As a participant in the U.S. Olympic Committee program to recognize the contribution made by coaches at all levels of the sport, US SAILING has recognized the sport’s Coaches of the Year.  Sailing's honorees are chosen using criteria approved by USOC:

2004 National Coach of the Year
Skip Whyte (Wickford, RI)

2004 Developmental Coach of the Year
Tom Coleman (Hixson, TN)

2004 Volunteer Coach of the Year
Susan Kaseler (Bainbridge Island, WA)

2003 National Coach of the Year
Scott Ikle (Geneva, N.Y.)

2003 Developmental Coach of the Year
Rob Hallawell (Marblehead, Mass./Coronado, Calif.)

2003 Volunteer Coach of the Year
T. Park McRitchie (Port Clinton, Ohio)

2002 National Coach of the Year
Serge Jorgensen (Sarasota, Fla.)

2002 Developmental Coach of the Year
Brian Doyle (Darien, Conn./Hanover, N.H.)

2000 National Coach of the Year
Jay Glaser (Long Beach, Calif.)

2000 Developmental Coach of the Year
Amy Gross-Kehoe (Bayville, N.Y.)

1999 National Coach of the Year
Betsy Alison (Newport, R.I.)

1999 Developmental Coach of the Year
Adam Werblow (St. Mary’s, Md.)

1998 Developmental Coach of the Year
Scott Ikle (Geneva/Manhasset, N.Y.)

1996 National Coach of the Year
Luther Carpenter (New Orleans, La.)

1996 Developmental Coach of the Year
Mike Zani (Bristol, R.I.)