Brauman named to FHSAA Hall of Fame​

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Something that most of us in Bokey knew already, but Track and Field coach Ken Brauman is a Hall of Famer – AGAIN.

Brauman  was one of seven announced in the class of 2024 for the Florida High School Athletic Association.

With the 34th induction class, the FHSAA Hall of Fame celebrates more than 103 years of interscholastic competition featuring some of the most accomplished student-athletes, coaches, administrators, and officials from the state of Florida.

Brauman has 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.

Brauman won six at Seminole High School in the 1980s and 1990s to go with the two he won with Palatka High School and 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 enters his 41st year.

Overall, Brauman has 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. He was the first and only high school coach to be selected as the head manager for the United States Olympic Track and Field Team in London 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.

“We are thrilled to celebrate the seven outstanding individuals and their impact on interscholastic athletics in Florida,” FHSAA Executive Director Craig Damon said. It is with great pleasure we introduce them as the FHSAA Hall of Fame Class of 2024.”