Coach of the Year
Veteran Novi Wildcat Men's Cross Country
Coach Robert Smith honored
12/16/2006
 

Veteran Coach Robert Smith of the Novi High School Men’s Cross Country Team has been named the Oakland County 2006 Cross Country Coach of the Year.

His Wildcats were the Oakland County Champions, Regional Champions, and Runners-up in the MHSAA Division 1 State Championships in 2006. They were also first academically in the State of Michigan for 2006.

Coach Smith was also honored by the MITCA Cross Country Coaching Association as a Finalist for Division 1 Coach of the Year for Michigan.

Coach Smith has resided in South Lyon since 1971. He is a 1974 graduate of South Lyon High and was inducted into the South Lyon High School Hall of Fame and Alma College Hall of Fame in 2005. In 2001, Coach Smith was Michigan's Cross Country Coach of the Year, Regional Coach of the Year and one of 8 finalists for National Coach of the Year. He is a teacher at Novi High School.

Congratulations to Coach Smith on yet another successful season!

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