Because he has led his high school team to state prominence, Don Samford of Eureka has reached national prominence.
Girls track and field coach Samford is a 2010 national coach of the year finalists in track & field.
Presented by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association, the award is based on career achievement.
Samford is among eight finalists in the girls track and field category.
Under Samford, the Eureka girls won the 2002 Class A state title and placed second in 2003 and 2008. The Hornets have won sectional titles 12 of the last 13 years.
Samford will be honored at the NHSACA National Awards Banquet on June 23 in Sioux Falls, S.D., where coaches of the year in each sport will be revealed.
Don Samford has coached track and field for twenty five years beginning in 1973 as boys coach at Saybrook-Arrowsmith High School and currently as girls
coach at Eureka High School. Don’s Eureka teams have been a top ten State Finals team 10 times, the most by any Class A school. Eureka won the State Championship in
2002 and were runner-up in 2003 and 2008. Since 1996 Don’s girls have won 69 state medals (31 relay & 28 individual) including 13 state champions. In the 400/800
individual & relay events Eureka has earned 20 state medals including 5 state champions.
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