The club will select the coach of the year from a list of 12 candidates nominated by the coaches.
Among the top candidates are St. Joseph's Paul Sacco, Millville's Jason Durham, Pennsauken's Clinton Tabb, Camden Catholic's Gil Brooks, and Washington Township's Mark Wechter.
Other candidates are Hammonton's Pete Lancetta, Haddon Heights' Ralph Schiavo, Paulsboro's Glenn Howard, Woodrow Wilson's Chris Crowley, Triton's Pete Goetz, Woodstown's John Adams, and Pennsville's Ryan Wood.
Sacco won his 14th state title since the NJSIAA expanded the Non-Public tournament to the state championship round as St. Joseph went 10-0 and finished No. 1 in The Inquirer Top 10.
Durham led Millville to an 11-1 mark as well as the Cape-Atlantic American crown and a berth in the South Jersey Group 4 title game.
Tabb led Pennsauken to an 11-1 record and its first South Jersey Group 4 title since 1986.
Brooks, in his first year at Camden Catholic, led the Irish to a 10-1 record, the West Jersey Constitution crown and a berth in the Non-Public 2 state title game.
Wechter led a rebirth at Washington Township as the Minutemen bounced back from a 3-7 season to finish 7-4, with a Group 4 playoff victory.
Lancetta led Hammonton to a 9-3 record, the Cape National title and the South Jersey Group 3 title game.
In his first season at Haddon Heights, Schiavo guided the Garnets to an 8-3 mark and a South Jersey Group 1 playoff victory. Howard led Paulsboro to a 7-3 mark and the Colonial Patriot title.
Crowley led Woodrow Wilson to the West Jersey Independence title and a South Jersey Group 3 playoff victory. Goetz led Triton to an 8-3 mark, one season after the Mustangs went 3-7, and a South Jersey Group 4 playoff victory at Southern Regional.
Adams guided Woodstown to a share of the West Jersey Diamond title, and Wood led Pennsville to a 9-2 mark, the West Jersey Classic championship and a berth in the South Jersey Group 1 title game.
