38 Peoria-area basketball coaches honored by IBCA
Coaching is essential for the success of any basketball team.
These are the 38 Peoria-area college, high school and junior high coaches named coach of the year by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association for the 2023-24 season.
College men
● NCAA Division-I (Bradley)
High school boys
— Brian Wardle
● Class 1A — Tait Sennett (Princeville); Clay Vass (Illini Bluffs)
● Class 2A — Jeremy Hahn (Fieldcrest); Nathaniel Meiss (El Paso-Gridley); Jeremy Anderson (Macomb)
● Class 3A — John Senica (LaSallePeru); William Smith (Richwoods); Danny Grieves (Metamora); Abe Zeller (Morton)
High school girls
● Class 1A: Stephanie Mickley (St. Bede); Todd Hansen (Wethersfield); Brent Dugan (Abingdon-Avon)
● Class 2A: Layne Langholf (Peoria Notre Dame); Maribeth Dura (Canton); Joni Nightingale (Deer Creek-Mackinaw)
● Class 3A: Meechie Edwards (Peoria High); Evan Massey (Galesburg); Bob Becker (Morton); Kimberly Barth (Washington)
Junior high boys
● 7th grade — Jason W. Proehl (Midwest Central MS); Jake Kennedy (Chillicothe JH); Ethan R. Swanson (Edison JH)
● 8th grade — Tyler Behnke (Midland MS); Eric Wendte (Metamora GS); Alexander Roberts (Dunlap Valley MS); Josh Peterson (Havana JH)
Junior high girls
● 7th grade: Matthew Ryan (St. Jude Catholic); Nicholas Heuser (Putnam County JH); Diana Reed (Chillicothe JH); Loren Christie (Olympia MS); Ashley McKown (Lewistown JH); Mark Harden, Jr. (Galesburg JH);
● 8th grade: Amber Klobuchar (Peoria Christian); Nick Romolo (Dunlap MS); Jamie Campana (Havana JH); Ryan Davis (Germantown Hills MS); Dustin McDougall (Washington St. Patrick)