March 22, 2004 – The CAO Coaching Excellence Awards for 2004 recognize outstanding coaches and their contributions to both their sport and athletes in Ontario. The selection of recipients will be based on their unique contribution to sport through coaching.

“Coaching should be about the service and intrinsic rewards, however, recognition from your peers is nice and in this sense the Ontario Coaching Excellence Awards are a great honour,” says Al Morrow, Canadian National Team, Women's Rowing coach.

These awards do not reflect the accomplishments of a coach in any one-year; rather, the awards are designed to recognize the contributions of a coach has made over a period of years.

The CAO has developed six categories of awards. These categories refer to the type of athlete the coach is primarily responsible for, with the exception of the School Sport category which refers to a coach who is a paid employee of the school. In each category, both male and female coaches will be recognized.

For more information, please visit http://www.coachesontario.ca/programs/recognition/index.shtml

To nominate, all submissions need to directed to the High Performance Coordinator at the OCA at racing@ontariocycling.org or fax 416.426.7349