USATT 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 Process

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 High Performance Director

Coach of the Year Guidelines - Please make sure all nominee are current with their USATT Coaching License, USATT Membership, SafeSport and background check status.

2021 USATT Coach of the Year Nomination Forms:

2021 National Coach of the Year

2021 Developmental Coach of the Year

2021 Doc Counsilman Coach of the Year

2021 Volunteer Coach of the Year

2021 Para Coach of the Year

2021 Para Developmental Coach of the Year

Nominations are now closed.

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
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

Final Notice for 2021 Coach of the Year Voting

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