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The result was delete. j⚛e decker ^talk 16:34, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Kevin F. Johnson[edit]

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Johnson was a high school soccer coach. The sources tend towards local sources or directory listings. No demonstration that he meets any notability criteriaJohn Pack Lambert (talk) 16:03, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete One reference does not respond. The other I had to find in the Wayback Machine. That one is not enough to establish notability. I couldn't find any other references, but if they exist they would likely be in local newspapers that cover high school sports. LaMona (talk) 03:55, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete looks like a WP:BLP1E case. – Michael (talk) 20:43, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - Non-notable high school soccer coach. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 02:05, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No indication of notability per WP:GNG. Sources appear to be routine coverage (stats, etc.) and local news reports. --Kinu ^t/_c 02:12, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The "National Coach cof the Year" honor from a notable organization is at least an indication of notability. And what one event makes WP:BLP1E relevant to this article? - Dravecky (talk) 05:33, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - fails WP:GNG. Giant Snowman 06:55, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Delete - He fails WP:NFOOTBALL as he hasn't managed a team in a Fully Professional League, he has only managed school teams. I'm not sure if the "National Coach of the Year" honour justifies a stand alone article as the rest of the content isn't notable. IJA (talk) 08:19, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

IJA, in writing our NSPORTS specific notability guidelines, we have intentionally made it difficult for high school athletes and coaches to have stand-alone Wikipedia articles because, by their nature, high school sports reputations tend to be short-term and very local in nature, while allowing for the occasional phenomenon to qualify under our general notability guidelines per WP:GNG. In this case, if you follow the links, you will see that the "Coach of the Year" award was specifically for high school soccer/association football and was awarded by an association of high school coaches for all sports, not just soccer/football. The award was one of about 20 COYs awarded in different sports by the same group in the same year. Notwithstanding the COY terminology, such awards tend to be lifetime achievement awards in American high school sports because we do not have sanctioned national championships for high school teams, only state-level championships. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 13:53, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - fails WP:GNG. Has only managed school teams. Unconvinced that one national award is sufficient for notability. Fenix down (talk) 12:17, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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