The Montana Coaches Association has announced that Sue Loeffler of Bigfork (girls track), Arron Deck of Glacier (boys track) and Bob Hislop of Polson (girls tennis) have been named MCA Coach of Year for their respective sports in voting by MCA members.

Loeffler, Deck and Hislop will be honored at the MCA Awards Program during the MCA All-Sport Coaches Clinic on Aug. 2nd in Great Falls at C.M. Russell High School.

MCA discontinued its ‘Special Sports’ category at their March board meeting, retroactive for the 2017-18 school year. For that reason soccer and swimming were contested on the spring ballot.

MCA Coach of the Year

Award Winners

Boys Soccer (Fall sport)

AA — Jay Anderson Missoula Hellgate

A — Ric Plante Belgrade

Girls Soccer (Fall sport)

AA — Mike Meloy Helena

A — Didier Ndidi Billings Central

Boys Swimming (Winter sport)

AA — M. Helen Houlihan Missoula Hellgate

A — Robyn O’Nan Billings Central

Girls Swimming (Winter sport)

AA — M. Helen Houlihan Missoula Hellgate

A — Robyn O’Nan Billings Central

Boys Golf

B — Travis Clark Shelby

C —Co-head coaches Jeff Bellach and Tom Hubers Manhattan Christian

Girls Golf

B — Michael Trudnowski Missoula Loyola

C — Co-head coaches Jeff Bellach and Tom Hubers Manhattan Christian

Boys Tennis

AA — Josh Miller Billings Senior

A — Christopher Maul-Smith Corvallis

A — Mike Flamm Hardin

B-C — Patti Danforth Missoula Loyola

Girls Tennis

AA — Anne Bulger CMR

A — Bob Hislop Polson

B-C — Carla May Choteau High School

Softball

AA — Mike Miller Helena Capital

A — Michael Neubauer Belgrade

B-C — Rob Ralls Florence-Carlton

Boys Track and Field

AA — Arron Deck Glacier

A — Spencer Huls Corvallis

B — Heather Johnstone Forsyth

C — Wendy McKitrick Ennis

Girls Track and Field

AA — Craig Mettler Missoula Sentinel

A — Tammi Myers Beaverhead

B — Sue Loeffler Bigfork

C — Erika Kimm Manhattan Christian