Y.)
2016 Tim Marsee, Vincennes (Ind.) Shirvon Greene, Monroe-New Rochelle (N.Y.)
2015 Tim Marsee, Vincennes (Ind.) Walt Smith, ASA (N.Y.)

Central Region

Year
Men
Women
2025 Tre Lathan, Coffeyville (Kan.) CC Ted Schmitz, Cloud County (Kan.) CC
2024 Emmanuel Dixon, Barton (Kan.) CC Emmanuel Dixon, Barton (Kan.) CC
2023 DJ Lilley, Coffeyville (Kan.) CC Emmanuel Dixon, Barton (Kan.) CC
2022 Glenwood Edwards Jr., Cowley (Kan.) Emmanuel Dixon, Barton (Kan.) CC
2021 Trent Edgerton, Barton (Kan.) CC Jason Martin, Barton (Kan.) CC
2020 No Award Given (COVID-19) No Award Given (COVID-19)
2019 Justin Riggs, Hutchinson (Kan.) CC Mark’Quis Frazier, Barton (Kan.) CC
2018 Remuro Henry, Barton (Kan.) CC Dan Adler, Cowley (Kan.)
2017 Willie Calvin, Hinds (Miss.) CC Tony Davis, Barton (Kan.) CC
2016 Willie Calvin, Hinds (Miss.) CC Tony Davis, Barton (Kan.) CC
2015 Robert Wood, Coffeyville (Kan.) CC Remuro Henry, Coffeyville (Kan.) CC

Midwest Region

Year
Men
Women
2025 Marc Bierbaum, Iowa Western CC Marc Bierbaum, Iowa Western CC
2024 Marc Bierbaum, Iowa Western CC Marc Bierbaum, Iowa Western CC
2023 Jonathan Alexis, Iowa Central CC Mark Evans, Southwestern (Iowa) CC
2022 Jerramuse Amos, Iowa Western CC Shellene Williams-Davis, Iowa Western CC
2021 Jonathan Alexis, Iowa Central CC Shellene Williams-Davis, Iowa Western CC
2020 No Award Given (COVID-19) No Award Given (COVID-19)
2019 Justin Anderson, Iowa Central CC Jordan Burkholder, Iowa Central CC
2018 Justin Anderson, Iowa Central CC Jordan Burkholder, Iowa Central CC
2017 Nigel Bigbee, Iowa Central CC Shellene Williams-Davis, Iowa Western CC
2016 Brad Foote, Iowa Central CC Nigel Bigbee, Iowa Central CC
2015 Dee Brown, Iowa Central CC Nigel Bigbee, Iowa Central CC

West Region

Year
Men
Women
2025 Jim VanHootegem, South Plains (Texas) Trinity Williams, Western Texas
2024 Tabarie Henry, New Mexico JC Trinity Williams, Western Texas
2023 Wes Miller, South Plains (Texas) Jeff Becker, New Mexico JC
2022 Wes Miller, South Plains (Texas) Tabarie Henry, New Mexico JC
2021 Wes Miller, South Plains (Texas) Tabarie Henry, New Mexico JC
2020 No Award Given (COVID-19) No Award Given (COVID-19)
2019 Trinity Williams, Western Texas Trinity Williams, Western Texas
2018 Justin Hobbs, South Plains (Texas) Trinity Williams, Western Texas
2017 Justin Hobbs, South Plains (Texas) Jeff Becker, New Mexico JC
2016 Erik Vance, South Plains (Texas) Trinity Williams, Western Texas
2015 Blaine Wiley, South Plains (Texas) Blaine Wiley, South Plains (Texas)
About the Award

Selection

  1. Selected by a vote of regional USTFCCCA NJCAA Division I Track and Field member head coaches and awarded to one (1) assistant coach per gender per region for the NJCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field season.
  2. Institutions are divided into four regions for NJCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field.
  3. Nominations are submitted via an online ballot. Voting is
    conducted online via a ballot and compiled by the national office.

Eligibility

Coaches must be members of a programs that must be in good standing with the NJCAA Track & Field Coaches Association.

Award Distribution
Awards are distributed at the coaches meeting of the NJCAA Division I Outdoor Championships.