Regional High School Coaches of the Year

MIDWEST REGION Kerry Coombs, Colerain HS, Cincinnati “I think being a high school coach is one of the best things anybody can do.” That holds especially true for Cincinnati Colerain Coach Kerry Coombs, whose Cardinals blazed away to win one of high school football’s most prestigious titles, the Division I state championship of Ohio. Most important, Coombs’s Cardinals saved their best effort for the title game on December 4 as they manhandled traditional Northeastern Ohio power Canton McKinley 50-10 on McKinley’s home field, Fawcett Stadium, across the way from the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It was a title game scoring record as the Cardinals’ triple option offense rolled up 489 yards. After McKinley took a 10-6 lead to open the second quarter, Colerain buckled down to score the game’s next 44 points thanks to quarterback Dominick Goodman’s state playoff record 259 yards