Website Coordinators
WEBSITE COORDINATORS
| Year(s) | Website Coordinator | Hometown/School(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 – 2004 | Pete Smith | Guerin Catholic |
| 2004 – 2026 | Gene Milner | Rossville 1963, Butler 1967 |
| 2026 – present | Cory Norman | Jeffersonville 1994, Indiana University 2022 |
Pete Smith
A 1979 graduate of Rochester High School , Coach attended Bethel College on an athletic scholarship. He played basketball for the now-retired Valparaiso University Coach Homer Drew.
In 1987 Coach Smith accepted the head basketball coaching position at Manchester High School and his team won the IHSAA Sectional at Columbia City in his first season. In four years his teams compiled a 66-26 record, with his final Squires team finishing the regular season 20-0.
Among Coach Smith’s coaching honors was being selected Indiana Basketball Coaches Association “Coach of the Year” in 1991. His teams have won fifteen tournament titles along with five conference championships.. Twice he has been selected as a coach in the McDonald’s All-American Game!
Three times Coach has served on the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Board of Directors. Coach Smith has directed the IBCA-IHSAA Underclassmen Showcases at Ben Davis HS since it was started in 2002. He has coached at several schools, including Penn, Noblesville, and Guerin Catholic. Led Guerin Catholic to the 3A State Championships in 2012 and 2015.
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
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.