All-Time U.S. National Champions

According to the National Sports News Service


Notes: All selections previous to 1987 by Art Johlfs and/or Barry Sollenberger. All selections from 1987 to 1998 by Doug Huff and panel of sportswriters. All selections from 1999 to present by Doug Huff & Mark Tennis with contributions from Ronnie Flores and other FAB 50 voters in between 2002-2011. Art Johlfs had co-champions in a few of the seasons he did final rankings. We also have listed co-champions in the years in which Barry Sollenberger and Doug Huff had different final rankings between 1987 and 1999.
 

2012
Katy (Katy, Texas) 16-0 Head Coach: Gary Joseph

2011
Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.) 11-0 Head Coach: Greg Toal

2010
St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) 15-0 Head Coach: George Smith

2009
Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.) 12-0 Head Coach: Greg Toal

2008
St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) 15-0 Head Coach: George Smith

2007
Northwestern (Miami, Fla.) 15-0 Head Coach: Billy Rolle

2006
Lakeland (Lakeland, Fla.) 15-0 Head Coach: Bill Castle

2005
Carroll (Southlake, Texas) 16-0 Head Coach: Todd Dodge

2004
Carroll (Southlake, Texas) 16-0 Head Coach: Todd Dodge

2003
De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) 13-0 Head Coach: Bob Ladouceur

2002
De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) 13-0 Head Coach: Bob Ladouceur

2001
De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) 12-0 Head Coach: Bob Ladouceur

2000
De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) 13-0 Head Coach: Bob Ladouceur

1999
Evangel Christian (Shreveport, La.) 15-0 & De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) 13-0 Head Coaches: Dennis Dunn & Bob Ladouceur

1998
De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) 12-0 Head Coach: Bob Ladouceur

1997
Hampton (Hampton, Va.) 13-0 Head Coach: Mike Smith

1996
Hampton (Hampton, Va.) 14-0 Head Coach: Mike Smith

1995
St. Ignatius (Cleveland, Ohio) 14-0 Head Coach: Chuck Kyle

1994
De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) 13-0 Head Coach: Bob Ladouceur

1993
St. Ignatius (Cleveland, Ohio) 14-0 Head Coach: Chuck Kyle

1992
Valdosta (Valdosta, Ga.) 14-0 Head Coach: Nick Hyder

1991
Ben Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) 14-0 Head Coach: Dick Dullaghan

1990
Aldine (Aldine, Texas) 15-0 & Ruston (Ruston, La.) 14-0 Head Coaches: Bill Smith & Billy Gillum

1989
Permian (Odessa, Texas) 16-0 Head Coach: Gary Gaines

1988 
Vigor (Prichard, Ala.) 13-0 & Pine Forest (Pensacola, Fla.) 14-0 Head Coaches: Harold Clark & Carl Madison

1987 
Fontana (Fontana, Calif.) 14-0 & Plano (Plano, Texas) 16-0 Head Coaches: Dick Bruich & Gerald Brence

1986
Valdosta (Valdosta, Ga.) 15-0 Head Coach: Nick Hyder

1985
East St. Louis (East St. Louis, Ill.) 14-0 Head Coach: Bob Shannon

1984
Valdosta (Valdosta, Ga.) 15-0 Head Coach: Nick Hyder

1983
Berwick (Berwick, Pa.) 13-0 Head Coach: George Curry

1982 
Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio) 13-0 Head Coach: Steve Klonne

1981
Warner Robins (Warner Robins, Ga.) 15-0 Head Coach: Robert Davis

1980
Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio) 13-0 Head Coach: Gerry Faust

1979
Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio) 12-0 Head Coach: Gerry Faust

1978
Stratford (Houston, Texas) 15-0 & Annandale (Annandale, Va.) 14-0 Head Coaches: Oscar Cripps & Bob Hardage

1977
Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio) 12-0 Head Coach: Gerry Faust

1976
Warner Robins (Warner Robins, Ga.) 12-0 & Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio) 12-0 Head Coaches: Robert Davis & Gerry Faust

1975
Loyola (Los Angeles, Calif.) 13-0 & Cordova (Rancho Cordova, Calif.) 12-0 Head Coaches: Marty Shaugnessy & Dewey Guerra

1974
Thomasville (Thomasville, Ga.) 12-1 Head Coach: Jim Hughes

1973
John Tyler (Tyler, Texas) 15-0 & Baylor (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 13-0 Head Coaches: Corky Nelson & E.B. Etter

1972
Permian (Odessa, Texas) 14-0 & Bristol (Bristol, Tenn.) 13-0 Head Coaches: Gil Bartosh & John Cropp

1971
Valdosta (Valdosta, Ga.) 13-0 Head Coach: Wright Bazemore

1970
Reagan (Austin, Texas) 14-1 Head Coach: Travis Raven

1969
Blair (Pasadena, Calif.) 13-0 Head Coach: Pete Yoder

1968
Reagan (Austin, Texas) 15-0 Head Coach: Travis Raven

1967
Coral Gables (Coral Gables, Fla.) 13-0 & Reagan (Austin, Texas) 14-0 Head Coaches: Nick Kotys & Travis Raven

1966
El Rancho (Pico Rivera, Calif.) 13-0 Head Coach: Ernie Johnson

1965
Miami Senior (Miami, Fla.) 12-0 Head Coach: Robert Carlton

1964
Coral Gables (Coral Gables, Fla.) 12-0 Head Coach: Nick Kotys

1963
St. Rita (Chicago, Ill.) 9-0 Head Coach: Edward Buckley

1962
Valdosta (Valdosta, Ga.) 12-0 Head Coach: Wright Bazemore

1961
Washington (Massillon, Ohio) 11-0 Head Coach: Leo Strang

1960
Lawrence (Lawrence, Kan.) 9-0 Head Coach: Al Woolard

1959
Washington (Massillon, Ohio) 10-0 Head Coach: Leo Strang

1958 
Jefferson (Portland, Ore.) 12-0 Head Coach: Thomas DeSylvia

1957
Central (Little Rock, Ark.) 12-0 & Jefferson (Portland, Ore.) 11-0 Head Coaches: Wilson Matthews & Thomas DeSylvia

1956
Abilene (Abilene, Texas) 14-0 Head Coach: Charles Moser

1955
San Diego (San Diego, Calif.) 12-0 Head Coach: Duane Maley

1954
Vallejo (Vallejo, Calif.) 9-0 Head Coach: Bob Patterson

1953
Washington (Massillon, Ohio) 10-0 Head Coach: Chuck Mather

1952
Washington (Massillon, Ohio) 10-0 Head Coach: Chuck Mather

1951
Weymouth (Weymouth, Mass.) 9-0 Head Coach: Harry Arlanson

1950
Washington (Massillon, Ohio) 10-0 Head Coach: Chuck Mather

1949
Wichita Falls (Wichita Falls, Texas) 14-0 Head Coach: Joe Golding

1948
Waco (Waco, Texas) 14-0 Head Coach: Carl Price

1947
Classical (Lynn, Mass.) 11-1 & Roosevelt (East Chicago, Ind.) 9-0 Head Coaches: Bill Joyce & Pete Rucinski

1946
Central (Little Rock, Ark.) 14-0 Head Coach: Raymond Burnett

1945
No team named.

1944
No team named.

1943
Miami Senior (Miami, Fla.) 9-0 Head Coach: Tom Moore

1942
Miami Senior (Miami, Fla.) 9-0 Head Coach: Lyles Alley

1941
Leo (Chicago, Ill.) 11-0 Head Coach: Whitey Cronin

1940
Washington (Massillon, Ohio) 10-0 Head Coach: Paul Brown

1939
Washington (Massillon, Ohio) 10-0 Head Coach: Paul Brown

1938
Manual (Louisville, Ky.) 10-0 Head Coach: Ray Baer

1937
Austin (Chicago, Ill.) 10-0 Head Coach: William Heiland

1936
Washington (Massillon, Ohio) 10-0 Head Coach: Paul Brown

1935
Washington (Massillon, Ohio) 10-0 Head Coach: Paul Brown

1934
McKinley (Canton, Ohio) 11-0 Head Coach: Jimmy Aiken

1933
Capitol Hill (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 12-0 Head Coach: Jim Lookabaugh

1932
Waite (Toledo, Ohio) 12-0 Head Coach: Donald McCallister

1931
Ashland (Ashland, Ky.) 10-0 Head Coach: Paul Jenkins

1930
Phoenix Union (Phoenix, Ariz.) 13-0 Head Coach: R.R. Robinson

1929
Tuscaloosa (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 9-0 Head Coach: Paul Burnam

1928
Medford (Medford, Ore.) 9-0 Head Coach: Prink Callison

1927
Waco (Waco, Texas) 14-0 Head Coach: Paul Tyson

1926
Tuscaloosa (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 9-0 Head Coach: Paul Burnam

1925
Pine Bluff (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 16-0 Head Coach: Foy Hammons

1924
Waite (Toledo, Ohio) 10-0 Head Coach: Joe C. Collins

1923
Scott (Toledo, Ohio) 10-0 & Shaw (East Cleveland, Ohio) 9-1 Head Coaches: Dr. William A. Neill & John Snavely

1922
Scott (Toledo, Ohio) 9-0 Head Coach: Dr. William A. Neill

1921
Duval (Jacksonville, Fla.) 8-0 Head Coach: Wiley Wright

1920
Oak Park (Oak Park, Ill.) 9-0-1 & Everett (Everett, Wash.) 9-0-1 Head Coaches: Glenn Thistlewaite & Enoch Bagshaw

1919
Tech (Harrisburg, Pa.) 12-0 Head Coach: Paul Smith

1918
Tech (Harrisburg, Pa.) 9-0 Head Coach: Paul Smith

1917
No team named.

1916
San Diego (San Diego, Calif.) 12-0 Head Coach: Nibs Price

1915
Everett (Everett, Mass.) 11-0-1 & Central (Detroit, Mich.) 11-0-1 Head Coaches: Cleo O’Donnell & Edbert C. Buss

1914
Everett (Everett, Mass.) 13-0 Coach: Cleo O’Donnell

1913
Oak Park (Oak Park, Ill.) 10-1 Head Coach: Glenn Thistlewaite

1912
Oak Park (Oak Park, Ill.) 10-0 Head Coach: Robert Zuppke

1911
Oak Park (Oak Park, Ill.) 10-0 Head Coach: Robert Zuppke

1910
Oak Park (Oak Park, Ill.) 10-2 Head Coach: Robert Zuppke

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2 responses to “All-Time U.S. National Champions

  1. Jason Hall

    The Head Coach at Plano for the 1987 season was Tom Kimbrough.

  2. Mark D.

    Jason is correct.

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