NEBRASKA COACHES ASSOCIATION COACHING CAREER MILESTONE
CERTIFICATE/PLAQUE AWARD CRITERIA
The Nebraska Coaches Association will present awards (certificates and plaques) to honor coaches for achieving a coaching victory milestone. Below is the victory and point milestone progression for each sport, awards for each milestone, and the requirements for eligibility to receive these awards.
SPORT LEVEL I
BRONZE
LEVEL II
SILVER
LEVEL III
GOLD
LEVEL IV
_________
CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE PLAQUE
VICTORIES FOR TEAM SPORTS
Football
Volleyball
50
100
100
100
200
200
150
300
300
200
400
400 Basketball (B & G)
(Basketball may include boys,
girls, or a combination of both)
Baseball
Soccer
Softball
POINTS FOR INDIVIDUAL SPORTS
100
100
100
200
200
200
300
300
300
400
400
400
Girls' Cross Country
Boys' Cross Country
Girls' Golf
Boys' Golf
Girls' Gymnastics
Boys' Gymnastics
Wrestling
200
200
200
200
200
200
200
400
400
400
400
400
400
400
600
600
600
600
600
600
600
800
800
800
800
800
800
800
Girls' Swimming
Boys' Swimming
Girls' Tennis
Boys' Tennis
200
200
200
200
Girls' Track
Boys' Track
POINT-EARNING SYSTEM FOR INDIVIDUAL SPORTS
200
200
400
400
400
400
400
400
600
600
600
600
600
600
State Team Championship(s) at 40 points each ..........................................................................................................
State Team Runner-up(s) at 20 points each ................................................................................................................
State Team Third Place Finish at 6 points each ..........................................................................................................
(Tennis and Swimming only -- No District Team Competition)
State Team Fourth Place Finish at 3 points each ........................................................................................................
(Tennis and Swimming only -- No District Team Competition)
District Team Championship(s) at 10 points each ......................................................................................................
800
800
800
800
800
800
PTS.
District Team Runner-up(s) at 5 points each ..............................................................................................................
Major Meet (6 teams or more) Championship(s) at 4 points each ..............................................................................
(excluding State Team Championships and District Team Championships)
Major Meet (6 teams or more) Runner-up(s) at 2 points each ....................................................................................
(excluding State Team Runner-up(s) and District Team Runner-up(s)
Dual Win(s), Triangular Win(s), Quadrangular Win(s), or 5 Team
Meet Win(s) at 1 point each (Limit to 8 per year and opponents must be listed) ................................ ______
Years of Coaching in the sport applied for x 10 points ............................................................................................... _______
TOTAL POINTS ..........................................................................................................................................................
_______

NEBRASKA COACHES ASSOCIATION COACHING CAREER MILESTONE PROGRAM
MILESTONE CRITERIA CONTINUED
CRITERIA AND ADMINISTRATION OF NCA MILESTONE PROGRAM:
Active, inactive, and retired coaches that are members of the NCA and meet the milestone criteria are eligible. An active coach milestone winner must have coached in Nebraska the past five years. An inactive or retired coach must have coached in Nebraska the last five active years.
TEAM SPORTS:
Coaches at any level of competition (junior high through varsity) are eligible for this award but may count victories
(NSAA sponsored) for only one team per year, the team that played the highest level of competition. For example, if you were both a junior varsity coach and a junior high coach, you may count only the junior varsity victories for that year. If you were a junior varsity coach and later became a head coach, you may add the junior varsity victories and the head coaching victories together. A varsity assistant (ex: defensive/offensive coordinator) that does not directly coach a junior varsity team may count one-half of the varsity team's victories.
INDIVIDUAL SPORTS:
Coaches at any level of competition (junior high through varsity) are all eligible for this award but may count points
(NSAA sponsored) for only one team per year, the team that competed at the highest level of competition. For example, if you were both a junior varsity coach and a junior high coach, you count only the points accumulated in the junior varsity competition. If you were a junior varsity coach and later became a head coach, you may add the junior varsity points and the head coaching points together. An assistant coach in an individual sport such as track (event coach) or wrestling that does not have a separate junior varsity schedule, may count one-half of the varsity team's points plus 10 points each year for years of coaching. Regardless of the level you coach, you always earn 10 points each year for years of coaching.
Boys' and girls' cross country, boys' and girls' golf, boys' and girls' gymnastics, boys' and girls' swimming, boys' and girls' tennis, boys' and girls' track, and boys' and girls' soccer points are counted separately unless a coach completely switched genders in any sport during his/her career. Then, a coach may keep the points for the previous sport and add the new gender sport.
The milestone criteria and application form will be inserted in the November and May issues of the NEBRASKA
COACH. It will be each coach's responsibility to mail the application form to Jerry Stine, NCA Career Milestone
Secretary, 1004 Lake Vista Dr., Papillion, NE 68046, as soon as he/she has achieved a victory/milestone.
The deadline date to submit the application form in order to be eligible for the award is June 1. A coach will not be eligible for this award unless he/she fills out an application form and returns it. On the application form the coach must include each year coached, the school the applicant coached in, the level of competition (JH, JV, VAR, etc.), yearly wins in team sports, and a yearly log of meets or invitationals in which points were scored for individual sports. Presentation of Level
I, Level II, and Level III certificates will be made at the respective sports meeting at the NCA Summer Multi-Sports
Clinic. Presentation of the Level IV plaques will be made at the NCA Multi-Sports Banquet. Each year the NEBRASKA
COACH will publish a list of coaches in each sport that receive certificates/plaques.
A coach may receive only one plaque. The plaque will be designed so that at least two additional plates could be added if the coach qualifies in more than one sport.
The Career Milestone Committee shall consist of six members. They will include the NCA President, NCA President-
Elect, NCA Vice-President, NCA Immediate Past-President, and two other past presidents. The NCA President will appoint the two past presidents to the committee and one committee member to serve as the chairperson. The Career
Milestone Committee will meet in June to review the applications.

NCA CAREER MILESTONE APPLICATION
TEAM SPORTS
FOOTBALL, VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL (B & G),
BASEBALL, SOCCER, and SOFTBALL
NAME ____ ____SPORT SCHOOL_________________________
CITY STATE ZIP
DATE_________________________________
PLEASE SUPPLY COMPLETE INFORMATION AND RETURN TO:
JERRY STINE, NCA CAREER MILESTONE SECRETARY,
1004 LAKE VISTA DR., PAPILLION, NE 68046
The most wins in a team sport a coach can record is 26. If the team plays more than 26 games, the coach will use the following formula to determine their wins for that season. (Number of wins -:- by the total games played = % x 26 =?)
EXAMPLE: 32 - 4 record, 32 -:- 36 = 88.8% x 26 = 23.11 (23 wins).
EXAMPLE: 21 - 7 record, 21 -:- 28 = 75.0% x 26 = 19.5 (20 wins). A Fraction of .5 or higher is rounded up and a fraction of .49 or lower is dropped.
YEAR SCHOOL LEVEL RECORD YEAR SCHOOL LEVEL RECORD
1982 Lincoln J.V. 12 - 2
NCA CAREER MILESTONE APPLICATION
INDIVIDUAL SPORTS

BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY, GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY, BOYS’ GOLF, GIRLS’ GOLF,
BOYS’ GYMNASTICS, GIRLS’ GYMNASTICS, BOYS’ SWIMMING, GIRLS’ SWIMMING, WRESTLING,
BOYS’ TENNIS, GIRLS’ TENNIS, BOYS’ TRACK AND GIRLS’ TRACK
NAME _________________________ SPORT ______________________ SCHOOL ____________________
CITY ______________________________ STATE ________ ZIP _____________ DATE ______________
PLEASE SUPPLY COMPLETE INFORMATION AND RETURN TO:
JERRY STINE, NCA CAREER MILESTONE SECRETARY,
1004 LAKE VISTA DR., PAPILLION, NE 68046
PTS
State Team Championship(s) at 40 points each ...................................................................... _____
State Team Runnerup(s) at 20 points each ............................................................................... _____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
____
State Team Third Place Finish at 6 points each ....................................................................... _____
(Tennis and Swimming only – No District Team Competition)
State Team Fourth Place Finish at 3 points each .....................................................................
(Tennis and Swimming only – No District Team Competition)
_____
District Team Championship(s) at 10 points each ................................................................... _____
District Team Runnerup(s) at 5 points each ............................................................................ _____
Major Meet (6 teams or more) Championship(s) at 4 points each ........................................... _____
(excluding State Team Championships and District Team Championships)
Major Meet (6 teams or more) Runnerup(s) at 2 points each ..................................................
(excluding State Team Runnerup(s) and District Team Runnerup(s)
Dual Win(s), Triangular Win(s), Quadrangular Win(s), or 5 Team
Meet Win(s) at 1 point each (Limit to 8 per year and opponents must be listed) ............
Years of Coaching in the sport applied for x 10 points ............................................................
_____
_____
_____
TOTAL POINTS .......................................................................................................................................... _____
YEAR SCHOOL LEVEL
NAME OF MEET
CHAMPIONSHIP(S)
NAME OF MEET
RUNNERUP(S)
DUALS
TO 5
TEAMS
+10
POINTS
POINTS
THIS
YEAR
CAREER
POINTS
1982 Lincoln VAR. Seward +4 Aurora
+4
1983 Lincoln VAR. Omaha +4 District
+10
Doane +2
Fremont +2 Ord
+2
INDIVIDUAL SPORTS
GI +1 +10
SE +1 +10
21
29
21
50

NAME SPORT SCHOOL_________________________
YEAR SCHOOL LEVEL
NAME OF MEET
CHAMPIONSHIP(S)
NAME OF
MEET
RUNNERUP(S)
DUALS
TO 5
TEAMS
+10
POINTS
POINTS
THIS
YEAR
CAREER
POINTS