Paul Shebby Graduate of East Stroudsburg University First football, basketball and athletic director at Schlarman High School Won 76 football and 263 basketball games Best Basketball Season: 1952-53, 29-3 record, finished 4th in State Tournament Football record at Danville High School: 109-27-1 Halls of Fame: IBCA, Illinois High School Football Coaches Association, East Stroudsburg State,…
Virgil Sweet 1945 Graduate of Covington High School Won 12 varsity letters in basketball, baseball and track 3-year starter in football & baseball at Eastern Illinois U. Head Basketball Coach at Covington, Westville and Valparaiso High Schools Won 14 Sectional Tournaments and 57 of his players received basketball scholarships Member of Eastern Illinois U. Hall…
Clayton Miller From 1925 to 1940 was Head Football Coach at Westville High School Record: 94 wins 28 loses 12 ties Lost only one game in first four seasons Coached in first night high school football game; September 21, 1928 at Westville Head Football Coach and Head Basketball Coach at Eastern Illinois State Teachers College,…
Thad Matta Hoopeston-East Lynn High School Graduate Named to Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times and IBCA All-State Teams Played at SIU-Carbondale and Butler University Head Coach at Butler, Xavier (Ohio), Ohio State Won 8 Conference Championships, 7 Conference Tournament Titles, 2 Final Fours NCAA Tourney Runner-Up with Ohio State (2007) Winningest Coach in Ohio State…
Dave Markwell Went to McKendree University where he was a four-year letter winner in baseball and played two years on the basketball team Led Beecher High School to a runner-up finish in the Class-A state baseball tournament and was named Coach of the Year (1983) As wrestling coach at Oakwood High School won 305 matches…
Greg Kirby Danville High School graduate Graduated from William Jewell College Collected 324 victories at Valparaiso, IN High School, winning 85-percent of games over a 16-year career Won 12 Sectional titles and 8 Regional crowns with 4 semi-state wins and 2 runner-up finishes in Indiana State Tournament Won 4 Indiana Basketball Coaches Association District Coach…
Jim Sheppard Attended Broadcasting School in Milwaukee, WI Worked at WDAN Radio in Danville plus stations in Champaign and Indianapolis Public Address Announcer for University of Illinois Football and Men’s Basketball 1985-2007 Member of Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame (Media Category) Member Fisher High School Alumni Hall of Fame PA Announcer for NJCAA…
Max Shaffer “Voice of Illiana” for 32 years (1945-1977) at WDAN Radio and Television Started career in Ft. Wayne broadcasting Zollner Pistons games (team later moved to Detroit and became Detroit Pistons) Announced over 2,800 basketball games, Including 32 straight IHSA State Tournaments, plus 2 state tournaments in Indiana Member of the Illinois Basketball Coaches…
Jim Richards Hoopeston High School Graduate College gymnast at Eastern Illinois U. Head Wrestling Coach at Bismarck-Henning and Hoopeston-East Lynn Produced 29 state qualifiers, eight place- winners, three runners-up and one state champ Founded Hoopeston Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation in 1970 In 1994 became Officials Chairman of IKWF Halls of Fame: Illinois Wrestling Coaches and…
David Bryan Williams 1961 Graduate of Schlarman High School Parade Magazine Basketball All-American Named Mr. Basketball in Illinois Upon graduation held IHSA State Tournament record for most field goals in one game with 18 Scored 56 points vs. Salem at Centralia Holiday Tournament (then a record) Scored 1,539 career points Played at Xavier of Ohio…