Earned 4 letters in basketball at Terre Haute Garfield ... undefeated in 1947, 3 in football, 3 in baseball and 3 in track ... All-State, All-City, All-Conference in basketball ... played 2 years at Indiana for Coach, Branch McCracken ... began coaching career 1960-63 Terre Haute Wiley ... basketball & football coach 1963-71 Honey Creek ... basketball ... 1971-1980 Terre Haute South, 3 straight Final Four appearances ... 1978 - team lost Championship to Muncie Central 65-64 in O.T. ... 1982-1985 - Terre Haute North ... 1987 - Cypress Lake High School in Ft. Myers, Florida.