Every year the National Federation of Coaches Association recognized Coaches across the United States, honoring coaches in each State. This year USD 380 Vermillion (Centralia and Frankfort) had their boy's golf head coach, Brian Ebert earn Coach of the Year honors in the State of Kansas by the NFCA, but also picked up the Coach of the Year in Section 5, a regional honor. The Section 5 covers, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.

Ebert coached his boy's golf team to the Class 1A State title last year as the team posted a team score of 372 to claim the State championship. Ryan Vernon paced the team with an individual round of 73 to win the individual 1A State title, while Danny Mueting notched a 97 (20th place), Brett Burdiek posted a 100 (27th place), Jason Gore shot a 102 (32nd place), Chase Boyce finished with a 112 and Kobe Rumbo tallied a 132 in competition.

Every sport is honored in each state by the NFCA and below you will find a full list of the Kansas awards released by KSHSAA.

2014 as NFCA State of Kansas Coaches of the Year Award Winners

Baseball                                                     Barney Rockey, Udall High School

Bowling  Herb                                          Halinski, McPherson High School

Boys Basketball                                      Clint Kinnamon, St. John-Hudson High School

Boys Soccer                                             Craig Ewing, Overland Park-St. Thomas Aquinas High School

Boys Swimming and Diving               Wiley Wright, Shawnee Mission-East High School

Boys Track and Field                            Cory Swords, Wichita-Bishop Carroll High School

Girls Cross Country                               Chris McAfee, DeSoto High School

Girls Soccer                                             Thomas Nykamp, Wichita-Trinity Academy

Girls Swimming and Diving               Diane Soloria, El Dorado High School

Middle School Coach                            Bruce Mellen, Topeka-Marjorie French Middle School

*-11-Man Football                                 Steve Warner, Buhler High School

*-8-Man Football                                    Steve Tiernam, Osborne High School

*-Boys Cross Country                           Lyles Lashley, Ellinwood High School

*-Boys Golf                                             Brian Ebert, Centralia  High School

*-Girls Basketball                                  Shelly Hoyt, Hoxie High School

*-Girls Golf                                             Jared Goehring, Topeka-Washburn Rural High School

*-Girls Tennis                                          Ken Brown, Independence High School

*-Girls Track and Field                        Jordan Rose, Lawrence-Free State High School

*-Softball                                                  Junelle Woolery, DeSoto High School

*-Spirit                                                       Samone Thomas, Wichita-East High School

*-Volleyball                                             Nancy Dorsey, Lenexa-St. James Academy

*-Wrestling                                              Tim Serbousek, Overland Park-Blue Valley Northwest High School

* * - Boys Tennis                                    Mike Goll, Salina-Central High School