Do you know a coach who inspires and instills a life-long love of sport in their teams and athletes? Or a coach who embraces diversity, pushes the envelope and breaks through barriers?

Why not nominate them for an Ontario Coaching Excellence Award!

It’s easy! Just contact Brooke Leonardo with the coach’s name and sport! Call (416) 426-7427 or email brooke@coachesontario.ca!

2018 NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN UNTIL JUNE 28!
Click HERE for full nomination form

The Ontario Coaching Excellence Awards program celebrates the dedication and commitment of exemplary individuals who inspire, innovate and share knowledge of sport with others. The Awards recognize the importance of leadership, performance and the value of human insight which are all integral to great coaching.

A coach is nominated in one of the following six categories:

Grass Roots (1 Male, 1 Female). Click here to nominate

Coaches recognized in this category are inspirational role models in the community. The coaching focus would be on introducing children and youth to a sport, developing fundamental movement skills while creating a positive environment for healthy development and instilling a life-long love to be physically active and stay involved in sport. A coach in this category would measure their daily success in the number of smiles achieved.

Good-to-Great (1 Male, 1 Female). Click here to nominate

The coaching focus is on performance excellence and competing to win. The coach would be recognized as the primary coach who identifies talented individuals; who creates a training environment that further develops athletic skills and abilities to a higher level of success in competition over a period of time.

Trailblazer Coach. Click here to nominate

The Trailblazer coach is an innovative out-of-the-box thinker who inspires others to follow and has made a difference in their sport or for their athletes. Whether coaching a community rep team or top performing provincial athletes, the coach who pushes the envelope, invents new approaches to old challenges and breaks through barriers should be nominated for this award.

Everyone Matters Coach. Click here to nominate

Andy Higgins Lifetime Achievement Award. Click here to nominate

An outstanding coach who has made a significant contribution to coaching in Ontario over a long sustained period of time—20+ years. Andy Higgins, an Olympic decathlon coach, an educator and all around good human being, has devoted his lifetime to instilling positive values, citizen development and making a difference in people’s lives through sport. A coach who dreams big, looks for the possibilities, and focuses on a lasting legacy would be an ideal award recipient in this category.

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School Sport Coach – Selected by OFSAA …………………… ……………

The selection of recipients (1 Male and 1 Female teacher-coach) is based on their unique contribution to sport through continuous development of new coaches. The nominated coach must have influenced the development of new coaches and have shown evidence of program building as well as encouraging athletes to give back to sport. .

Ontario Coaching Excellence Awards Nomination Form

Please select the category for which you would like to nominate your Coach*

Grassroots (an inspirational role models in the community)

Good-to-Great (focus is on performance excellence and competing to win)

Trailblazer (an innovative out-of-the-box thinker who has made a difference in their sport or for their athletes)

Everyone Matters (influences the culture of their team, organization or community by embracing diversity)

Aboriginal Impact Coach (advancing the Indigenous Sport system/community in Ontario)

Andy Higgins Lifetime Achievement Award (has made a significant contribution to coaching in Ontario over a long sustained period of time—20+ years)

Not sure

Nominee Information

Consent of Nominated Coach: Please ensure the nominated coach has been consulted and agrees to allow their name to stand for nomination.

Nominee Name*

Nominee Address (City, Postal Code)*

Nominee Phone Number*

Nominee Email Address*

Please identify if the nominee is any of the following

Aboriginal

Coaching for 20+ years

Coach of Para Athletes

Nominator Information

Nominator Name*

Nominator Address (City, Postal Code)*

Nominator Phone Number*

Nominator Email Address*

Contribution to Sport

What is the total number of years the nominee has been coaching?*

Which sport(s) does the nominee coach?*

Describe the role of the nominee with the athlete(s) or team*

How has the coach demonstrated their enthusiasm for coaching?

Coaching Qualities and Leadership

What makes this coach stand apart from other coaches? Describe any outstanding qualities or contributions that the nominator feels would be of interest to the selection committee.*

How does the nominee emphasize and foster a passion for sport for life amongst his or her athletes?

What challenges or barriers has the nominee met head on to improve the condition of his or her sport? (e.g. political barriers, issues surrounding inclusion and accessibility, scoring flaws, challenges with sport structure, etc.)

Coaching Achievements

What successes has the coach achieved in the past year? Eg. Coaching juniors, performance coaching, mentoring and educating other coaches, coaching athletes with disabilities*

What resulting improvements or impacts has the nominee made to sport? (e.g. has the number of coach’s and/or athletes increased, or have the coach’s athletes demonstrated athletic or personal improvements, etc.)

Personal Development

Indicate any personal development the nominee has achieved. This could be NCCP course conducting, coaching seminars, presentations or any other contributions that the coach has made to the sport (initiation of athlete development programs, etc.)*

Please describe how the nominated coach has transferred his/her personal developments and achievements to their athletes and/or other coaches.*

What other awards or recognition has this coach received?

Please upload 2 letters of recommendation for the award e.g. from a parent, athlete, or a community program or sport administrator.*

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Please click “submit” by  Thursday, June 28^th, 2018, 4:00 pm   to  send in your nomination. For questions please contact brooke@coachesontario.ca (416) 426-7427

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In case you missed it…

The third annual National Coaches Week officially kicked off here in Ontario this past Saturday as ten outstanding coaches from across Ontario were recognized and celebrated at the 2017 Ontario Coaching Excellence Awards.

Athletes, fans and family members eagerly lined up to see their favourite coach walk the red carpet at the sold out screening of the 2017 Ontario Coaching Excellence Awards. As they watched their coaching story unfold on the big screen, one by one the coaches gave a heart-felt acceptance speech, thanking their families for the support to pursue their passion.

For eleven years, the Ontario Coaching Excellence Awards Program has been celebrating the dedication and commitment of exemplary individuals who inspire, innovate and share knowledge of sport with others. The Awards recognize the importance of leadership, performance and the value of human insight which are all integral to great coaching.

The following are the winners of 2017 Ontario Coaching Excellence Awards: (click to see their videos)

• Victoria Lee – Grass Roots Coach (Female), Synchronized Swimming, Toronto
• Darryl Bricknell – Grass Roots Coach (Male), Hockey, Toronto
• Laurie Baulcomb – School Sport Coach (Female), Preston High School, Cambridge
• Denis Gauthier – School Sport Coach (Male), Lasalle Secondary School, Sudbury
• Jill Perry – Good-to-Great Coach (Female), Boxing, Ottawa
• Bradley Brennan – Good-to-Great Coach (Male), Rowing, Kingston
• Colleen Didur – Everyone Matters Coach, Canoe/Kayak, Toronto
• Pat Pembleton – Aboriginal Impact Coach, Lacrosse, Fort Erie
• Justin Shattraw & Mykal Travis – Trailblazer Coach, Football, Petawawa

The event also marks the start of National Coaches Week (September 23-30), a week-long celebration of the tremendous positive impact coaches have on this nations’ athletes and communities. The week is an opportunity to recognize coaches for the integral role they play by simply saying #ThanksCoach. In Ontario the week is highlighted by community coach training events happening in cities all across Ontario, and the lighting of iconic landmarks in blue, yellow, and red such as the CN Tower, Mississauga Clock Tower, Welland Bridge, and many more, in support of Ontario’s and Canada’s coaches for National Coaches Week.

The CAO congratulates all of the award winners and coaches across Ontario for their commitment and dedication to ensuring Canadians live an active and healthy lifestyle. For more information on the Ontario Coaching Excellence Awards and how to nominate a coach in the future, visit www.coachesontario.ca/awards. Full photos from the event can be found HERE.

If you couldn’t make it, here’s some of what you missed!

3rd annual National Coaches Week kicks off in Ontario at the 2017 Ontario Coaching Excellence Awards

Hosted by CBC Sports, Signa Butler and CAO Board Chair, Barrie Shepley (bottom right)

From top right to bottom right – Colleen Didur, Everyone Matters Coach Award Winner – Victoria Lee, Female Grassroots Coach Award Winner – Jill Perry, Female Good-to-Great Coach Award Winner

From top left to bottom right – Mykal Travis & Justin Shattraw, Trailblazer Coach Award Winners – Darryl Bricknell, Male Grassroots Coach Award Winner – Pat Pembleton, Aboriginal Impact Coach Award Winner – Bradley Brennan, Male Good-to-Great Coach Award Winner

From top left to top right – Denis Gauthier, Male School Sport Coach Award Winner – Laurie Baulcomb, Female School Sport Coach Award Winner with Doug Gellatly, OFSAA Executive Director

To see all the photos from the 2017 Ontario Coaching Excellence Awards click HERE