Congratulations to the 2010-11 Bob King Award winners as Boys' Coaches of the Year.
Mike Hackett
Munster - District I
A graduate of Michigan City Elston High School and Franklin College, Mike Hackett of Munster is an IBCA District I Coach of the Year. He also has been chosen to be head coach of the 2011 Indiana All-Stars.
Hackett, 45, recently completed his 11th season as coach of the Mustangs, guiding his team to a 25-1 record that included Northwest Crossroads Conference, sectional and regional championships. His overall record is 210-52.
His teams have won three consecutive sectionals and regionals in two of the past three seasons. They also were Black Division champions of the Lake Conference in 2004 as well as co-champions of that league in 2006 and 2007. The Mustangs won their fourth consecutive Northwest Crossroads Conference crown this season; Munster is the league’s only champion since it was formed in 2007-08.
Hackett previously was an assistant at Kankakee Valley and Merrillville before accepting the Munster job in 2000-01. He was named IBCA District 1 Coach of the Year in 2003 and the Gary Post-Tribune Coach of the Year in 2009.
Mark Johnson
South Bend Riley - District I
Mark Johnson guided South Bend Riley to an 18-6 season that included a co-championship of the Northern Indiana Conference and a Class 4A sectional title, the Wildcats’ third sectional crown in his nine season in charge of the program.
In nine seasons at Riley, Johnson’s teams are 141-70 and previous sectional championships came in 2003 and 2008. The 2008 Wildcats also won the regional.
Johnson has compiled a 334-265 record in 27 seasons as a head coach with tenures at South Bend LaSalle, Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Northwestern and Lewis Cass before his current post. His teams previously won secetional titles at LaSalle and Dwenger and a regional crown at Dwenger.
Johnson has been chosen to be head coach for the 2011 Junior All-Stars.
Brian Hahn
Pendleton Heights - District II
Brian Hahn’s teams at Pendleton Heights have amassed an 80-37 record in five seasons, including a 20-6 mark in 2010-11 that included a Madison County Tournament title and a co-championship of the Hoosier Heritage Conference. The Arabians also won a sectional championship, the program’s first since 2004.
Hahn was a Pendleton Heights assistant from 1996-2002 and 2004-2006. The 2000 Arabians were sectional and regional champions. Hahn also was a head coach for one season at Daleville and an assistant for one seasons at San Diego (Calif.) James Madison between his tenures as an assistant with the Arabians.
A former student manager from 1992-96 at Indiana University, Hahn’s 2006-07 team was the HHC champion and his 2010 squad won the Madison County Tournament title. His overall head coaching mark, including 2002-03 at Daleville, is 83-54.
Brian McCauley
Kokomo - District II
Brian McCauley took over as boys basketball coach at Kokomo in 2006. In five seasons, his teams have compiled a 72-42 record -- including a 23-3 mark this season that concluded with a Class 4A state runner-up finish.
After finishing 5-16 his first year, McCauley has led the 'Kats to four winning seasons in a row – 13-9, 15-8 and 16-6 prior to this season. This year’s 17-2 regular-season mark was the school’s best in 15 years and included a second consecutive North Central Conference title. This year’s regional title was Kokomo’s first since 1997.
McCauley also guided Kokomo to a sectional title in 2009 and an NCC crown in 2010. Paired with this season’s conference blue ribbon, these are Kokomo’s first back-to-back NCC championships since 1961 and 1962.
A 1996 graduate of Kokomo, McCauley previously was an assistant for three years at Western High School in Kokomo. He currently teaches social studies at the Howard County school and has been chosen as an assistant coach for the 2011 Junior All-Stars.
Nate Hawkins
Forest Park - District III
In just two seasons, Nate Hawkins has guided Forest Park to a 44-9 record, including 25-1 mark this season that included a Pocket Athletic Conference title as well as sectional and regional championships.
His first season also included sectional and regional crowns.
A Forest Park graduate, Hawkins attended the University of Southern Indiana and began coaching as an assistant with the Rangers while in college. The 31-year-old Hawkins assisted in the program for 10 seasons, the final two as JV coach, before being hired in June 2009 to succeed Tom Beach as the Rangers’ head coach.
Andy Igel
Eastern Greene - District III
Andy Igel of Eastern Greene has had much success during his career.
Igel, 50, guided the Thunderbirds to a 23-3 record in 2010-11, including a sectional title and a runner-up finish in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference.
A 1979 graduate of Washington Catholic and a 1989 graduate of the University of Southern Indiana, Igel has compiled a 219-123 mark in 15 seasons at Eastern Greene and is 263-208 overall in 21 seasons as a head coach. His Thunderbirds have won SWIAC titles in 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003. They also were conference co-champs in 2002 and 2006.
The T-birds also have won five Greene County titles, four sectionals and a regional during Igel's tenure.
Igel, who also has been chosen to be an assistant coach for the 2011 Junior All-Stars, previously coached at Frontier and Vincennes Rivet. He has been named Greene County Coach of the Year six times and was named a Hoosier Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year in 2001 and 2011.
Igel and his wife, Diana, have five children.
