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In 1947 the Group I Coaches Association started considering the
formation of a state coaches association.
In the fall of 1948 the first meeting was held in the basement of the
old John Marshall Hotel.The meeting was attendedby 40 to 50 Group I
coaches.They agreed to meet three times a year; fall, winter, and
spring.Roland Day (Petersburg High School) was elected the first
president.
On March 18, 1956, the association was expanded to include all coaches
in Group I, II and III.President Pete Rockwell (Washington-Lee High
School) appointed a 25-man committee to formulate plans for an all
Virginia High School Coaches Association.
By December 1957 a definite purpose and constitution for the VHSCA had
been adopted.The association agreed to work to promote a better
relationship between coaches, facilitate an annual coaches clinic, and
to increase communication between coaches and administrators.
In 1958 there were 269 coaches affiliated with the all Virginia High
School Coaches Association. The first Service Award was presented in
1961 to Suey Eason of Hampton High School for his contribution to
coaching.A Coahes Placement Service was started in 1962.In 1965 the
association presented the first Media Award to Marshall Johnson.By
1968, 1,219 coaches had joined the VHSCA.
The basketball and football all-star games started in 1972.The clinic
was at the Salem-Roanoke Valley Civic Center.The games drew record
crowds of 4,500 for basketball and 13,000 for football.The football
game was held at Victory Stadium.
The VHSCA hosted the NHSACA convention at the Hampton Coliseum June
17-22, 1977.
The 1976 VHSCA Clinic, at the Salem-Roanoke Valley Civic Center, drew a
record 1,130 coache.The '76 clinic saw the greatest number of women
coaches to ever attend the clinic.The association's first East-West
all-star baseball game was held at the University of Virginia on June
19, 1976.
The first East-West all-star girls basketball game was played in
1980.The first East-West all-star softball game was held in Lynchburg
in 1990.The first East-West all-star volleyball game was held in
Hampton in 1994.The first East-West all-star girls soccer game was held
in Hampton in 1999.
Today, over 7,100 coaches representing 293 public high schools are
members of the Virginia High School Coaches Association.