The Alumni Association has announced seven high school Coach of the Year awards for the Fall 2006 season. The award is presented to Indiana high school head coaches in all IHSAA-recognized sports. Recipients are recommended and selected by colleagues throughout the state and Ball State athletics representatives.

Boy's Tennis – Jim Clark, '68, Homestead High School

• 11-2 season win-loss record
• Conference, Sectional, and Regional Champs
• IHSAA State Runner-Up (9^th time in his coaching career)
• #1 singles player Cameron Huffman, who also received the IHSAA Mental Attitude Award
  

Girl's Golf – Bill Mattingly, '76, Indianapolis Cathedral High School

• Season record of 79-29
• Career varsity girl's coaching record of 274-72
• Indianapolis City Champions, Sectional Champs, 4^th in regional, one individual state qualifier, and one individual city and sectional champion
• Has been boy's head golf coach at Cathedral since 1990 and girl's head coach since 2004
• Coach Mattingly was the recipient of the BSUAA Coach of the Year award for boy's golf in 2005
  

Soccer – Scott Coil, '00, Lowell High School

• Season win-loss record of 13-6-1 (New School Record)
• 2006 Sectional Champs and Regional Runner-Ups
• New school record for highest team GPA (3.15 avg.)
• New school record for most goals in a season (63)
  

Boy's Cross Country – Rick Torres, ‘00, Andrean High School

• 1^st place finishes at the Andrean, LaPorte, and Gavit Invitationals
• LAC Conference, Sectional, and Regional Champs
• 5^th place finish at Semi-State, with team advancing to the State finals
• This is coach's second consecutive year to receive this award
  

Girl's Cross Country – Steve Lewark, '68, West Lafayette High School

• Season record of 209-17
• Career record of 1,249-161
• Hoosier Conference, Sectional, and Regional Champs
• 2^nd place finish at New Prairie Semi-State
• 11^th place finish at the State championship
• 4-time recipient of this award
  

Volleyball – Kathy Nalley-Schembra, '72, Roncalli High School

• Season win-loss record of 32-5
• Ranked 18^th in the country by Prep Volleyball
• 3-A State Champions
• This is her 35^th year as head coach at Roncalli
  

    Football – Tim Dawson, '81, Concord High School

• Season win-loss record of 14-1
• Northern Lakes Conference Champions
• 4A-State Runner Up
• This is Coach Dawson's 18^th year as head coach at Concord