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Maples Collegiate coach named coach of the year
The Manitoba High Schools Athletic Association recently announced its annual coaching awards.
Scott Kirkpatrick of Maples Collegiate won the male high school coach of the year award, which comes with a $1,000 cash prize.
A high school basketball coach for over 30 years, Kirkpatrick started his teaching career at John Taylor Collegiate, where he coached the junior varsity team from 1994 to 2000, and the varsity boys’ team in 1998-99. He then moved to Oak Park Collegiate, where he coached the JV boys from 2000 to 2010, while also assistant coaching the varsity squad. After moving to Maples Collegiate in 2010, he has coached both JV and varsity boys’ teams.
This year, the Maples boys’ varsity team had a 28-5 record, an undefeated KPAC season, a KPAC championship, achieved a #2 provincial ranking, and won the AAAA varsity boys provincial championship. Kirkpatrick has also been honoured with Basketball Manitoba’s co-open coach of the year award in 2019-2020 and the MHSAA AAAA varsity boys’ coach of the year award this season.