Honor Coach Award
About
The first Honor Coach Award of the College Gymnastics Association was presented in 1954. This award is given annually to a member-coach of twenty-five years or more who has gained the admiration of his coaching associates. The award reads as follows: “In recognition of his service in coaching and developing gymnastics for over twenty-five years. He has gained the respect of his associates in the gymnastics world by his inspiring example and accomplishments.” The Honor Coach Award Committee selects the recipient of this award each year by a secret ballot. The chairman presents this, the most prestigious of all gymnastics coaches’ awards, at the banquet prior to the NCAA Championship.
REcipients
| YEAR | COACH | SCHOOL |
| 1954 | Max Younger | Temple University |
| 1955 | Dr. Hartley Price | Florida State University |
| 1956 | Roy E. Moore | A.A.U., New York, NY |
| 1957 | Leslie J. Judd | Springfield College |
| 1958 | Dr. Leopold Zwarg | Philadelphia Turners, PA |
| 1959 | Gustav Heineman | Philadelphia Turners, PA |
| 1960 | Charles Graves | University of Southern California |
| 1961 | Louis H. Mang | U.S. Naval Academy |
| 1962 | Dr. Ralph Piper | University of Minnesota |
| 1963 | Ervin Volze | Los Angeles Turners, CA |
| 1964 | Henry J. Smidl | Chicago Public Schools, IL |
| 1965 | Gustav I. Kern | Cleveland Public Schools, OH |
| 1966 | Cecil Hollingsworth | U.C.L.A. |
| 1967 | Alfred E. Bergman | Senn High School, Chicago, IL |
| 1968 | Lyle Welser | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 1969 | William Matthei | Bay View High School, Milwaukee, WI |
| 1970 | Charles A. Pease | University of California, Berkeley |
| 1971 | Rene J. Kern | Brooklyn Central YMCA, NY |
| 1972 | Chet Phillips | U.S. Naval Academy |
| 1973 | Gene Wettstone | Pennsylvania State University |
| 1974 | Charles Keeney | University of California, Berkeley |
| Tom Maloney | U.S. Military Academy | |
| 1975 | Dr. Newt Loken | University of Michigan |
| Frank Cumiskey | Union City New Jersey Swiss Turners | |
| 1976 | Joe Giallombardo | New Trier High School, IL |
| Dr. Harold Frey | University of California, Berkeley | |
| 1977 | Charles Pond | University of Illinois |
| William T. Meade | Southern Illinois University | |
| 1978 | George Szypula | Michigan State University |
| 1979 | Dr. Eric Hughes | University of Washington |
| Dick Holzaepfel | University of Iowa | |
| 1980 | Dr. Otto Ryser | Indiana State University |
| Frank A. Wolcott | Springfield College | |
| 1981 | Dr. Hubert Dunn | Northern Illinois University |
| 1982 | William Roetzheim | University of Illinois, Chicago |
| 1983 | Thomas E. Hanvey | David Lipscomb College |
| Jerry Todd | Pasadena City College | |
| 1984 | Jack Beckner | University of Southern California |
| 1985 | Ed Gagnier | Iowa State University |
| 1985 | Nils Bengtsson | West Coast Academy |
| 1986 | Tony Rossi | Colorado State University |
| 1987 | Edward Scrobe | Alfred Smith High School |
| 1988 | Joe Kotys | Cuyahoga Falls High School |
| 1989 | Dr. Richard Aronson | University of Lowell |
| 1990 | Karl K. Schier | Pennsylvania State University |
| 1991 | John Draghi | Long Beach City College |
| 1992 | Armando Vega | Louisiana State University |
| 1993 | Emil Milan | L.D. Bell H.S., Hurst, Tx |
| 1994 | Dick Wolfe | California State University, Fullerton |
| 1995 | Abie Grossfeld | Southern Connecticut State University |
| Art Shurlock | U.C.L.A. | |
| Rusty Mitchell | University of New Mexico | |
| 1996 | Don Robinson | Arizona State University |
| Ken Allen | University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh | |
| 1997 | Geoffrey A. Cardinali | U.S. Coast Guard Academy |
| Phil Cahoy Sr. | Omaha Sokol/Cahoy's Training Center | |
| 1998 | Fred Roethlisberger | University of Minnesota |
| Francis Allen | University of Nebraska | |
| 1999 | Jim Howard | University of Nebraska |
| Ed Burch | Gold Cup Gym School, Albuquerque,NM | |
| 2000 | Yoshi Hayasaki | University of Illinois |
| C.J. Johnson | University of Illinois, Chicago | |
| Chuck Ehrlich | Northern Illinois University | |
| 2001 | Cliff Gauthier | College of William & Mary |
| 2002 | Fred Orlofsky | Western Michigan University |
| Sadao Hamada | Stanford University | |
| 2003 | Fred Turoff | Temple University |
| Walt Dodge | Syracuse University | |
| 2004 | Dr. Marvin Johnson | Eastern Michigan University |
| Tom Dunn | University of Iowa | |
| 2005 | Roy Johnson | University of Massachusetts |
| 2006 | Lou Burkel | U.S. Air Force Academy |
| 2007 | Steve Posner | Springfield College |
| 2008 | Makato Sakamoto | Brigham Young University/U.C.L.A. |
| 2009 | Mike Burns | University of Minnesota |
| Barry Weiner | University of California, Berkeley | |
| 2010 | Bill Ballester | University of Oregon |
| Jim Surgent | Surgent’s Elite, New Jersey | |
| Don Tonry | Yale University | |
| 2011 | Russ Fystrom | University of Minnesota |
| Randy Jepson | Pennsylvania State University | |
| Miles Avery | Ohio State University | |
| 2012 | Mark Williams | University of Oklahoma |
| Scott Barclay | Arizona State University | |
| 2013 | Chuck Chmelka | University of Nebraska |
| Dusty Ritter | USAG Junior Olympic Program Coordinator | |
| Brian Babcock | Southern Illinois University | |
| 2014 | Kurt Golder | University Of Michigan |
| Joe Stallone | Parkettes National Gymnastics Training Center | |
| 2015 | Dr. Doug Van Everen | US Military Academy |
| Jeff Robinson | US Air Force Academy | |
| 2016 | Thom Glielmi | Stanford University |
| Gene Watson | Interactive Academy, Indianapolis, IN | |
| 2017 | Kelly Crumley | Buffalo Grove Gymnastics, IL |
| Steve Randall | Yellow Jacket Gymnastics, MA | |
| 2018 | Tom Fontecchio | Somersault Gymnastics, Stoughton, MA |
| Mike Naddour | USA Youth Fitness Center, Gilbert, AZ | |
| 2019 | Dan Connelly | California Sun Gymnastics Club, Chatsworth, CA |
| Mark Russo | University of Washington Club, Seattle, WA | |
| 2020 | Peter Kormann | U.S. Naval Academy & Ohio State University |
| Yoichi Tomita | Gymnastics World, Inc., Tucson, AZ | |
| 2021 | Stacy Maloney | Swiss Turners |
| Tom Meadows | Cypress Academy |