Job Placement Directors
JOB PLACEMENT DIRECTORS
| Year(s) | Director | Hometown/School(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 – 1983 | Junior Mannies | Elwood |
| 1983 – 1984 | Jack Schult | Lafayette Jeff |
| 1984 – 2026 | Gene Milner | Rossville 1963, Butler 1967 |
| 2026 – present | Cory Norman | Jeffersonville 1994, Indiana University 2022 |
Junior Mannies
Junior Mannies was a veteran basketball coach who served as the IBCA placement service director and Record Book editor for several years. He passed away in March 1983. Coach Mannies was a very popular figure in the history of the IBCA and loved working with coaches and helping them find jobs. Since 1983, as many as two scholarships have been awarded each year to a boy or a girl who is in some manner physically challenged but has overcome this adversity and has still contributed to their school’s basketball program. After compiling a career record of 309-301 in 29 seasons as a varsity coach at Gilead, Washington Township-Cass County, Delphi, Mississinewa, Lewis Cass and Elwood, Coach Mannies passed away at the age of 55 while serving as the Athletic Director at Danville High School.
Jack Schult
Jack Schult was varsity boys’ basketball coach at Lafayette Jefferson from 1977-79, compiling a 21-19 record over two seasons. He had been a boys’ basketball assistant at the school for the previous 14 seasons (1963-77), four under Marion Crawley and 10 under Joe Heath. Schult previously was an assistant coach in basketball and football at Lafayette Central Catholic in 1960-63.
He served as the IBCA’s job placement director from April 1983 until December 1983.
Schult is a 1956 graduate of Lafayette Jefferson and a 1963 graduate of Purdue University. At Lafayette Jefferson, he had been involved in coaching basketball, football, baseball and tennis prior to becoming the varsity basketball coach. He was an assistant for a boys’ basketball state champion in 1964, a football mythical state champion in 1967 and baseball state champions in 1969 and 1973. He was head coach for a boys’ tennis state champion in 1975 and boys’ tennis state runner-up in 1976.
He served as assistant athletic director at Lafayette Jefferson from 1980-98. He later was coordinator of special programs for the Lafayette School Corp. He was inducted into the Indiana High School Tennis Coaches Association in 1985 and into the Lafayette Jefferson Alumni Hall of Fame in 2013. He also was recognized by the Indiana Legislature for more than 50 years of service to the Lafayette community upon his retirement in 2017.
Of note, Schult had parts in two Indiana-set movies. He was the coach of the Oolitic team in “Hoosiers” in 1986, and he was a first-base coach for the Chicago White Sox in “Eight Men Out” in 1988.
High School: Rossville 1963 (State’s leading scorer 1963)
College: BUTLER UNIVERSITY 1967 College All Star (1967 Indiana vs Kentucky)
Virgil Sweet Distinguished Service Award from the IBCA in 2006
Inducted to Indiana HS Basketball Hall of Fame 2007
Inducted NHSBCA Court of Honor (National HS Basketball Coaches Association) 2022
Coached by HOF coach Phil Buck … four-year letterman for the Hornets. Scoring Avg. Soph-18.7, Jr. 24.5, and Sr. 30.8 ppg. Scored 40 as sophomore vs Frankfort in Sectional game. Scored 42 in double-overtime win over Lebanon and Rick Mount and HOF coach Jim Rosenstihl. Held the Rossville career scoring record for 25 years with 1,641 points … scored 40+ points eight times in career … state’s leading scorer as a senior … Grades 10-11-12: all-Hoosier Conference, all-sectional and all-Clinton County … also All-State as senior … chose to go to Butler to have that great Fieldhouse as a home court and in college for HOF coach Tony Hinkle. Butler team winsduring his career included Hinkle’s 500th victory as well as wins over No. 3-ranked Michigan, highly ranked Southern California and Oklahoma … chosen for the Indiana College All-Star team in 1967 that played a Kentucky team guided by Coach Adolph Rupp, and featuring Louie Dampier … Was an assistant coach at Clinton Central and Harrison (West Lafayette) and a head coach at Rensselaer Central … Selected to the 1988 Hall of Fame Silver Anniversary Team … publisher of Indiana High School Basketball Record Book from 1983 to 2024 … job placement director for the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) from 1984 to 2026 … editor of IBCA Top 100 Underclass Showcase books for girls and boys from 2003 to 2022 … IBCA website coordinator from 2004-2026 … received the IBCA Virgil Sweet Award in 2006 … inducted into the NHSBCA Court of Honor in 2022.
Gene married Carolyn “Carrie” (Blue) in 1965, and the couple had two adult children (son Chris & daughter Laura), four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Cory Norman is a 1994 graduate of Jeffersonville High School, where he was a four-year varsity basketball player and three-year starter under HOF Head Coach Michael Broughton. He was a member of Jeffersonville’s 1993 IHSAA State Championship team and later played NCAA Division I basketball at Western Carolina University. Norman earned his degree from Indiana University in 2022.
In recognition of his role on the 1993 state championship team, Norman was honored by the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame with the team in 2018. In 2019, he was honored as a member of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Men’s Silver Anniversary Team.
Norman has built an extensive coaching career at both the high school and collegiate levels. He has served as an assistant coach at Evansville High School, Rock Creek Academy, Jeffersonville High School, and Jennings County. He also served as an assistant coach at Mid-Plains Community College and Indiana University Southeast. In addition, Norman was the head coach of the Jeffersonville High School girls’ basketball program.
A Southern Indiana business owner, Norman is the proud father of one adult daughter, Courtney.