2026 Bob King BOYS' District Coaches of the Year

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April 2, 2026 IBCA Director of Special Projects

Three boys' coaches honored by IBCA for 2025-26 season

Radeker, Weaver and Howington to receive Bob King Awards as boys' District Coaches of the Year

Three Indiana high school boys' basketball coaches have been chosen as 2026 Bob King Coaches of the Year by their peers in the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association, it was announced Thursday (April 2).

Scott Radeker of Northridge, Andy Weaver of Plainfield and Heath Howington of Class A state champion Barr-Reeve have been selected as honorees for the 2025-26 season through voting that occurred from late January through late March, IBCA executive director Marty Johnson said.

Honors are awarded according to IHSAA district boundaries, and one coach from each district is a recipient – Radeker in District 1, Weaver in District 2 and Howington in District 3. These three coaches will receive plaques as an IBCA District Coach of the Year during the 2026 IBCA Clinic, which is set for April 23-24 at Mt. Vernon High School in Fortville.

The Coach of the Year award is named for the late Bob King, the IBCA executive director from 1984-94. King was a Lebanon native who coached at Sacred Heart and Shortridge high schools in Indianapolis before serving as an assistant basketball coach at Purdue University. He later also was as an assistant athletic director and associate athletic director at Purdue.

A list of former IBCA/Bob King Coaches of the Year in boys' basketball is below. The 2026 IBCA/Bob King Coaches of the Year for girls' basketball were announced on March 19.

Here is information about the 2026 IBCA/Bob King boys' Coach of the Year honorees.

District 1: Scott Radeker, Northridge

    Scott Radeker is the IBCA District 1 Coach of the Year after leading Northridge to a 26-2 campaign that included a Northern Lakes Conference co-championship as well as titles in the Kokomo/Phil Cox Memorial Tournament, the Elkhart Sectional and Plymouth Regional.

Radeker is 151-53 in eight seasons with the Raiders with previous sectional titles in 2019 and 2020. He has a career record of 368-221 in 25 seasons. That includes a 120-80 ledger in nine seasons at North Montgomery (2001-10) and a 97-88 mark in eight seasons at Lafayette Jefferson (2010-18).

His North Montgomery teams captured Sagamore Conference banners in 2006, 2007 and 2009, Montgomery County Tournaments in 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 as well as sectional trophies in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009. His Lafayette Jefferson teams won Journal & Courier Tournament championships in 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2018. His Northridge teams claimed the LaPorte Holiday Tournament in 2023 and 2024 in addition to the Kokomo/Phil Cox Memorial Tournament this season.

Radeker was an assistant coach for the 2018 Indiana All-Stars. He is a three-time Northern Lakes Conference Coach of the Year (2020, 2024, 2026) and was the 2019 Elkhart Truth Coach of the Year. He also served as an IBCA district representative from 2011-14.

A 1987 graduate of Unatego High School in New York, Radeker was an all-conference player and team MVP. He matriculated to the State University of New York at Cortland, where he played two seasons of basketball and earned a bachelor’s degree in education in 1991. He later earned a master’s degree in education from Walden University in 2001.

He began his coaching career while in college, serving as an assistant at Cortland (N.Y.) high school from 1989-92. He then moved to Indiana, working as a substitute teacher at Ben Davis in 1992-93 before an eight-year stint as a teacher and boys’ basketball assistant coach at Noblesville for Pete Smith and Dave McCollough.

Radeker is in his 33rd year as a teacher and currently teaches health, leadership and preparing for college and careers at Northridge.

He and his wife, Robyn, have two children – Kendra, 23, and Kam, 19.

District 2: Andy Weaver, Plainfield

    Andy Weaver is the IBCA District 2 Coach of the Year after guiding Plainfield to a 22-3 season that included championships of the Mid-State Conference and the Hendricks County Tournament.

Weaver compiled a 196-137 record in 14 seasons with the Quakers with a sectional title in 2021, the school’s first since 1999. He compiled an overall ledger of 422-313 in 32 seasons. That included an 18-45 record in three seasons at Pioneer (1994-97) and a 208-131 mark in 15 seasons at Western (1997-2012).

He has announced that he is retiring at the end of 2025-26.

Over the years, Weaver’s teams won six additional sectionals and one regional in 2004 at Western. His teams also captured 11 conference championships (six at Western, five at Plainfield) and six County Tournament crowns (five at Western, one at Plainfield).

Weaver was a 2010 Indiana All-Star assistant coach. He previously was an IBCA district Coach of the Year in 2004 and 2021, and he is a five-time Mid-State Conference Coach of the Year (2020, 2021, 2023, 2025 and 2026). He also served as an IBCA district representative from 2023-26.

A 1984 graduate of Clinton Prairie, Weaver averaged about 12.0 points, was named first-team all-RangeLine Conference, IBCA honorable mention Academic All-State and CPHS valedictorian as a senior. He went on to play one season at Manchester University, then transferred to Purdue, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics in 1989. He later earned a master’s degree in secondary administration and supervision from Purdue in 1997.

Weaver began his career as a teacher and coach in 1989 at Carroll (Flora). He was a freshman coach there for one season and JV coach for four seasons prior to his first head coaching position at Pioneer in 1994-95.

He is in his 37th year as a math teacher, and he currently teaches Advanced Placement Statistics and Algebra 2.

Weaver and his wife, Shelly, have three children – Bryce, 21, and 17-year-old twins, Michael and Madison.

District 3: Heath Howington, Barr-Reeve

    Heath Howington is the IBCA District 3 Coach of the Year after directing Barr-Reeve to a 28-1 season that included a Class A state championship. Along the way, his Vikings won the Blue Chip Conference, the Loogootee Sectional, the Washington Regional and the Washington Semi-State.

Howington has an overall record of 182-158 in 14 seasons as a head coach. He previously went 83-113 with one Pocket Athletic Conference title in eight seasons at North Posey (2012-20) and 71-44 with one sectional crown in five seasons at Evansville Memorial (2020-25). This was his first season at Barr-Reeve.

He has been named an assistant coach for the 2026 Junior All-Stars.

Howington is a 2002 graduate of Evansville Reitz, where he was a varsity letterman as a senior, was named two-time Academic All-City and played four seasons for coach Michael Adams. He attended the University of Southern Indiana, earning bachelor’s degrees in business education and marketing in 2007. He later earned a master’s degree in education from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2012.

He started his career as a teacher in 2007-08 at Eastern Greene, where he was a basketball assistant to Andy Igel. Howington followed by assisting J.R. Holmes at Bloomington South from 2008-11, being on staff for the 2009 and 2011 Class 4A state champions. Howington then assisted Bryan Speer at Evansville Harrison in 2011-12 before becoming a head coach at North Posey in 2012-13.

Howington currently teaches business and advanced physical education at Barr-Reeve, where he also serves as the Vikings’ unified track coach.

He and his wife, Megan, have four children – Trey, 11, Ty, 8, and Turner, 2.

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IBCA/BOB KING AWARD -- BOYS' COACH OF THE YEAR WINNERS

The Indiana Basketball Coaches Association has presented Coach of the Year Awards since 1971. These awards are named for Bob King, a former executive director of the organization who also spent years on the Purdue University men’s basketball coaching staff and later served as an assistant athletic director at Purdue. He played and then coached basketball and football for 13 years at Indianapolis Shortridge and is a graduate of Butler University. He was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1986. Honorees were selected one per district in five districts from 1971 through 2003, two per district in three districts from 2004-2022, and one per district in three districts starting in 2023. The boys’ awards started in the 1970-71 season. The girls’ awards started in the 1983-84 season.

1970-71: (1) John Molodet, East Chicago Washington; (2) Max Perry, Peru; (3) Mike Jones, Rossville; (4) Dick Baumgartner, Richmond; (5) Barney Scott, Seymour.

1971-72: (1) Bob Donewald, South Bend St. Joseph; (2) Harlan Frick, Leo; (3) Jon Yoho, Plainfield; (4) Phil Buck, Anderson Madison Heights; (5) Charles Valier, Mt. Vernon (Posey).

1972-73: (1) Steve Yoder, Plymouth; (2) Bob Dille, Fort Wayne Northrop; (3) Richard Theill, Southport; (4) Stan Weber, Southwestern (Hanover); (5) Bob Lochmueller, Tell City.

1973-74: (1) Marvin Wood, Mishawaka; (2) Marvin Tudor, Huntington North; (3) Howard Sharpe, Terre Haute North; (4) Phil Snodgrass, Union County; (5) George Marshall, Jeffersonville.

1974-75: (1) Doug Adams, Michigan City Elston; (2) Jim Miller, Penn; (3) Sam Alford, Martinsville; (4) Pat Rady, Winchester; (5) Guy Glover, Bloomfield.

1975-76: (1) Tom Linger, Lake Central; (2) By Hey, Fort Wayne North; (3) Jim Rosenstihl, Lebanon; (4) Bob Fuller, Anderson Highland; (5) Jim Jones, Princeton.

1976-77: (1) Mike Copper, Munster; (2) Gary Miller, Bellmont; (3) John Milholland, Frankfort; (4) Bill Slayback, Aurora; (5) George Marshall, Jeffersonville.

1977-78: (1) Jim Vermillion, Merrillville; (2) By Hey, Fort Wayne North; (3) Jack Keefer, Lawrence North; (4) Garth Cone, Alexandria; (5) Bill Springer, Bloomington South.

1978-79: (1) Bill Hahn, Michigan City Rogers; (2) Dave Hadaway, South Bend Adams; (3) Gayle Towles, Ben Davis; (4) Sam Alford, New Castle; (5) John Wessel, Evansville Central.

1979-80: (1) Gene Miiller, Kankakee Valley; (2) Bill Patrick, Whitko; (3) Ed Siegel, Pike; (4) Bob Fuller, Anderson Highland; (5) Jack Butcher, Loogootee.

1980-81: (1) Phil Weybright, Argos; (2) Tom Sittler, Manchester; (3) Dave Nicholson, Noblesville, and James "Jake" Thompson, Indianapolis Howe; (4) Phil Buck, Anderson Madison Heights; (5) Orlando “Gunner” Wyman, Vincennes Lincoln.

1981-82: (1) Jack Edison, Plymouth; (2) Neal McKeeman, Homestead; (3) Al Tucker, Cloverdale; (4) Butch Stafford, Anderson Highland; (5) Joe Mullen, Evansville Bosse.

1982-83: (1) Fred Mitchell, Chesterton; (2) Tom Dubois, Southwood; (3) Fred Belser, Indianapolis Manual; (4) Basil Mawbey, Connersville; (5) Stan Neal, Washington.

1983-84: (1) Skip Collins, Valparaiso; (2) Al Rhodes, Warsaw; (3) Dave Nicholson, Noblesville; (4) Calvin Bayley, Frankton; (5) Dave Worland, Washington Catholic.

1984-85: (1) Skip Collins, Valparaiso; (2) Kent Lochmueller, Carroll (Fort Wayne); (3) John Milholland, Frankfort; (4) Jimmie Howell, Mt. Vernon (Fortville); (5) Jim Jones, Princeton.

1985-86: (1) Joe Otis, LaPorte; (2) Al Rhodes, Warsaw; (3) Dave Nicholson, Noblesville; (4) John Robbins, Muncie South; (5) Jerrill VanDeventer, Boonville.

1986-87: (1) Steve Bennett, Lafayette Central Catholic; (2) Bill Green, Marion; (3) Bob Heady, Carmel; (4) Steve Brunes, East Central; (5) Dan Bush, Bedford North Lawrence.

1987-88: (1) Dan Warkentien, Oregon-Davis; (2) Creighton Burns, Mississinewa; (3) Bob Knapp, Rossville; (4) George Griffith, Richmond; (5) Steve Brett, Bloomfield.

1988-89: (1) Skip Collins, Valparaiso; (2) Dan Gunn, Marion; (3) Pat Rady, Terre Haute South; (4) Dave Porter, South Decatur; (5) Jack Butcher, Loogootee.

1989-90: (1) Denny Foster, Hebron; (2) Jim Hahn, Concord; (3) Frank Craig, Indianapolis Tech; (4) Ron Baldwin, Yorktown; (5) Gene Miiller, Vincennes Lincoln.

1990-91: (1) Ron Heflin, Gary Roosevelt; (2) Pete Smith, Manchester; (3) Bryan Hughes, Fountain Central; (4) Bill Hahn, Muncie South; (5) Dan Bush, Bedford North Lawrence.

1991-92: (1) Bob Punter, Valparaiso; (2) Al Rhodes, Warsaw; (3) Steve Brunes, Brownsburg; (4) Alan Darner, Anderson Highland; (5) Jim Miller, New Albany.

1992-93: (1) John Todd, East Chicago Central; (2) Marty Johnson, East Noble; (3) Steve Witty, Ben Davis; (4) George Griffith, Richmond; (5) Dave Clark, White River Valley.

1993-94: (1) Bob Punter, Valparaiso; (2) Dick Butt, Leo; (3) Phil Waddell, Tipton; (4) Mike Drews, Muncie Central; (5) Jim Miller, New Albany.

1994-95: (1) Jim East, Merrillville; (2) Moe Smedley, Manchester; (3) Joe Pearson, Indianapolis Washington; (4) Sam Alford, New Castle; (5) Brian Wahl, Pike Central.

1995-96: (1) Bob Buscher, Andrean; (2) Basil Mawbey, Kokomo; (3) Mark James, Franklin Central; (4) Garth Cone, Alexandria; (5) Mark Matthews, Bedford North Lawrence.

1996-97: (1) Joe Otis, LaPorte; (2) Marty Johnson, East Noble; (3) Dave McCollough, Noblesville; (4) Mel Seifert, Batesville; (5) Tom McKinney, Bloomington North.

1997-98: (1) Jack Edison, Plymouth; (2) Mike Sorrell, Goshen; (3) Alan Darner, Pike; (4) Paul Keller, Delta; (5) Dave Reese, Perry Central.

1998-99: (1) Jack Gabor, Kankakee Valley; (2) Tim Reinking, Fort Wayne Concordia; (3) Larry Nicks, Indianapolis Arlington; (4) Chip Mehaffey, Winchester; (5) J.R. Holmes, Bloomington South.

1999-2000: (1) Clint Swan, Andrean; (2) Moe Smedley, Marion; (3) Scott Heady, Warren Central; (4) Jerry Bomholt, Southwestern (Hanover); (5) Tom Beach, Forest Park.

2000-01: (1) Basil Mawbey, Lewis Cass; (2) Cliff Hawkins, DeKalb; (3) Steve Witty, Ben Davis; (4) Steve Bennett, New Castle; (5) Jerry O’Brian, Gibson Southern.

2001-02: (1) Pat Skaggs, Benton Central; (2) Wayne Barker, Bluffton; (3) Steve Witty, Ben Davis; (4) Chip Mehaffey, Winchester; (5) Jim Shannon, New Albany.

2002-03: (1) Mike Hackett, Munster; (2) Chris Benedict, Columbia City; (3) Brian Satterfield, Hamilton Southeastern; (4) Joe Bradburn, Yorktown; (5) Will Wyman, Evansville Harrison.

2003-04: (1) Chris Benedict, Columbia City; (1) Dean Foster, Penn. (2) Andy Weaver, Western; (2) Joe Luce, Benton Central. (3) Dave Benter, Brownstown Central; (3) Marty Echelbarger, Heritage Hills.

2004-05: (1) Robb Berger, Mishawaka; (1) Randy DeShone, Jimtown. (2) Joe Buck, Pendleton Heights; (2) Larry Nicks, Indianapolis Arlington. (3) Steve Combs, Vincennes Lincoln; (3) Dave Omer, Washington.

2005-06: (1) Jack Edison, Plymouth; (1) Steve Johnson, Elkhart Memorial. (2) Jack Keefer, Lawrence North; (2) David Wood, West Lafayette. (3) Jeff Hein, Evansville Bosse; (3) Harry Larrabee, Shelbyville.

2006-07: (1) Travis Hannah, Oregon-Davis; (1) Bob Punter, Valparaiso. (2) David McCollough, Noblesville; (2) Mark James, Franklin Central. (3) Tom Bradley, Orleans; (3) Jay Brown, Edgewood.

2007-08: (1) Jason Groves, Triton; (1) Tom Peller, Chesterton. (2) Travis Daugherty, Tipton; (2) Mark Galloway, Carmel. (3) J.R. Holmes, Bloomington South; (3) Jim Shannon, New Albany.

2008-09: (1) Jason Ridge, Northridge; (1) Marty Beasley, Carroll (Fort Wayne). (2) Shaun Busick, Zionsville; (2) Craig Teagle, Jay County. (3) Tom Weeks, Princeton; (3) Mike Saylor, Terre Haute South.

2009-10: (1) Chris Johnson, Homestead; (1) Eric Thompson, Peru. (2) Brian Barber, Danville; (2) Steve Lynch, Mt. Vernon (Fortville). (3) Dave Benter, Brownstown Central; (3) Matt Wadsworth, North Posey.

2010-11: (1) Mike Hackett, Munster; (1) Mark Johnson, South Bend Riley. (2) Brian Hahn, Pendleton Heights; (2) Brian McCauley, Kokomo. (3) Nate Hawkins, Forest Park; (3) Andy Igel, Eastern Greene.

2011-12: (1) Al Gooden, New Haven; (1) Chris Johnson, Homestead. (2) Scott Heady, Carmel; (2) Brian Satterfield, Hamilton Southeastern. (3) Bryan Hughes, Barr-Reeve; (3) Stacy Meyer, Greensburg.

2012-13: (1) Ryan Bales, Plymouth; (1) Mike Hackett, Munster. (2) Brad Dickey, Tipton; (2) Steve Lynch, Mt.Vernon (Fortville). (3) Brent Chitty, Columbus East; (3) Bryan Speer, Evansville Harrison.

2013-14: (1) Al Rhodes, Penn; (1) Aaron Wolfe, NorthWood. (2) Kent Chezem, Covington; (2) Brent Keck, Perry Meridian. (3) Bryan Hughes, Barr-Reeve; (3) Jamie Kolkmeier, Corydon Central.

2014-15: (1) Marty Beasley, Carroll (Fort Wayne); (1) Mike McBride, Churubusco. (2) Brent Brobston, Frankton (2); Rick Peckinpaugh, McCutcheon. (3) Michael Adams, Evansville Reitz; (3) Brandon Hoffman, Silver Creek.

2015-16: (1) T.J. Lux, Merrillville; (1) Doug Ogle, Warsaw. (2) Jimmie Howell, Lapel; (2) David McCollough, Shenandoah. (3) Matt Britton, Bloomfield (3); Jim Shannon, New Albany.

2016-17: (1) Barak Coolman, Valparaiso; (1) Clint Swan, Crown Point, (2) Criss Beyers, Warren Central; (2) Kevin Renbarger, Oak Hill. (3) Kerry Brown, Connersville; (3) Todd Sturgeon, Floyd Central.

2017-18: (1) Michael Edison, LaVille; (1) Rob Yoder, Westview. (2) Daniel Cox, New Castle; (2) Matt English, Beech Grove. (3) Scott McClelland, Morristown; (3) Todd Sturgeon, Floyd Central.

2018-19: (1) Ryan Eakins, East Noble; (1) Craig Teagle, Huntington North. (2) Mark Detweiler, Delta; (2) Ryan Osborn, Carmel. (3) Brandon Hoffman, Silver Creek; (3) J.R. Holmes, Bloomington South.

2019-20: (1) Marc Davidson, Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian; (1) Marc Urban, Chesterton. (2) Al Gooden, Lawrence Central; (2) David McCollough, Shenandoah. (3) Nate Hawkins, Heritage Hills; (3) Kendall Wildey, South Decatur.

2020-21: (1) Chris Johnson, Homestead; (1) Chad Johnston, South Bend Adams. (2) Ryan Osborn, Carmel; (2) Andy Weaver, Plainfield. (3) Jeff Moore, Sullivan; (3) Josh Thompson, Barr-Reeve.

2021-22: (1) Travis Hannah, John Glenn; (1) Marc Urban, Chesterton. (2) Ben Rhoades, Mt. Vernon (Fortville); (2) Justin Ullom, Monroe Central. (3) Brent Dalrymple, North Daviess; (3) Kirk Manns, Seymour.

2022-23: (1) Aaron Wolfe, NorthWood; (2) Don Carlisle, Ben Davis; (3) J.B. Neill, Bloomfield.

2023-24: (1) Clint Swan, Crown Point; (2) Matt Luce, Wapahani; (3) Dave Benter, Brownstown Central.

2024-25: (1) Eli Henson, Manchester; (2) Garrett Winegar, Fishers; (3) Seve Beach, South Ripley.

2025-26: (1) Scott Radeker, Northridge; (2) Andy Weaver, Plainfield; (3) Heath Howington, Barr-Reeve.

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Gene Milner

IBCA Website Coordionator