Administrators of the Year
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Pat McKee, 317-403-1665
March 12, 2024 IBCA Director of Special Projects
Three administrators to receive awards from IBCA
Steinhilber, Tower and Louden to be honored by basketball coaches' group
School administrators John Steinhilber of River Forest, Drew Tower of Brownsburg and retired administrator Doug Louden of Forest Park will be recognized with special awards for 2024 from the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association.
The three administrators -- Steinhilber is athletic director for River Forest Community School Corporation, Tower is athletic director at Brownsburg and Louden is the former athletic director at Forest Park -- will be honored as Administrators of the Year from the IBCA. Each is being recognized for his support of programs in his school or school corporation. There is one winner from each IHSAA district. Steinhilber is the honoree from District 1. Tower is cited from District 2. Louden is the recipient from District 3.
This is the 16th time in the past 17 years that the IBCA has recognized a group of administrators with a set of awards. The awards have been presented since 2008, but the 2020 honorees received their awards in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. No winners were named in 2021. A list of winners from over the years is at the bottom of this announcement.
Steinhilber, Tower and Louden will receive their awards during the 2024 IBCA Clinic on April 25-26 at Mt. Vernon High School in Fortville. For more information about the IBCA, go to in.nhsbca.org.
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IBCA Administrator of the Year honorees
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2024
District 1: John Steinhilber, Athletic Director, River Forest
District 2: Drew Tower, Athletic Director, Brownsburg
District 3: Doug Louden, Athletic Director(Retired), Forest Park
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2023
District 1: Jack "Chip" Pettit, Chesterton Supt. of Duneland Corp.
District 2: Brandon Ecker, Mt. Vernon (Fortville)
District 3: Jeff Cerqueria, Floyd Central
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2022
District 1: Garland Hudson II, Athletic Director, South Bend Washington High School
District 2: Pat Mapes, Superintendent, Perry Township Schools
District 3: Tom Black, Principal, East Central High School
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2021
2020 Winners are being Honored in 2021
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2020
District 1: Stacy Adams, athletic director, Valparaiso High School.
District 2: Shane Osting, athletic director, New Castle High School.
District 3: Tim Grove, superintendent, South Knox School Corp.
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2019
District 1: Nathan Dean, athletic director, Jimtown High School.
District 2: John Clark, athletic director, Ben Davis High School.
District 3: Jeff Doyle, principal, Barr-Reeve High School.
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2018
District 1: Jane Allen, superintendent, Middlebury Community Schools.
District 2: Steve Cox, director of transportation, Beech Grove City Schools.
District 3: Steve Killian, athletic director, Wood Memorial High School.
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2017
District 1: Patti McCormack, athletic director, Lowell High School.
District 2: Chuck Weisenbach, principal, Roncalli High School.
District 3: Ron McBride, athletic director, Bloomfield Junior-Senior High School.
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2016
District 1: Ed Gilliland, athletic director, LaPorte High School.
District 2: Mel Seifert, principal, Plainfield High School.
District 3: Rob Moorhead, superintendent, South Ripley Community School Corp.
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2015
District 1: Debb Stevens, athletic director, Caston Junior-Senior High School.
District 2: Troy Inman, principal, Pike High School; Dave Worland, principal, Cathedral High School.
District 3: Brett Bardwell, athletic director, Southridge High School; Jeff Hester, athletic director, Columbus North High School.
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2014
District 1: Robert Falls, athletic director, Michigan City High School; Geoff Penrod, athletic director, Columbia City High School.
District 2: Chad Bolser, athletic director, Richmond High School; Phil Ford, principal, Jay County High School.
District 3: Mike Whitten, principal, Boonville High School.
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2013
District 1: Don Gandy, principal, Wheeler High School.
District 2: Wayne Barker, superintendent, Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan School District.
District 3: Don Unruh, athletic director, New Albany High School.
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2012
District 1: Michael Smith, athletic director/assistant principal, Munster High School.
District 2: Grant Nesbit, athletic director, Lawrence North High School; Jim Zeller, assistant athletic director, Lawrence North High School.
District 3: Paul Neidig, athletic director, Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp.; Jerrill Vandeventer, superintendent, Greater Jasper Consolidated Schools.
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2011
District 1: Janis Qualizza, athletic director, Merrillville High School.
District 2: Mike Necessary, superintendent, Randolph Southern School Corp.; Kevin Stephenson, athletic director, Beech Grove High School.
District 3: Brad Lindsay, superintendent, Mooresville Consolidated School Corp.
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2010
District 1: Larry “Jake” Jackowiak, assistant superintendent, Concord Community Schools.
District 2: Mike Huey, athletic director, New Palestine High School.
District 3: James Babcock, former athletic director, assistant principal and principal, Paoli High School.
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2009
District 1: Garry Nallenweg, athletic director, Chesterton High School.
District 2: Kevin Horrigan, athletic director, Greenfield-Central High School; Phil Waddell, athletic director, Hamilton Heights High School.
District 3: Gary Cook, principal, North Decatur High School.
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2008
District 1: Michael Pettibone, superintendent, Adams Central Community Schools.
District 2: Jerry Holifield, superintendent, Plainfield Community School Corp.
District 3: Kendall Wildey, principal, Jennings County High School.