Coach of the Year Program
Each year, USA Table Tennis honors those coaches who have made outstanding contributions to the sport of table tennis in the USA in their respective fields. You can find information on the nomination process, and also the honors board of all Coach of the Year Award recipients.
Coach of the Year Nomination Committees
The selection committee will generally be made up of:
- Chair of the USATT Coaching Committee, who shall chair the committee
- Chair of the USATT High Performance Committee
- Chair of the Athletes Advisory Committee
- USATT National Teams Head Coaches
Coach of the Year Requirements
- Coach of the Year Guidelines
- Please make sure all nominee are current with their:
Coach of the Year Nomination Forms
- 2022 National Coach of the Year
- 2022 Developmental Coach of the Year
- 2022 Doc Counsilman Coach of the Year
- 2022 Volunteer Coach of the Year
- 2022 Para Coach of the Year
- 2022 Para Developmental Coach of the Year
Nominations for 2022 COY awards are open through January 7, 2023.
Email all election votes to: admin@usatt.org
| Year | National Coach of the Year | USATT Development Coach of the Year | USATT Doc Counsilman Science Award | USATT Volunteer Coach of the Year | USATT Para Coach of the Year | USATT Para Development Coach of the Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Jun Gao | Qi Wei & Samson Dubina | Ernesto Ebuen Jr. & Team Pingpod | Thilina Piyadasa | Mitch Seidenfeld | Christian Lillieroos |
| 2020 | Wenzhang Tao | Dan Liu | Qingliang Wang | Mike Boyd | Vlad Farcas | Gary Fraiman |
| 2019 | Jun Gao and Stefan Feth | Qingliang Wang | - | Dr. John Chen | Mitch Seidenfeld | - |
| 2018 | J. Bitzigeio, S. Feth, D. Wagner | Qingliang Wang | Samson Dubina | Mike Lauro | Gary Fraiman | Sean O'Neill |
| 2017 | Joerg Bitzigeio | Pieke Franssen | Samson Dubina | - | Mitch Seidenfeld | |
| 2016 | Stefan Feth | Wenzhang Tao | Samson Dubina | Joe Ciarrochi | Gary Fraiman | |
| 2015 | Massimo Costantini | Yang Yu | Samson Dubina | - | Matthew Winkler | |
| 2014 | Lily Yip | Jack Huang | Yang Yu | - | Ladislav Sranko | |
| 2013 | Lily Yip | Stefan Feth | Larry Hodges | - | Angie Bengtsson | |
| 2012 | Zhou Xin | Stefan Feth | - | Joel Mitchell | Daniel Rutenberg | |
| 2011 | Massimo Costantini | Stefan Feth | - | Duane Gall | Stellan Bengtsson | |
| 2010 | Lily Yip | Sean O'Neill | - | - | Daniel Rutenberg | |
| 2009 | Emilia Gheorghe | Rajul Sheth | - | Jerry Mintz | Daniel Rutenberg | |
| 2008 | Teodor Gheorghe | Rajul Sheth* | - | LA Johnston | ||
| 2007 | Teodor Gheorghe | Dennis Davis | Sean O'Neill* | Jock Oubichon | ||
| 2006 | Dan Seemiller | Hui Yuan Liu | Larry Thoman | Michael J. Scott | ||
| 2005 | Sean O'Neill | Grace Lin | Robert Trudell | Daniel Rutenberg | ||
| 2004 | Lily Yip | Dennis Davis | Richard McAfee | Greg Miller | ||
| 2003 | Teodor Gheorghe | Mitch Seidenfeld | ||||
| 2002 | Christian Lillieroos | Larry Hodges | ||||
| 2001 | - | - | ||||
| 2000 | Dan Seemiller | Masaaki Tajima | ||||
| 1999 | Teodor Gheorghe | Richard McAfee | ||||
| 1998 | Jack Huang | Dan Seemiller | ||||
| 1997 | Christian Lillieroos | Marty Prager | ||||
| 1996 | Cheng Yinghua | Bill Liu |
* USOC Coaching Committee Award Winner