Rock's Mihalik named as AFCA regional Coach of the Year
WACO, Texas – Slippery Rock University Head Football Coach George Mihalik was named Tuesday as
the American Football Coaches Association's Division II Region 1 Coach of the Year.
Mihalik received the honor in voting by his head and assistant coaching peers in the region, which includes 30 teams from the Pennsylvania State Athletic, Mountain East and Northeast-10 conferences.
The AFCA regional Coach of the Year honor was the third earned by Mihalik, who was previously honored in 1997 and 1998.
Mihalik earned his latest honor by leading The Rock to a 9-3 overall record, the outright Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division championship and their first berth in the NCAA Division II playoffs since 1999.
The Rock's all-time leader in career wins with a 176-106-4 record in 26 seasons, Mihalik currently ranks second among active PSAC head coaches and fourth among active Division II coaches, as well as fifth on the PSAC's all-time wins list.
Mihalik-coached Rock teams have won or shared six PSAC-West titles since 1997, earned two conference runner-up finishes and competed in four NCAA playoffs.
In recognition of his leadership abilities, Mihalik, in addition to the three regional honors, has received five PSAC-West Coach of the Year honors and two awards from officiating organizations.
The coaching awards are but a few of the prestigious honors that have been bestowed on Mihalik.
Mihalik has been inducted into five different halls of fame: SRU Athletic (1997), Butler Area Sports (2001), Cambria County Sports (2006), Pennsylvania Sports Western Chapter (2012) and Bishop Carroll High School (2012).
Mihalik was a charter member of the Ebensburg high school's Hall of Fame.
In typical Mihalik fashion, The Rock head coach shared the credit and honors.
"I have always maintained the coaching awards I have been fortunate enough to receive should be cut up and presented to the assistant coaches and players," Mihalik said. "Throughout the years, I have had the good fortune of having excellent assistant coaches and players. They deserve the credit."
The AFCA recognizes five regional Coach of the Year winners in each of the Association's five divisions:
Football Bowl Subdivision, Football Championship Subdivision, Division II, Division III and NAIA.
The winners were selected by active members of the AFCA, who vote for coaches in their respective regions and divisions.
The 2013 Regional Coach of the Year winners will be recognized Jan. 14 at the AFCA Coach of the Year Dinner at the 2014 AFCA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind.
Sports Information Director
Slippery Rock University
1 Morrow Way - Room 201 Old Main
Slippery Rock, Pa. 16057
Office: 724.738.2777
Fax: 724.738.4761
Cell: 724.421.5658
Email: robert.mccomas@sru.edu
www.sru.edu
A ROCK SOLID Education
Posted on behalf of Dreamweaver Marketing
Associates. Joyce Kane is the owner of
Cybertary Pittsburgh, a Virtual Administrative support company, providing
virtual office support, personal and executive assistance, creative design
services and light bookkeeping.
Cybertary works with businesses and busy individuals to help them work
'on' their business rather than 'in' their business. www.Cybertary.com/Pittsburgh
No comments:
Post a Comment