<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=20BtGi_1EQd1JiS00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=20BtGi_1EQd1JiS00" width="759" height="843" ><figcaption>Summit’s Warne Riker was named TSSAA Volleyball Coach of the Year and could be up for National Federation of High School coaching honors after leading the Lady Spartans to the Class AAA state title last fall. SUBMITTED</figcaption></figure>Summit volleyball coach Warne Riker and Independence boys cross country coach Luke Finley were both honored recently by the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association as statewide coaches of the year. The honors are in conjunction with the National Federation of High Schools Coaches Association’s awards program, which recognizes active state and sectional coaches of the year in each sport sanctioned by the Federation based on their accomplishments from the previous school year. State and sectional honorees will receive certificates from the National Federation, with sectional winners to be considered for National Coach of the Year distinctions. Selected by a national committee, those winners will receive a plaque from the NFHS acknowledging their accolades. Finley and Riker each led their programs to their first-ever state championships last fall, as Independence’s boys won the Class AAA team title in their fourth consecutive appearance. Summit, advancing beyond district tournament play for the first time in school history, also completed its postseason run with a state title. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3K8QQd_1EQd1JiS00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3K8QQd_1EQd1JiS00" width="657" height="806" ><figcaption>Veteran Independence boys cross country coach Luke Finley was recognized by the TSSAA recently as its 2025-26 coach of the year. Finley and the Eagles won their first Class AAA state championship last fall. SUBMITTED</figcaption></figure>Other TSSAA high school coach of the year honorees include: Football – Bobby Bentley, Battle Ground Acad.; Boys golf – John Williams, Hardin Valley Acad.; Boys bowling – Sapnesh Naran, Siegel; Boys basketball – Kevin Thomas, Jackson Co.; Wrestling – Josh Bosken, Cleveland; Baseball – Brad Smith, Crockett Co.; Boys soccer – Isaac Brooks, Knoxville Grace; Boys tennis – Kevin Donovan, Baylor; Boys track &amp; field – John Cochran, Millington; Boys lacrosse – Chandler Klinck, Knoxville West; Girls track &amp; field – Ryne Sexton, Station Camp; Girls basketball – Jonathan Schultz, Sevier Co.; Softball – Cam Farrell, Community; Girls soccer – Brandy Spendlove, Westview; Girls wrestling – Rod Galvan, Bartlett; Girls cross country – Dan Lawson, Johnson City Univ. School; Girls tennis – Ryan O’Hara, Merrol Hyde; Girls golf – James Eikhoff, Page; Girls bowling – Jenny Bullard, Chatt. Girls Prep; Girls lacrosse – Dana Fasano, Page; Girls flag football – James Smith, Creek Wood; Unified flag football – Brynna Shepard, Valor Collegiate; Unified bowling – Archie Crossland, Cleveland; Unified track &amp; field – Brittany Clark, Collierville </div></body>

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Summit volleyball coach Warne Riker and Independence boys cross country coach Luke Finley were both honored recently by the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association as statewide coaches of the year. The honors are in conjunction with the National Federation of High Schools Coaches Association’s awards program, which recognizes active state...

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Summit volleyball coach Warne Riker and Independence boys cross country coach Luke Finley were both honored recently by the Tennessee Secondary School Athl

Finley, Riker honored by TSSAA, NFHS

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