Coach of the Year

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Kyle Perry (Fenwick)
The Friars faced a variety of roadblocks in their journey to reclaiming the state title in 2013. Fenwick won their own tournament by beating Lyons in Week 2, but lost four regular season games once Matt Farmer was sidelined for five weeks due to an injury. The team got a huge boost from Perry's decision to turn to a sophomore class that included Andrew Bertschy, Bailey Wendt, Danny Farmer, and Ryan Masi and nearly beat Missouri's state champion (SLUH) in the title game of the DeSmet Tournament in April. Even with Farmer's return at sectionals, Fenwick still had to dethrone last year's state champions (Lyons) with their top player just returning to the pool, yet Perry made sure they kept their composure and everyone in the lineup was ready to contribute even when opponents focused on shutting down Farmer.

Coach of the Year Runners-Up

Dan Hengelmann (Loyola)
The Ramblers lost their entire starting lineup from last year's second-place finish at state, yet by the end of the 2013 they won the Catholic League Tournament and nearly upset New Trier in the GBN Sectional finals.

Chris Fetterman (Hoffman)

The Hawks came on strong when it mattered most in the postseason, beating a Fremd team they lost to twice in the regular season in the sectional semifinal round to make it to their first sectional final. They kept things close with Conant until the latter stages of the sectional finals and finished the season ranked #18, their best finish in team history.