(New Carlisle, IN) - An area high school football coach is in the running for a nation-wide coaching award.

Following the football season, New Prairie Assistant Coach Bill Gumm was named Indiana’s Assistant Coach of the Year. This week he was notified that he is a top 8 finalist for National Assistant Coach of the Year.

The award is presented by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association.

Gumm will travel to Lincoln, Nebraska in July for the national convention where the winner will be announced.