BOF Annual Awards 2025: Coach of the Year – Paul Murgatroyd (Lincoln Orienteering Group)

The Coach of the Year Award is awarded to a coach who that has demonstrated success in one or more of the following areas:

• Engaging new people in orienteering
• Improving the performance of orienteers
• Mentoring and developing other coaches

He delivers training in a comprehensive way that improves both technical and physical skills. His leadership and mentoring skills have led to LOG having multiple podium places in the past year.  

Paul helps train on a weekly basis, come rain or shine, spending time with both individuals and teams. He takes you through both forest and urban environments and sets challenges that sometimes prove more difficult than you can manage, and he will explain afterwards why you went wrong and what you should have done. His manner always has everyone coming back for more!

He’s a brilliant coach, and the club feels they are so lucky to have him.

Well done to Paul!