Dec. 23, 2006

KANSAS CITY, MO. - A total of 142 coaches, working at levels from youth club to NCAA Division I, have been selected as 2006 NSCAA/adidas Regional Coaches of the Year. This group includes North Carolina's Anson Dorrance who won the NCAA Division I Award for the NSCAA's Southeast Region. Each is now eligible for selection as NSCAA/adidas National Coach of the Year for his or her respective level. Those winners will be announced on Friday, Jan. 12, 2007, at the annual NSCAA Awards Banquet being held in conjunction with the NSCAA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind.

NCAA Division I Women Regional Coach Winners
Region Coach School
Central Chris Petrucelli University of Texas
Great Lakes Randy Waldrum University of Notre Dame
Mid-Atlantic John Daly College of William and Mary
Northeast Kevin McCarthy Columbia University
South Anson Dorrance University of North Carolina
West Tara Erickson University of Oregon