FieldTurf Announces 2012 FieldTurf Coach and Team of the Year Football Awards
Nashville, TN, January 06, 2013 --(PR.com)-- FieldTurf announced the winners of its 7th annual FieldTurf Football Awards for the 2012 season today during the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Convention in Nashville. Winners were announced in 19 different categories.
This year’s winners are:
NFL Coach of the Year – Mike Smith, Atlanta Falcons
NFL Team of the Year – Atlanta Falcons
NCAA FBS Coach of the Year – Brian Kelly, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
NCAA FBS Team of the Year – Notre Dame Fighting Irish
NCAA FCS Coach of the Year – Rob Ash, Montana State
NCAA Division 2 Coach of the Year – Matt Mitchell, Grand Valley State University
NCAA Division 3 Coach of the Year - Larry Kehres, Mount Union University
CFL Team of the Year – Toronto Argonauts
NAIA Team of the Year – Saint Xavier University
Junior College Team of the Year – Iowa Western
National High School Team of the Year – Bellevue (WA)
Southwest High School Team of the Year – Cedar Park High School (TX)
Northwest High School Team of the Year – Bellevue (WA)
Midwest High School Team of the Year – Blue Springs South High School (MO)
Northeast High School Team of the Year – St. Joseph Regional High School (NJ)
Southeast High School Team of the Year – Saint Thomas Aquinas High School (FL)
Great Lakes Region High School Team of the Year – Glenbard West High School (IL)
Metro High School Team of the Year – St. Joseph Regional High School (NJ)
Mid-Atlantic High School Team of the Year – Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (MD)
The FieldTurf Coach of the Year Awards recognize a coach’s dedication and hard work both on and off the field. The coaches that have been and will be selected for this award all exemplify outstanding leadership skills and enjoy well-deserved success. Special attention is given to coaches who are able to significantly improve their team’s effort, performance, and overall record from previous years along with coaches who enjoy success with young and inexperienced teams.
The FieldTurf Team of the Year Awards acknowledge teams at all levels of sport that show a passion for the game along with dedication to team play. The teams that will be selected for this award will be teams that have enjoyed success and/or made considerable improvements from previous years within their respective leagues.
About FieldTurf
FieldTurf offers industry-leading engineering and manufacturing resources and leads the synthetic turf industry with regard to setting higher environmental standards. FieldTurf is the global market leader in terms of synthetic sports fields with more than 7000 fields installed. Additionally, FieldTurf has attained more than 20,000 satisfied customers in high quality pet, residential, commercial and municipal landscaping solutions, playground surfacing and has a complete range of golf and tennis products. FieldTurf synthetic turf customers enjoy the benefits of significantly reduced water consumption, the elimination of fertilizer and pesticides, superior durability and drainage and a product that looks and feels real. The positive environmental impact of FieldTurf provides the added benefit of LEED building contributions.
FieldTurf is part of Tarkett Sports, a Division of the Tarkett Group. Tarkett Sports is the largest entity in the sports and landscape surfacing industries. Included within the Tarkett Sports portfolio is an impressive range of performance sports flooring products. This product range includes: synthetic and hardwood basketball; volleyball and gymnasium flooring; squash and racquetball courts; floor protection and covering systems; weight room flooring; and high performance indoor and outdoor running tracks, featuring Beynon and Atlas track surfaces. All Tarkett Sports surfaces are developed, produced and installed with a concentration on sustainability and a commitment to protecting the environment, providing additional LEED contribution opportunities for customers. The company calls this focus on sustainability and the environment ‘Environmental Intelligence’ and all company personnel strive to exemplify this philosophy in all aspects of the business.
For more information, please visit www.fieldturf.com or call 800-724-2969.
This year’s winners are:
NFL Coach of the Year – Mike Smith, Atlanta Falcons
NFL Team of the Year – Atlanta Falcons
NCAA FBS Coach of the Year – Brian Kelly, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
NCAA FBS Team of the Year – Notre Dame Fighting Irish
NCAA FCS Coach of the Year – Rob Ash, Montana State
NCAA Division 2 Coach of the Year – Matt Mitchell, Grand Valley State University
NCAA Division 3 Coach of the Year - Larry Kehres, Mount Union University
CFL Team of the Year – Toronto Argonauts
NAIA Team of the Year – Saint Xavier University
Junior College Team of the Year – Iowa Western
National High School Team of the Year – Bellevue (WA)
Southwest High School Team of the Year – Cedar Park High School (TX)
Northwest High School Team of the Year – Bellevue (WA)
Midwest High School Team of the Year – Blue Springs South High School (MO)
Northeast High School Team of the Year – St. Joseph Regional High School (NJ)
Southeast High School Team of the Year – Saint Thomas Aquinas High School (FL)
Great Lakes Region High School Team of the Year – Glenbard West High School (IL)
Metro High School Team of the Year – St. Joseph Regional High School (NJ)
Mid-Atlantic High School Team of the Year – Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (MD)
The FieldTurf Coach of the Year Awards recognize a coach’s dedication and hard work both on and off the field. The coaches that have been and will be selected for this award all exemplify outstanding leadership skills and enjoy well-deserved success. Special attention is given to coaches who are able to significantly improve their team’s effort, performance, and overall record from previous years along with coaches who enjoy success with young and inexperienced teams.
The FieldTurf Team of the Year Awards acknowledge teams at all levels of sport that show a passion for the game along with dedication to team play. The teams that will be selected for this award will be teams that have enjoyed success and/or made considerable improvements from previous years within their respective leagues.
About FieldTurf
FieldTurf offers industry-leading engineering and manufacturing resources and leads the synthetic turf industry with regard to setting higher environmental standards. FieldTurf is the global market leader in terms of synthetic sports fields with more than 7000 fields installed. Additionally, FieldTurf has attained more than 20,000 satisfied customers in high quality pet, residential, commercial and municipal landscaping solutions, playground surfacing and has a complete range of golf and tennis products. FieldTurf synthetic turf customers enjoy the benefits of significantly reduced water consumption, the elimination of fertilizer and pesticides, superior durability and drainage and a product that looks and feels real. The positive environmental impact of FieldTurf provides the added benefit of LEED building contributions.
FieldTurf is part of Tarkett Sports, a Division of the Tarkett Group. Tarkett Sports is the largest entity in the sports and landscape surfacing industries. Included within the Tarkett Sports portfolio is an impressive range of performance sports flooring products. This product range includes: synthetic and hardwood basketball; volleyball and gymnasium flooring; squash and racquetball courts; floor protection and covering systems; weight room flooring; and high performance indoor and outdoor running tracks, featuring Beynon and Atlas track surfaces. All Tarkett Sports surfaces are developed, produced and installed with a concentration on sustainability and a commitment to protecting the environment, providing additional LEED contribution opportunities for customers. The company calls this focus on sustainability and the environment ‘Environmental Intelligence’ and all company personnel strive to exemplify this philosophy in all aspects of the business.
For more information, please visit www.fieldturf.com or call 800-724-2969.
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