Thanks to Rhonda Low for organizing the former State Championship Coaches parade. Nearly 80% of these coaches made it back to be honored before the 3A and 4A matches. It was a who’s who of some of the best high school coaches in the country.
Name | School | Year |
Priscilla Dillow | Ben Davis High School | 1979 |
Denise VanDeWalle | Muncie Northside High School | 1977 |
Bennie Edwards | Michigan City High School | 1995 |
Carol Burns | Martinsville High School | 1996 |
Kenna Jones | Yorktown High School | 2000 (3A) |
Deb McClurg | Center Grove High School | 2000 (4A) |
Rita Rouse | Morristown High School | 2003 (A) |
Jill Starliper | Indianapolis Bishop Chatard High School | 2004 (3A) |
Sandy Garrard | Martinsville High School | 2005 (4A) |
Alan Davis | New Castle High School | 2007 (4A) |
Heidi Zickgraf Knuckles | Delta High School | 2008 (3A) |
Thanh Harnish | Muncie Burris High School | 2010 (2A) |
Lisa Pawlik | Penn High School | 2010 (4A) |
Sarah Hendricks | Penn High School | 2011 (4A) |
Ralph Pancho Alvarez | Cowan High School | 2012 (A) |
Rich Coleman | Carmel High School | 2014 (4A) |
Wes Briscoe | Christian Academy of Indiana | Representing Walter Pauly, 2015 (1A) |
Lindsay Roth | Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian | 2016 (A) |
Grant Bell | Andrean High School | 2017 (2A) |
Matt Curts | New Castle High School | 2017 (3A) |
Madison Fingerhut | North Judson-San Pierre High School | 2018 (2A) |
Kyla Thomas | Heritage Christian High School | 2019 (2A) |
Jennifer Shade | Brownstown Central High School | 2019 (3A) |
Gardner, Melissa-Paul | Cowan High School | 2019 (A) |
Tim Houser | Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger HS | 2020 (3A) |
Rod Nies | Pioneer High School | 2020 (A) |
Two Time State Champions | ||
Tom Beerman | Fort Wayne Snider High School | 1987, 1991 |
Jim Dove | Michigan City Marquette High School | 2000 (A), 2001 (A) |
Craig Krull | Bellmont High School | 2007 (3A), 2010 (3A) |
Wes Lyon | Muncie Central High School | 2004 (4A), 2009 (4A) |
Brad McCarter | Lafayette Central Catholic High School | 2010 (A), 2017 (A) |
Robb Painter | Delta High School | 2001 (3A), 2002 (3A) |
Jared Richardson | Wapahani High School | 2015 (2A), 2016 (2A) |
Sarah Roush | New Castle High School | 2018 (3A), 2019 (4A) |
Biff Wilson | Wes-Del High School | 2011 (A), 2014 (A) |
Three Time State Champions | ||
Steve Anderson | Mishawaka High School | 1980, 1983, 1988 |
Kathy Nalley-Schembra | Roncalli High School | 1981, 1998 (3A), 2006 (3A) |
Connie Garrett | Clinton Prairie High School | 1984, 1997 (A), 1998 (A) |
Mike Lingenfelter | Wapahani High School | 2002 (A), 2011 (2A), 2012 (2A) |
Scott McQueen | Avon High School | 2012 (4A), 2013 (4A), 2017 (4A) |
Four-Time State Champion | ||
Stephanie Bloom | Yorktown High School | 2011 (3A), 2016 (3A), 2018 (4A), 2020 (4A) |
Six-Time State Champion | ||
Troy Campbell | Marquette Catholic High School | 2004 (A), 2005 (A), 2006 (A), 2007 (A), 2008 (A), 2009 (A) |
Eight-Time State Champion | ||
Jean Kesterson | Indianapolis Cathedral High School | 1997 (3A), 1999 (3A), 2001 (4A), 2003 (4A), 2006 (4A), 2008 (4A), 2015 (4A), 2016 (4A) |
21 State Championships | ||
Steve Shondell | Muncie Burris High School | 1982, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, (2A), 1998 (2A), 1999 (2A), 2000 (2A), 2001 (2A), 2002 (2A), 2003 (2A), 2004 (2A), 2005 (2A), 2006 (2A), 2007 (2A), 2008 (2A), 2009 (2A) |