Seattle Seahawks name Anacortes’ Travis Anderson named High School Coach of the Year

Travis Anderson is the Seattle Seahawks High School Coach of the Year and Don Shula Award finalist.
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After leading Anacortes to the school’s first high school football championship, Travis Anderson is the National Football League‘s Seattle Seahawks‘ High School Coach of the Year. The honor also makes Anderson the team’s Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year nominee.

Below is a snippet about Anderson on the Seahawks’ website:

“Coach Anderson led Anacortes to its first ever appearance in a State Football Championship game, as well as its first ever Northwest Conference Championship, in his first year as head coach. Known for his being fully invested into the success of his players both on and off the field, Coach Anderson embodies what coaches should be: a positive mentor that moves boys to men. And more importantly, there was not one discipline or grade issue in the entire varsity program. Congrats, Coach Anderson!”

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Anderson, who was also the team’s Week 6 Coach of the Week, receives $2,000 for his program.

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2023 Seattle Seahawks Coach of the Week Winners

Week 10 – Keith Terry, Mt. Tahoma HS and Jim Holman, Asotin HS

Week 9 – Greg Dailer, Arlington HS and Mark Gunderson, Enumclaw HS

Week 8 – Scott Hare, Eastlake HS and Ryan Cole-Rogers, Spokane HS

Week 7 – DJ Mims, Mercer Island HS and Darin Reppe, Wilbur-Creston-Keller HS

Week 6 – Davis Lura, Marysville Getchell HS and Travis Anderson, Anacortes HS

Week 5 – Matthew Vaeena, Decatur HS and Shane Wright, Darrington HS

Week 4 – Brett Jay, Moses Lake HS and Mark Cross, Renton HS

Week 3 – Jason Silbaugh, Bonney Lake HS and Joey Johansen, Manson HS

Week 2 – Archie Milloy, Mountainlake Terrace HS and Paul Theriault, Bremerton HS

Week 1 – Jamie Plenkovich, Ferndale HS and Joe Cronin, Archbishop Murphy HS

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.