HIGH SCHOOL:
Covington (1945)

COLLEGE:
Eastern Illinois (1950)

Coached h.s. teams to 342 victories in 25-yr career...20 of those were spent at Valparaiso where his sectional tourney record was 48-6...twice coached Vikings to final 8...noted for fielding fundamentally sound teams, especially in free-throw shooting...his 1963-64 team shot .792 for season, a national high school team record...member of that team, Mike Copper, set an individual record for high school players by hitting 409 consecutive free throws without leaving the line...coached 2 h.s. All-Americans and 54 players who went on to college ball…16 became coaches.