Same as the positional Top 5 nominate names then I will compile and we vote.
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This post was edited on 3/4 9:59 AM by edgytim
Top 5: Current IHSA varisty football head coaches
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Holocek ? from LA
Ivlow ? from Bolingbrook
Whoever is the guy at Cary Grove, they are always an elite team in 6 or 7.
Dan Appino from Rockford Auburn has to get some consideration. Won two state titles at Rockford Boylan in I believe 2010 and 2011, didn't lose a conference game for 5-6 years there. Since moved to Rockford Auburn, has brought one of the worst programs in the state in Auburn to respectability (playoffs 2 of the last 3 years). I don't think they had a winning record since the 80's. Have two Division one kids on the roster currently.
This post was edited on 3/4 2:24 PM by illini14
Ivlow ? from Bolingbrook
Whoever is the guy at Cary Grove, they are always an elite team in 6 or 7.
Dan Appino from Rockford Auburn has to get some consideration. Won two state titles at Rockford Boylan in I believe 2010 and 2011, didn't lose a conference game for 5-6 years there. Since moved to Rockford Auburn, has brought one of the worst programs in the state in Auburn to respectability (playoffs 2 of the last 3 years). I don't think they had a winning record since the 80's. Have two Division one kids on the roster currently.
This post was edited on 3/4 2:24 PM by illini14
Don't want to start up another private vs. public debate believe me- been on both sides of that argument and its never going to really be agreed upon by opposing sides. That being said do you notice that the majority of coaches listed below are coming from schools with a 30 mile recruitment radius? And honestly I don't disagree that any of those guys aren't great coaches- they are and they have proven it repeatedly. But I have to admit that what Derek Leonard has done at Rochester High School impresses me more than what his dad Ken has done at Springfield Sacred Heart. Having restrictions to whom you can recruit to your program makes it awfully tough to maintain a consistent winner at a public school. Yeah I know so does charging $10,000. But not all those kids pay full tuition. Like I said the private schools do what they are told to do by the IHSA with consistency and I think exceptions or rule breaking is not the norm for the greater majority of private schools. In fact there are plenty of public schools which break or bend the rules. I just think the rules are different and comparing them is comparing apples and oranges. I don't think there will ever be a set of rules or a multiplier or whatever that is ever going to please both sides completely. Therefore comparing coaches from private and public schools is awfully difficult. Again- it's apples and oranges. Coach Stone left JCA and went to West Chicago and struggled plenty while Coach Appino left Rockford Boylan and went to a perennially horrific program at Rockford Auburn and makes the playoffs 2 of the first 3 years there. When I think of great consistent public programs I think of Cary-Grove, Lincoln Way East, Geneseo, East St. Louis, WWS, Maine South, Morris, Metamora, Carthage, Arcola,etc.. Those teams seem to be in the hunt for a state title consistently , and there are many others obviously I haven't mentioned. Not dissing private school coaches at all- just looking for some equal love for the publics.
Instead of even broaching the subject, which you know will lead to the debate, why not just put up your list of public school coaches???? seems pretty simple to me.
This is a tough excercise, I could change my list 50 times and still leave off great coaches.
In no particular order:
Inserra
Lenti
Lenard(s)
Zvonar
In no particular order:
Inserra
Lenti
Lenard(s)
Zvonar
My publics...
Leonard
Inserra
Muhitch
Zvonar
Hetlet
Culbreath?
Brad Seaburg?
Ivlow?
Sunkett?
Khalfie?
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Leonard
Inserra
Muhitch
Zvonar
Hetlet
Culbreath?
Brad Seaburg?
Ivlow?
Sunkett?
Khalfie?
This post was edited on 3/9 7:59 PM by Cross Bones
I have to say nay to Sunkett. He has good teams, yes, but few realize full potential. He leaves some on the table each year.
When Shannon was coaching the same school, he squeezed every ounce out of his teams and if they lost, they got beat by a better team.
When Shannon was coaching the same school, he squeezed every ounce out of his teams and if they lost, they got beat by a better team.
Seems to me that the list needs to include Bill Mitz who is the current coach at Jacobs High School in Algonquin. 32 years of success at Stevensen and Jacobs. 227 victories and counting should place him in top 25-30 of all time winners in Illinois when he finishes. Made playoffs in nearly every year.