La Porte High School head football coach Jeff LaReau has been named one of 10 finalists for the Touchdown Club of Houston's High School Coach of the Year award.

LaReau will be honored at the club's annual High School Awards Dinner, presented by H-E-B, set for Dec. 8 at the J.W. Marriott in Houston.

Other awards to be presented that night are Defensive Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year. KCOH's Ralph Cooper has been named the winner of the Ron Stone Award for media excellence, which will also be awarded that evening.

Other finalists for the High School Coach of the Year award include Barry Abercrombie, Hightower; Willie Amendola, Dekaney; Gary Joseph, Katy; Kirk Martin, Manvel; Chris Massey, Deer Park; Ed Pustejovsky, Cy-Fair; Ryan Roark, Angleton; Mark Schmid, The Woodlands; and Eric Wells, Dawson.