Niwot won 4A girls track’s championship. (Whitney Webermeier/CHSAANow.com)
It’s been a good three-year span for Maurice Henriques. After capturing a third-straight Class 4A girls state championship for the Cougars last May, Henriques was named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association girls’ coach of the year.
The committee selects one boys and one girls representative from each state and the District of Columbia before selecting the overall winners.
According to a press release from Niwot, the association is in accumulation of over 9,000 coaches across the country.
“Coach Mo, is an integral part to the success of the Niwot Track and Field team. This past season was the third consecutive state championship for the Niwot girls track team. Coach Mo has made such a big impact on the student athletes at Niwot — not only on the track, but in life as well,” Niwot athletic director Chase McBride said in the release. “He has the ability to get the most out of student-athletes, take them to levels they can’t reach on their own, and does it all with class and hard work.
“He walks the hallways and kids flock to him. He is respected statewide and the newly national recognition is beyond well deserved.”
Henriques’ coaching career dates back to Denver North High School where he coached for three years before moving on as an assistant to Valor Christian. From there he took the head coach position at Fairview. After four years there, he moved on to Niwot.
Henriques was also a football coach for 14 years at various high schools.