Outlaws' Jensen is Coach of the Year

Outlaws soccer Coach Rob Jensen was selected as the recipient of the OACA (Oregon Athletics Coaches Association) Coach of the Year (COY) Award for boys soccer at the 4A level.

Jensen was recognized at an awards banquet and presented with a plaque in honor of his achievement on Saturday, May 21, in the Club Level at Autzen Stadium.

Jensen is a five-time league Coach of the Year (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) winner. He was selected as the OACA Coach of the Year in 2013, and was the recipient again this year. This past season (2015) he and his players finished with a 16-0-1 overall record.

Jensen said, "It was an honor this year because I was a write-in. All of the league coaches of the year are nominated and I wasn't the Sky-Em Coach of the Year (if he would have been, it would have marked six straight years). So, it is an honor for a majority of the state's coaches to write me in, even though I wasn't on the ballot."

Jensen obviously is doing something right, and shared in brief with The Nugget his coaching philosophy:

"My philosophy is that athletics is a great opportunity to pursue excellence, while teaching student athletes how to be successful, quality humans, on and off the field of play."