Hall of Fame
Kenneth Brauman is an esteemed track and field coach with over 50 years of coaching experience in the State of Florida.
Brauman was a track star in high school at Eagle Grove High School in Eagle Grove, Iowa where he developed into a decorated long and triple jumper and was named a collegiate All-American triple jumper his senior year. He graduated to attend Iowa State University on a track and field scholarship. He graduated from Iowa State University in 1969.
Brauman began his track and field coaching career in 1972 where he served as Assistant Coach for Palatka South High School and then became head coach in 1973. In 1983 he became the Head Cross Country and Track and Field coach at Seminole High School. His boys track programs have produced eight FHSAA State Track and Field Championships, three State Runner-up finishes and 49 Region and District Championships since 1972. Brauman has coached 65 high school All-Americans and won two Track and Field State Championships with Palatka High School and six at Seminole High School in the 1980s and 1990s. He also won one Decathlon State Championship with Seminole High School in 1985. Brauman has spent most of his career coaching at Seminole High School, where he enters his 41st year. Overall, Brauman has garnered over 532 dual and invitational wins.
Coach Brauman has received many honors over the years. He has been named Florida Track Coach of the Year 10 times and was named the National High School Track and Field Coach of the Year in 1997. He served and represented the United States in numerous international competitions as a coach and manager and he was the first and only high school coach to ever be selected as the head manager for the United States Olympic Track and Field Team in London, UK in 2012.
He is a member of the Florida Track and Field Hall of Fame, Florida Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Seminole County Sports Hall of Fame, Eagle Grove High School Hall of Fame, Golden South Classic Hall of Fame, Iowa Track and Field Hall of Fame and the National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame.