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Board of Directors
Executive Director
Marty Johnson
Associate Executive
Director/Chief
Operating Officer
Tom Beach
Executive Director Emeritus
Steve Witty
President
Michael Adams
President-Elect
Kaley May
Assistant Director
Lisa Finn
Assistant Director
Kristi Sigler
Assistant Director
Renee Turpa
All-Star Games Director
Mike Broughton
Junior All-Star Director
Beth DeVinney
Junior All-Star
Selections (boys)
Brandon Ramsey
Junior All-Star
Selections (girls)
Brandon Bradley
Futures Games Director
Bill Zych
All-Star Shootout Director
Todd Howard
All-State Selections (boys)
David Wood
All-State Selections (girls)
Doug Springer
Player/Team of the Week (boys)
Kip Staggs
Player/Team of the Week (girls)
Debbie Smiley
Director of
Special Projects
Pat McKee
Website Coordinator
Gene Milner
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District Representatives:
District I
Phil Brackmann
Fort Wayne Concordia
Jordan Heckard
LaPorte
Will Coatie
Elkhart
Carrie Shappell
Leo
Kelly Kratz
Valparaiso
Lenny Krebs
Warsaw
District II
Mark Detweiler
Delta
Rich Schelsky
Parke Heritage
Andy Weaver
Plainfield
Mickey Hosier
Alexandria
Lisa Finn
Indianapolis Cathedral
Brian Satterfield
Hamilton Southeastern
District III
Paul Ferguson
Columbus North
Todd Woelfle
Terre Haute North
Fonso White
Floyd Central
Jason Simpson
Greensburg
Kyle Brasher
Gibson Southern
Mark Hurt
Mooresville
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From The Coaches’ Box
By Michael Adams
Welcome to the start of the 2023-2024 season. My hope is that you were able to get some much deserved rest, and that you had an enjoyable and productive summer with your team.
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From the Executive Director
By Marty Johnson
Membership is a prerequisite to nominate for and receive awards, but perhaps more importantly on a personal level, current-year membership provides you with a $2 million dollar liability policy. We need to strive to get 100 percent of our head coaches this coverage.
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IBCA changes in leadership, district reps
Welcome new president Michael Adams, new president-elect Kaley May, new assistant director Kristi Sigler and several coaches as new District Representatives.
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IBCA clinic for 2024
The 2024 IBCA Clinic will return to Lawrence North High School on April 25-26. The 2024 Clinic will be held in a Thursday evening-Friday format for the second consecutive year. More than 800 coaches attended the 2023 IBCA Clinic, so this format will be continued.
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IHSAA adjusts way schools are classified and how tournament success factor is determined for 2024-25
During its final meeting of the 2022-23 school year on June 22, 2023, the IHSAA Executive Committee approved a rule that changes the way schools are classified in four-class sports. This new policy takes effect in the 2024-25 school year.
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Indiana High School Basketball Record Book available (boys only)
By Gene Milner
The Indiana High School Basketball Record Book has statistics on nearly every high school boys’ basketball program in the state of Indiana – 400-plus overall.
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Join the IBCA
In order for a player from your school to be eligible for selection to an IBCA All-State Team, the IBCA Academic All-State Team or to win a Player of the Week award or a Marion Crawley, Junior Mannies, Pat Aikman or Steve & Jeanie scholarship award, you must be a current-year-member of the IBCA.
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Luceo package a part of IBCA membership
The IBCA partnered with Luceo Sports in the fall of 2021 to take over management of the IBCA technology services. This partnership has resulted a play-drawing app being available to member coaches as well as in upgrades to the IBCA website, e-mail communication and social media communication.
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IBCA All-State teams for 2023-24
The IBCA will choose all-state teams in four general categories in 2032-24 – Senior Boys, Underclass Boys, Senior Girls and Underclass Girls. Within each category, four groups of honorees will be selected.
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January is ‘Coaches vs. Cancer’ month
January once again has been designated as “Coaches vs. Cancer” month by the IBCA for high school basketball in Indiana in the 2023-24 season. This is the 17th season that the IBCA has supported such an initiative. In the first 16 years of this initiative, boys’ and girls’ coaches across Indiana have raised more than $1.4 million – including more than $124,300 last season – in the fight against cancer.
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New varsity coaches for 2023-24
From the beginning of last season through late November 2023, 198 people have been hired as new varsity basketball coaches in Indiana – 105 to boys’ basketball positions and 93 to girls’ basketball positions for the 2023-24 season.
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Initial-eligibility requirements for college-bound student-athletes
Many high school athletes aspire to one day compete in college athletics. Academic performance at the high school level is often an early question that college coaches ask about when considering a prospect from the high school level. Remember, it is “student-athlete” and not just “athlete.”
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All-Star report
By Mike Broughton
The 2024 Indiana All-Star games are set for June 7 in Owensboro and June 8 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Indiana Junior-Senior All-Star exhibition doubleheader will be played June 5 at a site to be announced.
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Liability insurance coverage as IBCA member for 2023-24
As a membership benefit, coverage is provided by the Commercial General Liability Policy issued to the National Organization of Coaches Association Directors. This policy will protect the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association and its active members who are high school coaches, junior high coaches or elementary coaches.
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Please support IBCA corporate partners
The IBCA would like to thank all of its corporate partners for their support of our professional organization. These partnerships have made it possible to increase the scholarship amounts for deserving student-athletes and to add various other functions for coaches and athletes while maintaining our membership dues at the same rate for a number of years.
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IBCA/IHSAA college exposure events for 2024
Tentative dates for 2024 are June 13 (Girls' Top 100 Underclass Showcase), June 14-15 (Girls' Team Showcase), June 21-23 (Boys' Team Showcase in memory of Charlie Hughes) and June 28 (Boys' Top 100 Underclass Showcase).
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IBCA mentoring program continues
The IBCA is continuing its Mentoring Program in the 2023-24 season. The program was started in 2019-20 and takes another step forward in 2023-24. IBCA president-elect Kaley May of Danville is the current coordinator of this program.
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IBCA announces a fourth scholarship in the names Steve and Jeanie Witty
The IBCA has created a fourth scholarship program for the 2023-24 academic year. The new award will be presented in the names of Steve and Jeanie Witty.
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Junior Mannies / Marion Crawley / Pat Aikman scholarship information
In 2023, the IBCA recognized 40 students with scholarship awards – one Junior Mannies Scholarship, 37 Marion Crawley Scholarships and two Pat Aikman Character and Leadership Awards.
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NFHS Coach of the Year nominees
Aaron Wolfe of NorthWood and Tony Hasenour of Forest Park have been chosen as Indiana’s nominees for the National Federation of State High School Associations national basketball coaches of the year.
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2022-23 championship coaches
Congratulations to these eight coaches and their teams for reaching the pinnacle of Indiana high school basketball in the 2022-23 season. Here are brief biographies of each championship coach.
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NFHS rule changes: Free throw procedures, foul administration amended for 2023-24 season
The most significant change was the elimination of the "one-and-one" situation on non-shooting fouls and changing the team foul count to each quarter instead of each half; beginning in 2023-24, players will shoot two free throws on non-shooting fouls starting with the fifth foul of each quarter.
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IBCA Player of the Week program
As many as 100 high school boys and girls will have the opportunity to win IBCA Player of the Week recognition in 2023-24. This is the 16th season of IBCA Player of the Week program.
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Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame report
By Matt Martin
It is difficult to imagine that the 2023-24 basketball season is right around the corner, yet here we are. A new season brings new hopes to every team in the state, with the hopes of making it to Gainbridge Fieldhouse to cut down the nets.
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Hoosier Basketball Magazine to publish its 54th issue
By Kip Wesner
The 256-page publication is a comprehensive survey of all Indiana high school basketball (both boys and girls). In addition, all men’s and women’s college teams are featured as well as the Indiana Pacers and Indiana Fever.
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Hoosier Basketball Magazine hosts Top 60 Senior Workouts
By Kip Wesner
Dates have been set for the 2024 Top 60 Senior Workouts held in conjunction with the IBCA and IHSAA -- girls will be March 3 at Beech Grove High School; boys will be April 7 at Marian University.
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Are you interested in becoming an IBCA district rep?
Any IBCA-member varsity coach of boys' teams or girls’ teams who would like to be a candidate to serve as an IBCA District Representative should forward the following information to Michael Adams, IBCA President, by Dec. 15, 2023.
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If you do not receive any emails from the IBCA, please follow these steps to try to remedy the problem
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IBCA calendar for 2023-24
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