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Hoop Mountain Midwest Boys
Our Midwest Head Coaches
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GORDIE KERKMAN
Heads Veteran Coaching Staff
The West Aurora, (Il) Blackhawks, coached by Hall of Fame member Gordie Kerkman, have won over 600 games during his 32 year career as head coach. West Aurora won the Illinois Class AA State Championship in 2000 and placed second in the state once and third place four times during 10 "Elite 8" state final appearances.
His teams are always fundamentally sound and usually feature a blistering defense. Because he is held in such high regard by his fellow coaches, Kerkman has been able to assemble a sterling group of coaches from leading Midwest high schools and colleges.
Coach Kerkman will attend every session during the various camps in Bloomington and will be head coach at the Prep All-Stars Camps.
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Gordie Kerkman
Prep All-Stars
Head Coach
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STEVE BENNETT
Head coach at New Castle (Indiana) High School and former assistant coach at the University of Evansville, Steve will direct the Perimeter Players Camp. During his ten years at New Castle, Steve has won seven conference titles, four sectionals, and two regionals (Final Eight). His 2005-2006 New Castle Trojans were Indiana Class 3A state champions. Their 2006-2007 record was 22-3.
Coach Bennett was in charge of shooting instruction and guard play at Evansville where he turned out a series of great shooters.
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Steve Bennett
Perimeter Player
Head Coach
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KEN CRAWFORD
Ken compiled a 612-150 (80%) record as head coach at Teutopolis (IL) High School prior to retiring in 2007. His teams won the Class A State Championship in 1986, came in second in 2003, and made six Elite 8 appearances during his 25 years as a coach. His teams nearly always featured a dominating center who was a banger on the boards but also could score 15-20 points per game.
Crawford developed Class A All-State post players in 1986, 1988, 1994, and 2000. Coach Crawford is in charge of the Big Man Camp for the sixth consecutive year. His 2006-2007 record was 32-3 and they reached the Class A Final 4.
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Ken Crawford
Big Man
Head Coach |
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SCOTT OLSON
Scott Olson is our Point Guard coach. Scott has been a successful high school coach for almost 20 years at Orion, East Moline, Danville and La Salle – Peru. He has helped take teams in basketball, football, and volleyball through the Illinois State Tournament collecting Regional or Sectional titles in each of them.
He is known for turning programs around quickly. While at East Moline, his basketball teams won two Western Big 6 titles in just six years. At Danville, his teams captured back-to-back outright Big 12 titles, the first combination in over 40 years. Scott has won four district coach of the year titles and served as head coach in the IBCA All – Star game.
Scott has given numerous motivational talks at places such as Michigan State University, Western Michigan and University of Texas-Arlington. He is a regular attraction at the Hoop Mountain Midwest basketball camp where his speeches are often listed as one of the main highlights of the camp.
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Scott Olson
Point Guard
Head Coach
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MARC POLITE
Marc Polite is our Junior All-Stars coach. He is currently the Head Coach at United TWP. High School in East Moline, Illinois. He was also top Assistant Coach at Gulf Coast University for four years where he coached post and wing players.
Marc played at Eastern Illinois University and was captain and all conference for two years. He played high school hoops at United and was two time Illinois All-State Special Mention.
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Marc Polite
Junior All-Stars
Head Coach
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DAVE WEBER
Dave Weber, coach at Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, IL, will serve as head coach of our Shooting/Offense camp. He was an assistant coach at Arizona State and Eastern Illinois prior to becoming head coach at Glenbrook North in 1994 where he has a 229-107 record.
His 2004-2005 team won the Illinois Class AA State Championship led by Duke guard Jon Scheyer. Dave's 2006-2007 record was 18-9. His brother, Bruce, is the head coach at the University of Illinois. |
Dave Weber
Shooting/
Offense
Head Coach
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Our Head Coaches will be joined by 50-60 Additional Top-Notch
Midwest High School Coaches.
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