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The ESPY's Best Coach Award will be awarded to the three high school coaches who died protecting their students from gunfire.

Aaron Feis, Scott Beigel and Chris Hixon were three coaches who died protecting their students from gunfire during the Feb. 14, 2018 school shooting in Parkland.

MIAMI, Fla. -- Three coaches who died during the Feb. 14 school shooting in Parkland will be recognized during the ESPY Awards on July 18.

Coaches Aaron Feis, Scott Beigel and Chris Hixon will be awarded the Best Coach Award posthumously, ESPN announced Wednesday. The coaches' family members will be at the ceremony to received the awards.

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It's a break in tradition for the ESPYs. The Best Coach Award typically recognizes coaches strictly for their work on the field.

Feis, Beigel and Hixon will be honored for "their immeasurable bravery in the face of danger and for their ultimate sacrifice to protect the lives of countless students," Alice Overholt, vice president and editor-in-chief of ESPN The Magazine, said in a release.

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