GAINESVILLE — Veteran Seminole High School track and field coach Ken Brauman has joined his eighth Hall of Fame with his induction into the Florida High School Athletic Association Saturday night in Gainesville during the 34th induction ceremony for the FHSAA.
Kenneth Brauman Jr., an esteemed track and field coach with over 50 years of coaching experience in the State of Florida. 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.
He 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 recently completed his 41st year. Overall, he has coached 65 high school All-Americans and garnered over 532 dual and invitational wins.
Brauman 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.
