Ontario Coaching Excellence Awards

Celebrating Ontario’s Coaches!

The Ontario Coaching Excellence Awards are annually handed out to a group of exemplary coaches nominated from across Ontario.

This top provincial coaching honour across all sports and levels, celebrates the integral role coaches play with their team(s), sport and community as we kick off National Coaches Week.

2023 winning coaches were recognized with a VIP Toronto Blue Jays suite experience and celebration on September 16, 2023 at the Rogers Centre.

Winning coaches are also awarded a $500 prize reimbursement to be used on purchases they make for their team, club or organization, from local Ontario and Canadian businesses, proudly provided by Hydro One Inc.

Do you know a coach is simply the best ever? We want to hear from you!

Nominations for the 2024 awards open in the new year!

2023 Award Winners

• Hans Schroeder, Jozo Weider Race Club, Blue Mountain
• Rebecca Turrill, Tillsonburg Ringette Association, Tillsonburg
• John Ahlstedt, Robert Land Academy, Wellandport
• Robert Studer, Archery 2 You Archery Centre, Oshawa
• Amy Wilson, University of Waterloo, Indigenous Team Ontario, Milton
• Ibrahim Kamal, MJKO Boxing, Toronto
• Mark Peltier, Badminton Warriors of Mnidoo Mnising, Manitoulin Island
• Oswald Jones, Rising Star Cricket, Brampton
• Jennifer Cuddie, London Curling Club, London

• Mary Munroe, South East Trillium Hunter Jumper Association, Gananoque
• Chris Finner, St. Michael Catholic High School, Kemptville
• Stacy Ganogiannis-Reid, East York Collegiate Institute, Toronto
• Spencer Robinson, Toronto Inner City Rugby Foundation (TIRF), Toronto – Susan Kitchen TrailBlazer Award
• Myma Okuda-Rayfuse, Leander Boat Club & McMaster University, Hamilton – Hydro One Safe Play Award
• Grandmaster Young Su Choung, Young Choung Taekwondo Academy, Vaughan & Toronto – Andy Higgins Lifetime Achievement Award
• Learn More About the 2023 Stars of Coaching

CAO & Hydro One – Our Partnership

Hydro One is committed to giving back to the communities where they live, work and play. Their community investment program builds safe communities across Ontario by focusing on safe play and safety training. 
That is why we have continued to partner together to celebrate and recognize the important role coaches play in building a culture of safety for their participants across Ontario.

Learn more by clicking here.