Coaches from Louisville and Hoover high schools won the voting for the StarkCounty Coach of the Year.Emily Brislen, who led the Louisville softball team, is the girls coach winner. The boys coach winner is Bryan Ashby, who guided the Hoover baseball team. Brislen received 73.59% of the vote and Ashby received 70.25% of the vote.A total of 7,200 votes were cast overall. Look for more on the two coaches below.With theOHSAA sports season overfor the 2025-26 school year, we're looking back at the best of the school year, with readers voting to determine who they think were Stark County's best teams, coaches and athletes of the past 11 months.Watch Ohio High School Sports Live on NFHS Network all yearEmily Brislen,Louisville softballGuided the Leopards to the state tournament as they finished as the Division III state runner-up.Bryan Ashby, Hoover baseballGuided the Vikings to their first state tournament since 1999 as they won a Division II regional title.TheCantonRepositorysportsdepartmentcan becontactedviaemail atsports@cantonrep.com.This article originally appeared on The Repository: Emily Brislen, Bryan Ashby win Stark Country Coaches of the Year vote