Anderson's Evan Dreyer wins Paul Brown Coaching Award

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The Cincinnati Bengals have handed out the Paul Brown Excellence in Coaching Award each year since 2002 and announced the 2025 winner during their Dec. 14 game against the Baltimore Ravens. Anderson head coach Evan Dreyer was selected as the 25th winner of the award.

Honoring the most outstanding high school football coach in Greater Cincinnati, the award comes with a $10,000 Bengals donation to Anderson’s athletic department.

Dreyer led the Raptors to a 14-1 record, winning their second consecutive Eastern Cincinnati Conference title, third straight regional title and making a second straight appearance in the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II state championship game.

Dreyer was previously the head coach at Western Brown from 2009-2014, then coached at Oak Hills for the 2015 season. Since taking over at Anderson in 2016, Dreyer has led the Raptors to a 101-29 record.

Dreyer is the 25th winner of the Paul Brown Excellence in Coaching Award. Previous winners have been Tom Bolden of Lakota West High School (2024 season), Tom Grippa of Milford (’23), Andre Parker of Princeton (‘22), Mike Orlando of McNicholas (’21), Chris Schmidt of New Bremen (‘20), Aaron Hancock of Wyoming (‘19), Andy Olds of Kings (’18), Eddie Eviston of Covington Catholic (’17), Noel Rash of Beechwood (’16), Dan McSurley of Clinton-Massie (’15), Nate Moore of La Salle (’14), Tim Goodwin of Marion (Ohio) Local (’13), Tom Crosby of Mariemont (’12), Bruce Kozerski of Covington Holy Cross (’11), Steve Klonne of Moeller (’10), Troy Everhart of Winton Woods (’09), Dale Mueller of Fort Thomas Highlands (’08), Jeff Giesting of Anderson (’07), Scott Datillo of Sycamore (’06), Steve Specht of St. Xavier (’05), Charles “Doc” Gamble of Withrow (’04), Doug Ramsey of Elder (’03), and Vince Suriano of Anderson and Mike Martin of Taft (’02 co-winners).

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Anderson football coach Evan Dreyer wins Paul Brown Coaching Award

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