1/23/09
South Kent School
Director of Athletics and Head Soccer Coach Owen
Finberg has been recognized
as one of the top high school soccer coaches
in the nation by the National
Soccer Coaches Association of America and
Adidas. Finberg was named
NSCAA/ADIDAS New England Region
Private/Parochial Coach of the Year and was a
nominee for National
Private/Parochial Coach of the Year along with seven
other regional
winners. Finberg received his award at the NSCAA High School
Awards
Banquet in St. Louis at the NSCAA annual convention last
week.
Finberg, who has won multiple awards for outstanding coaching both
this
year and in years past commented on the honor, Finberg said: "It is
a
great honor to be recognized in Connecticut and to be
recognized
nationally is very gratifying. This recognition would not be
possible
without the support I receive from the South Kent School, the South
Kent
community and the great student-athletes that I've been
fortunate
enough to work with throughout my career."
Finberg was also
honored by the Connecticut Soccer Coaches Association
as the 2008 Prep Coach
of the Year. He was presented his second CSCA
Coach of the Year Award at the
annual CSCA banquet. He had previously
received that honor in 2006.
He
also received the Thomas E. Krusewski Memorial Award as
"Outstanding Young
Coach" from the Connecticut Junior Soccer
Association for 2008. CJSA oversees
all amateur soccer in Connecticut
from the youth level through college
play.
South Kent's soccer team won the Class B New England
championship
this year, the team's second New England championship in the
last
three years. The team also won the Ray Brown Cup as the best team
during
the regular season in Western New England and finished the season with
a
school best 17-2-1 record. For more information on Coach Finberg
and
South Kent Soccer visit www.southkentschool.org.
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