2008 ABCA/Diamond National Coaches of the Year
NCAA Div. I: Mike Batesole, Fresno State (CA)
NCAA Div. II: Carl Lancaster, Mount Olive (NC)
NCAA Div. III: Bill Decker, Trinity (CT)
NAIA: Mark Brew, Lee (TN)
NJCAA Div. I: Dusty Hart, Grayson County (TX)
NJCAA Div. II: Jeff Willis, LSU Eunice
NJCAA Div. III: Wayne King, Jr., Joliet (IL)
Pacific Association Div.: Rob Willson, Sierra (CA)
High School Div. I: Garye LaFevers, Chaparral (AZ)
High School Div. II (co-coaches): Todd Fitzgerald, American Heritage (FL) & Jon Hoover, Cottonwood (UT)
High School Div. III: Kirk Bock, Harrison (AR)
| 2008 ABCA/Diamond NCAA Div. I Regional Coaches of the Year |
| Region |
Coach |
School |
State |
| Atlantic |
Mike Fox |
North Carolina |
NC |
| East |
Mark Scalf |
UNC-Wilmington |
NC |
| Mideast |
Rich Maloney |
Michigan |
MI |
| Midwest |
Dan Heefner |
Dallas Baptist |
TX |
| Northeast |
Ed Blankmeyer |
St. John's |
NY |
| South |
Dave Perno |
Georgia |
GA |
| South Central |
Wayne Graham |
Rice |
TX |
| West |
Mike Batesole |
Fresno State |
CA |
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| 2008 ABCA/Diamond NCAA Div. II Regional Coaches of the Year |
| Region |
Coach |
School |
State |
| Central |
Tommy Myers |
Central Missouri State |
MO |
| North Atlantic |
Matt Jones |
Shippensburg |
PA |
| North Central |
John Schaly |
Ashland |
OH |
| Northeast |
Jayson King |
Franklin University |
NH |
| South |
Joe Urso |
Tampa |
FL |
| South Atlantic |
Carl Lancaster |
Mount Olive |
NC |
| South Central |
Scott Norwood |
Ouachita Baptist |
AR |
| West |
John Goelz |
Sonoma State |
CA |
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| 2008 ABCA/Diamond NCAA Div. III Regional Coaches of the Year |
| Region |
Coach |
School |
State |
| Central |
Bill Kurich |
Webster |
MO |
| Mid Atlantic |
Neil Ioviero |
Kean |
NJ |
| Mideast |
Craig Rainey |
Adrian |
MI |
| Midwest |
John Vodenlich |
Wisconsin-Whitewater |
WI |
| New England |
Bill Decker |
Trinity |
CT |
| New York |
Joe Brown |
Cortland |
NY |
| South |
Doug Fleetwood |
Salisbury |
MA |
| West |
Tom Tereschuk |
Chapman |
CA |
| |
| 2008 ABCA/Diamond NAIA Regional Coaches of the Year |
| Region |
Coach |
School |
State |
| I |
Ed Cheff |
Lewis-Clark |
ID |
| II |
Oscar Hirschkorn |
Fresno Pacific |
CA |
| III |
Scott Berry |
Mayville State |
ND |
| IV |
Dave Dawson |
Kansas Wesleyan |
KS |
| V |
Ryan Howard |
Avila |
MO |
| VI |
Nathan Blackwood |
Lubbock Christian |
TX |
| VII |
Gordie Gillespie |
St. Francis |
IL |
| VIII |
Greg Haeger |
Madonna |
MI |
| IX |
Tom Crank |
Malone |
OH |
| X |
Scott Dulin |
Fisher |
MA |
| XI |
Woody Hunt |
Cumberland |
TN |
| XII |
Billy Berry |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
TN |
| XIII |
Mark Brew |
Lee |
TN |
| XIV |
Randy Stegall |
Embry-Riddle |
FL |
| |
| 2008 ABCA/Diamond NJCAA Div. I Regional Coaches of the Year |
| Region |
Coach |
School |
State |
| 1 |
Jon Wente |
Central Arizona |
AZ |
| 2 |
Perry Keith |
Connors State |
OK |
| 4 |
Steve Ruzich |
South Suburban |
IL |
| 5 |
Dusty Hart |
Grayson County |
TX |
| 6 |
Kent Shelley |
Johnson County |
KS |
| 7 |
Ken Campbell |
Walters State |
TN |
| 8 |
Jeff Johnson |
Chipola |
FL |
| 9 |
Scott Douglas |
Trinidad State |
CO |
| 10 |
Tom Eason |
Pitt |
NC |
| 11 |
Marc Rardin |
Iowa Western |
IA |
| 14 |
Bryan Alexander |
Alvin |
TX |
| 15 |
Luis Melendez |
Monroe |
NY |
| 16 |
Travis Lallemand |
Crowder |
MO |
| 17 |
Rick Robinson |
Young Harris |
GA |
| 18 |
Tim Chambers |
Southern Nevada |
NV |
| 20 |
Scott Jennings |
Hagerstown |
MD |
| 22 |
Bobby Sprowl |
Shelton State |
AL |
| 23 |
Joe Scheuermann |
Delgado |
LA |
| 24 |
Tony Etnier |
Rend Lake |
IL |
| |
| 2008 ABCA/Diamond NJCAA Div. II Regional Coaches of the Year |
| Region |
Coach |
School |
State |
| 1 |
Mike Rooney |
Phoenix |
AZ |
| 2 |
Kurt Russell |
Western Oklahoma State |
OK |
| 3 |
Mike Kelly |
Monroe |
NY |
| 4 |
Bill Angelo |
Elgin |
IL |
| 6 |
Steve Bartow |
Brown Mackie |
KS |
| 9 |
Rob Bishop |
Miles |
MT |
| 10 |
Stony Wine |
Lenoir |
NC |
| 11 |
Dan Fitzgerald |
Des Moines Area |
IA |
| 12 |
Mike Cupples |
Grand Rapids |
MI |
| 13 |
Mike Davenport |
Madison Area Technical |
WI |
| 15 |
Mike Marra |
Sullivan County |
NY |
| 16 |
Clint Culbertson |
Longview |
MO |
| 19 |
Matt Wolski |
Mercer |
NJ |
| 20 |
Rodney Bennett |
Frederick |
MD |
| 21 |
Roger Bidwell |
Connecticut-Avery Point |
CT |
| 23 |
Jeff Willis |
Louisiana State-Eunice |
LA |
| 24 |
Steve Torricelli |
Springfield of Illinois |
IL |
| |
| 2008 ABCA/Diamond NJCAA Div. III Regional Coaches of the Year |
| Region |
Coach |
School |
State |
| 2 |
Phil Wilson |
North Arkansas |
AR |
| 3 |
David Hennessey |
Hudson Valley |
NY |
| 4 |
Wayne King |
Joliet |
IL |
| 5 |
Joe Wharton |
Richland |
TX |
| 13 |
Dwight Kotila |
Ridgewater |
MN |
| 14 |
Jon Groth |
Tyler |
TX |
| 15 |
Robert Molinaro |
Suffolk County-Grant Campus |
NY |
| 19 |
Mike Dickson |
Gloucester County |
NJ |
| 20 |
Dan Rascher |
Montgomery-Germantown |
MD |
| 21 |
Chris Strahowski |
Manchester |
CT |
| |
| 2008 ABCA/Diamond Pacific Association Division Regional Coaches of the Year |
| Region |
Coach |
School |
State |
| No. California |
Rob Willson |
Sierra |
CA |
| So. California |
Jerry Bartow |
Southwestern |
CA |
| Northwest |
Mark Yoshino |
Bellevue |
WA |
| |
| 2008 ABCA/Diamond High School Div. I Regional Coaches of the Year |
| Region |
Coach |
School |
State |
| 1 |
Steve Mandl |
George Washington |
NY |
| 2 |
Ronald Vincent |
J.H. Rose |
NC |
| 3 |
Clyde Metcalf |
Sarasota |
FL |
| 4 |
Billy Dreisbach |
Lakota West |
OH |
| 5 |
Dennis Hurla |
Bishop Ward |
KS |
| 6 |
Richard Thistlethwaite |
Elkins |
TX |
| 7 |
Garye LaFevers |
Chaparral |
AZ |
| 8 |
Michael Gonzales |
El Toro |
CA |
| |
| 2008 ABCA/Diamond High School Div. II Regional Coaches of the Year |
| Region |
Coach |
School |
State |
| 1 |
Thomas Underwood, Jr. |
Plymouth Regional |
NH |
| 2 |
Lou Eckerl |
Calvert Hall |
MD |
| 3 |
Todd Fitzgerald |
American Heritage |
FL |
| 4 |
Tommy Pharr |
Farragut |
TN |
| 5 |
Mike Morrison |
West Delaware |
IA |
| 6 |
Larry Knight |
Sumrall |
MS |
| 7 |
Jon Hoover |
Cottonwood |
UT |
| 8 |
Jeff Prieto |
Clovis East |
CA |
| |
| 2008 ABCA/Diamond High School Div. III Regional Coaches of the Year |
| Region |
Coach |
School |
State |
| 1 |
Craig Phillips |
Fort Plain |
NY |
| 2 |
Jeff Smoot |
Strasburg |
VA |
| 3 |
Tony Rasmus |
Russell County |
AL |
| 4 |
Dan Cimini |
Grosse Pointe University Liggett |
MI |
| 5 |
Brian Miller |
Mid Prairie |
IA |
| 6 |
Kirk Bock |
Harrison |
AR |
| 7 |
Don Freeman |
Heritage |
WA |
| 8 |
John Diatte |
Valley Christian |
CA |
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