Area Coaches, Friends Named to IBCA Hall of Fame

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Published on December 13 2019 9:14 am
Last Updated on December 13 2019 9:14 am
Written by Millie Lange

Several area names will be entering the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

Effingham High School's Jeff Schafer was named in the coaches category. Schafer is still the EHS girls basketball coach.

Named from Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City was longtime Hornets coach, Carolyn Wendte. Wendte still coaches the CHBC girls squad.

Bob Lockart, who was, at one time, a boys basketball coach at Effingham was named as coach from Windsor and Neoga.

Rod Wiethop was named at Effingham Junior High boys basketball coach.

Named as Friends were Teutopolis High School's Dave Burrell and Doug Smith.