ORANGEVILLE, Ont. - Paula Schnurr was honoured as the OUA Coach of the Year at the OUA Honour Awards Gala on Wednesday.
From the start of the season through to the national championship, Paula Schnurr led her team to a top ranking and an undefeated campaign.
Schnurr, a decorated varsity athlete herself at McMaster who won 28 OWIAA medals and set multiple CIAU records, has seen tremendous success coaching her alma mater since returning to the sidelines in 2010, but the team she guided in 2022-23 took it to yet another level en route to their OUA title and first national title in nearly 60 years.
To go along with this impressive season's accolades, the Kirkland Lake, Ont. local was also the first woman to win the coach of the year for men's cross country in OUA history following the 2018-19 season. Schnurr followed it up by capturing those honours once again this year and added to them the U SPORTS men's cross country coach of the year nod in what was a truly masterful season for the McMaster coach.
