Ontario Coaching Excellence Awards

Celebrating Ontario’s Coaches!

Ontario’s highest coaching honour across all sports and levels, celebrates the integral role coaches play with their team(s), sport and community.

15 selected coaches won a VIP Toronto Blue Jays experience and celebration at the Rogers Centre on September 14, as we kicked off National Coaches Week 2024! #ThanksCoach

Coaches also were awarded a $500 prize reimbursement to be used on purchases they make for their team, club or organization, from local Ontario and Canadian businesses, proudly provided by Hydro One Inc.

View the 2024 Event Program!

2025 nominations open in early 2025! Questions? Contact us at events@coachesontario.ca.

Congratulations to the 2024 Winners:

• Jeff Francis – London
  Lucan-Ilderton Athletics & North London Baseball
• Kathryn Carlone – Burlington
  Assumption Catholic Secondary School
• Sergeant Derek Brown – Trenton
  Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Trenton
• Renee Bausch – Red Lake
  Mat Cats Gymnastics
• Marco Bianchi – Toronto
  Toronto Playgrounds Baseball Association
• Katja Mathys – Parry Sound
  Cross Country Ski Ontario
• Micha Patenaude – Oakville
  École secondaire Gaétan-Gervais
• Jack Sasseville – Oro-medonte
  Hardwood Ski & Bike
  Andy Higgins Lifetime Achievement Award

• Roger Slomke – Thunder Bay
  St. Patrick High School & Thunder Bay Minor Hockey
• Tristian Reid – Toronto
  Phoenix Volleyball Club
• Yulissa Agudelo – London
  Bushido Boxing
• Sarah Steinke – Uxbridge
  Uxbridge Swim Club
• Mark Zaragoza – Scarborough
  Humber College Basketball
• Kaylee Wedge – Kapuskasing
  Kapuskasing Weightlifting Club
  Susan Kitchen Trailblazer Award
• Micah Bradnam – Kitchener-Waterloo
  KW Vipers Basketball
  Hydro One Safe Play Award
• View the 2024 Event Photo Album!

CAO & Hydro One – Our Partnership

Hydro One is committed to giving back to the communities where they live, work and play. Their community investment program builds safe communities across Ontario by focusing on safe play and safety training. 
That is why we have continued to partner together to celebrate and recognize the important role coaches play in building a culture of safety for their participants across Ontario.

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